If you are a mom of younger kids, working in a high stress executive job, feeling the weight of mental stress or anxiety, you are not alone. Between juggling various responsibilities, work hours, taking care of your family, and managing your own well-being, it's common to feel overwhelmed and stressed. But mental stress can have an effect on your immune system, sleep pattern, gut health and can even manifest as muscle tension or tightness, pain or soreness. This can be seen as a new area of pain or a flare up of pre existing muscle pain or conditions such as fibromyalgia, arthritis, etc. Interestingly stress can also reduce your pain threshold, leading to a higher perceived pain level. Though stress can manifest as pain and muscle tension throughout the body, but it tends to manifest more in some specific areas. In this blog lets discuss more about these pains and where they are felt in the body. Once you are able to identify that your pain is caused due to mental stress or anxiety you will be able to address the root cause and manage it better ....
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Morning stiffness is not uncommon for those who suffer from joint or back/neck pain. This is especially true for working mums who sit at their desks for long hours, attend long meetings or work travels and also take care of the kids and the house. In this blog lets discuss five simple tips to help reduce your morning stiffness and enjoy a pain-free start to your day ....
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As our working days are being spent hunched over the desk for 8 to 10 hours everyday, more and more people seem to develop a poor posture. Slumped or slouched posture has always been associated with depression and mental stress. A study done by Harvard university even found that sitting up straight in a good posture improved anxiety, stress and depression symptoms. In this blog, lets discuss how a poor posture lead to anxiety ....
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It is a well known fact that physical stress can lead to pain in the body. But it is also true that mental stress or anxiety can also lead to spinal (back & neck) and joint pain. However mental stress is an integral part of life for most people. More so for working mum who are constantly juggling and multitasking work, kids home, work travels, meetings, sitting for long hours at the desk, etc.
In this blog, lets discuss three tips to reduce stress related Pain and Muscle Tension .....
Mental stress or anxiety is an integral part of the modern lifestyle for most people. More so for working mum who are constantly juggling and multitasking work, kids home, work travels, meetings, sitting for long hours at the desk, etc. But this mental stress or anxiety can be the cause of spinal (back & neck) and joint pain. It can either cause pain in the body or lead to an increase in the old pain that was already present in the body. In this blog, lets discuss four ways in which mental stress or anxiety can make your whole body hurt or lead to pain ....
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