Your endocrine system directs many hormones, like insulin, to where they’re needed, so your body functions properly. Insulin resistance isn’t diabetes, but a separate condition. Learn about health problems it causes and more here.
It isn’t just viruses, infections, and injury that cause health problems. We’ve learned that many more things impact health, from how easy it is to travel to see your doctor to how close stores with healthy food are to you.
Lifestyle is also a key to maintaining your health — things like moving your body every day, having close connections with family and friends, and getting enough rest.
The respected team at Gain Wellness Center approaches your health using a holistic framework. We believe that your physical and emotional wellbeing are intertwined, and this concept is at the forefront of your care with us.
Dr. Mandeep Walia-Bhatia and Dr. Jeremy La Motte see you not as a generic “patient,” but as a complex individual with a distinct health history, lifestyle, and unique set of healthcare needs.
It’s indisputable that everyday stress, whether minor or major, affects your immune system, mental health, and overall quality of life. What is stress? It’s anything that causes your body to feel as if it’s under threat. Physical reactions typically include heightened heart rate, tense muscles, quickened breathing, and higher blood pressure.
Stress isn’t always bad. It can be lifesaving, like when you dart to the curb upon seeing a speeding car approaching.
We’ve compiled a list of 10 stressors we’ve documented as influencing our patients' health significantly. Stress causes:
This list is just the tip of the iceberg in describing the myriad strains that stress puts on your health.
Because we subscribe to a functional medicine care model, we seek to find the root cause of your symptoms, and it’s often stress-related. The good news is that we partner with you to manage your stress effectively and eliminate these symptoms and more.
A comprehensive wellness evaluation allows us to take a detailed look at your health history, your lifestyle, and the health challenges you’re enduring. From there, we create a customized stress management plan that jibes with your lifestyle. After all, the last thing we want is for managing your stress to become stressful!
Lifestyle practices factor heavily into improving the deleterious effects of stress. These include diet and physical exercise, refraining from using tobacco products, looking at your alcohol intake, and other daily self-care practices. We realize that everyone’s stressors and responses are unique to them, and we consider this when we treat you.
We also encourage you to prioritize establishing routines in your life that feed your soul.
These include enjoying friends and family, practicing calming techniques like yoga and mindfulness practices, and allowing time for body work like massages and chiropractic treatment.
Don’t wait to get treated for health issues brought on by stress. Call our office at 858-216-2129 to schedule a consultation, or take advantage of our convenient online booking tool.
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