Stress Awareness Week
International Stress Awareness Week 2023 is an annual event dedicated to raising awareness about stress, its impact on mental and physical health, and the importance of stress management. International Stress Awareness Week also encourages open conversations about stress and mental well-being to reduce the stigma surrounding these topics. Affects all of us in many different ways, but becoming chronic can cause many problems.
Stress Response
- What is stress and why is it important? Stress is a response to demands on the body and life, a response to crisis and fears.
- If stress gets overwhelming it can cause other mental health problems.
- Emotional exhaustion and physical illness and can impact on work, relationships, families, and every aspect of life.
- When someone is suffering from negative or overwhelming stress, they may not act or react appropriately in some situations, for example driving, in an argument or rushing causing accidents, with disastrous consequences.
Stress affecting Mind and Body
- Stress can affect your whole system; emotional problems can lead on to physical problems and visa versa you may suffer with a physical problem which affects your emotional health.
- Long term issues such as chronic pain, cancer treatments, digestive issues, infertility, grief, family problems, abuse, loneliness, ageing, life changes and more…
- Getting help with issues before they become overwhelming is a good start, sharing with a trusted person or coming for Traditional Five Element Acupuncture, can help ease and support the situation you find yourself in.
- Traditional Five Element Acupuncture treats each individual holistically, to give you the treatment that you need and help you find a way forward.
- This can be alongside western medical treatment or as a stand alone treatment.
Acupuncture Treatment
For treatment for your Stress with Traditional Five Element Acupuncture contact Hannah on:-https://www.southwellacupuncture.co.uk/contact/
Acupuncture studies
Recent studies have shown that acupuncture can reduce cortisol – a hormone associated with stress – while also increasing endorphin levels – known as the ‘feel-good’ hormones. It can also help to reduce the physical symptoms of stress, such as headaches, muscle tension, and digestive issues.
Reference
Bio physiological Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Stress related disorders
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1751-0759-8-7
British Acupuncture Council
Hannah is a member of the British Acupuncture Council
The British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) – the UK’s largest, member-led, professional body for Traditional Acupuncturists.
Our members belong to an accredited register, regulated and approved by the Professional Standards Authority for Health & Social Care (PSA). The PSA protects the public by overseeing the regulation and registration of healthcare professionals – including statutorily regulated professions, such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and Accredited Registers like the BAcC. This offers a quality mark for high standards of training, safe practice and professional conduct.
For more information :-https://acupuncture.org.uk/
Blogs Acupuncture and Stress
https://www.southwellacupuncture.co.uk/blog/2021/08/24/stress-emotions-and-acupuncture/ https://www.southwellacupuncture.co.uk/blog/2022/03/06/stress-can-effect-your-health/ https://www.southwellacupuncture.co.uk/blog/2022/10/27/stress-and-acupuncture-2 https://www.southwellacupuncture.co.uk/blog/2021/08/31/back-to-school-stress/
