Running on Empty? Well you Need a StressBuster!

Ghandi once said, “There is more to life than increasing its speed”

And if we truly desire optimum health we need to make a real effort to incorporate strategies that help us slow down, diffuse everyday stresses and enjoy life… because if we don’t we run the risk of suffering from Nervous Exhaustion and Adrenal Fatigue.

The moment the stress response is activated our heart rate speeds up; our blood pressure increases; our respiration quickens; our hormones that help provide immediate energy such as adrenaline, noradrenalin and cortisol are released into the circulatory system; our blood flow is directed away from our digestive system and toward our head for quick thinking and to our arms and legs for the power necessary for ‘flight or fight’. Thus the sympathetic nervous system becomes active and all the body’s metabolic functions are geared directly for survival. This feature of our central nervous system (CNS) has evolved over millions of years into a brilliant safety mechanism that support us through life-threatening events.

The idea, though, is that once the danger has passed the stress response (sympathetic nervous system) turns off and the body relaxes triggering the parasympathetic nervous system to switch on. In this mode the metabolic functions returns to normal (i.e. our heart rate decreases as does our blood pressure; our blood flow is directed back to our digestive processes and our ‘stress hormones’ stop being released so that the body can go back to its regular routine of fighting off viruses, assimilating nutrients and producing energy to enable us to carry out our normal daily activities).

The problem these days is that more often than not our bodies are functioning in sympathetic mode. And what’s more we’ve adapted to this way of living so we don’t often realise it – it’s become our new norm!  

The result is a compromised immune system, long term health problems, low energy, low libido, weight gain, mood swings, anxiety, depression, low vitality and a general struggle to get through the day.

Do you feel:

• Constantly fatigued and exhausted
• Emotional, Teary, Mood Swings
• Have a Lowered Mood
• Feel overwhelmed and out of control
• Experience Heart Palpitations 
• Angry or Irritable
• Have Memory Loss
• Low/No Libido
• Just feel you can’t cope with the pace of life and feel Anxious
• Feel it’s time to Take Back Control and deal with the underlying stress

 Well our StressBuster program is for you!
 

Bring back the simple joy in your life!

Call Mammoth Health on (03) 5243 9084 to make your appointment now.