Acupuncture for Stress Management
Stress is a pandemic that never ends. In today’s world, nearly everyone deals with adverse effects on their physical and mental health from stress. That is, unless we take the bull by the horns and learn to actively release and manage our stress!
While occasional stressors in our day-to-day lives is a normal part of being human, it can quickly grow out of control if we’re not careful. Unfortunately, a spa day once a month, or vacation once a year, won’t do the trick in tackling that chronic stress accumulating in your cells.
Acupuncture helps to mitigate the consequences of stress created by our daily lives, as well as the traumatic situations that occur every so often. Most people have been living beneath the weight of so much stress for so long, they don’t even realize it's there. The body becomes acclimated to running 110% all the time without fail, until of course, things start to do just that.
Does acupuncture actually help with stress long-term?
Acupuncture helps to reduce long-term, chronic stress by relieving the pent-up tension, as well as preventing the hyperactivation of the body’s stress response in the future. Studies prove that acupuncture helps to manage ongoing stress by addressing inflammation throughout the body.
While the relaxation benefits are felt during and after your treatment, the deeper healing that ongoing treatment provides can help to drastically lower your chronic stress, anxiety, and depression. This can also help with managing cortisol levels that are often associated with weight gain or holding onto excess weight.
If you’re considering acupuncture to help alleviate stress, we will create a holistic approach by reviewing every element of your lifestyle, from diet to sleep to mental health and medical history. During our initial consultation, we’ll go over all the nitty gritty details that will inform us where your stress stems from and how it’s affecting your body. Ready to take the plunge into stress-free living? Right this way… (CTA link)
