A recent research article published in the BMJ shows an additional connection between stress and the heart,
This is very important given the massive numbers of people suffering from heart problems.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women.
About 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year. This is 1 out of every 4 deaths.
It turns out that severe stress can cause cardiac events to unfold.
Les Brown would often mention in his talks that many people hated their jobs and the the majority of heart attacks happened in the early morning before returning to work after the weekend.
As it turns out, he was right that the most common day to have a heart attack was on Monday and the most common time was in the early morning hours.
Whether he’s right or not about stress from hating your work was the cause or not is up for interpretation BUT..
We do know that severe stress affects your heart.
Of course, most people already intuitively believed this is true, but we continue to see it proved through research.
Knowing that stress can cause some heart problems (among other things) doesn’t do us too much good though.
The big question is:
“How do we manage stress intelligently so that it does not cause problems with our heart, other organs, or health?”
For so many people dealing with chronic stress, they find relief in various things including meditation, yoga, exercise, and a healthy lifestyle.
Chiropractic has also been shown to reduce stress.
A 2017 study looked at the effects of a Chiropractic adjustment using the PET scan technology.
The researchers found that brain function increased and stress levels decreased in every person in the study.
The PET scan also found other beneficial changes in brain activity as well…
Movement, posture, emotional, learning, and memory centers of the brain all improved after the Chiropractic adjustment.
Reducing Stress
It may be difficult to start some of these things. Putting it into perspective though, it’s not as difficult as having a major heart problem though.
Improving health and wellness does take changing habits and improving lifestyle.
It’s worth the effort.
You’re worth the effort!
Starting sooner rather than later is an excellent idea because for a huge percentage of people with a heart problem the very first symptom is a heart attack that for so many causes an early death
Dr. Marc Hagebusch
Texarkana Chiropractor
Reference
When suspicions turn to real evidence
BMJ 2019; 365:l1704 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l1704
(Published 11 April 2019)
https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l1704
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