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At one time or another, all of us experience stress. These feelings are a healthy response to events in our lives that may feel beyond our control.
When we are healthy and the stress is short-lived, we are usually able to recover without too much wear and tear to our overall health.
However, when the stress is extreme, or if it lasts a long time, our emotional health and ultimately, our physical health begin to suffer. Stress is recognised now as one of the leading causes of many diseases.
The effects can be both mental and physical with long term stress potentially causing chronic illness.
At The elbowroom clinic we have years of experience to help you diagnose and manage your stress levels. Our practitioners will help you alleviate the physical effects of stress before long term damage is done.
Our clinic advisor can advise you which forms of diet, treatment, exercise and relaxation can best be incorporated into your life to reduce your stress levels for the long term.
Services include Homeopathy, Massage, Acupuncture and exercise and relaxation therapy
Exercise and Relaxation therapy – We have known for many years that exercise of any kind helps to release endorphins and increase your happy hormone levels. But which form of exercise best suits you. With many different classes and personal instructors available we are able to construct the best exercise plan for you, your lifestyle and schedule. And budget.
Interestingly the medical profession were a little slower in recommending relaxation therapies as a means of combating stress levels and reducing the physical symptoms of stress. Not any longer. Studies have now concluded for instance, that yoga and meditation can reduce your blood pressure.
This is no surprise to us. We know that relaxation therapies including: breathing exercises, meditation, deep relaxation, are effective in reducing your levels of adrenelin, blood pressure, depression and low moods. At the clinic we can advise on the most suitable form of relaxation therapy for you.
Homeopathy – The homeopathic consultation helps you to identify and manage areas of stress in your life. A normal first consultation takes about 90 minutes where the major stress factors in your life can be discussed one by one. There is a large element of counselling in your initial session, that many clients find very beneficial. If the homeopath believes another type of counselling would be beneficial, she will recommend that to you also.
The homeopathic medicines help to combat the effects of stress in your life and deal with the underlying causes.
Massage – physical tension from stress builds up in your muscles. This has the effect of both shortening and tightening already compromised muscles. The most common area we find are in the neck, shoulders, back and hips.
Not only does massage release your physical tension, but it helps circulation, reduces the adrenaline levels in your system and helps some people sleep.
Acupuncture - works to alleviate stress by releasing natural pain-killing chemicals in the brain, called endorphins. In addition, acupuncture improves circulation of blood throughout your body, which oxygenates the tissues and cycles out cortisol and other waste chemicals. The calming nature of acupuncture also decreases heart rate, lowers blood pressure and relaxes your muscles.
You will find acupuncture gives you feeling of wellbeing on a physical mental and emotional level. Often when we are stressed we are not coping on one or more of these levels. Therefore Acupuncture is perfect to help the management of stress as it soothes and calms and aids good restful sleep.
Osteopathy – Stress of psychological or emotional origin can create marked changes in your musculoskeletal system, profoundly influencing how it functions. Repressed emotions can produce muscular postures and patterns. Shock can be absorbed into your tissues.
Sometimes your body gets to a stage of total over-load, and the inability to relax becomes a constant drain on your nervous system. Osteopathy can help your body release sustained shock and tension and unwind patterns that have developed so that you can better cope with everyday living.
Naturopathy – Often when we are stressed we are not getting adequate sleep and rest. It is quite common that we are not eating well also. The naturopathic consulation can act as a great intervention into our “cant see the woods for the trees” state of mind. You will get an opportunity over the course of two hours to look at all the contributors to stress.
With the help of our naturopath you can then come up with practical lifestyle solutions so that you can better manage your stress. This is also combined with any herb and nutritional adjustment that will help maximise well being.,
Reflexology- One of the most important benefits of reflexology is its efficcay in reducing stress. As reflexology encourages the body to relax, other functions are affected. Every part of the body receives it’s nerve supply from the spine. Abnormal tension causes tightening of the muscles of the spine: thus nerves are affected. When tension is relaxed, muscles relax circulation is also affected allowing circulation to flow freeely improving oxygen and nutrient access to tissues and extraction of toxins and waste materials.
Reflexology helps to allieviate the effects of stress by inducing deep relaxation, thereby alllowing the nervous system to function normally and freeing the body to find it’s balance. A relaxed body can heal itself and reflexology is a guaranteed method of relaxing the body and balancing the biological systems.
Aromatherapy – Holistic aromatherapy excels in helping you to manage your stress. The sensory aspect of aromatherapy is significant in the treatment of stress. This involves the sense of touch and smell which are not ususally being stimulated in our work environment. The fact that aromatherapy is a sensory experience is inherent in it’s de-stressing action. Aromatherapy is considered to be one of the most pampering and cocooning of therapies a welcome retreat from the pressures of life.
Many essential oils are available to help cope with stress. Your therapist will blend a mix of oils to: induce relaxation, reduce irritability, relieve headaches, overcome insomnia, relieve tiredness, help overcome emotional problems.
