Anxiety Relief in Royal Oak
The adrenal glands, thyroid gland, and the pituitary gland all work in a cascading order to regulate hormonal imbalances. Stress and fatigue can overwork these glands resulting in a decrease in the production of mood-regulating hormones that directly affect behavior and demeanor.
If you are looking for a natural way to boost your mood and get your endocrine system back on track by restoring balance to your nervous system, get checked and adjusted by one of our chiropractors. Your doctor also can discuss some lifestyle changes you can make as well with diet and exercise to complement your chiropractic anxiety relief initiatives.
Understanding the Stress Response
Your autonomic nervous system has two main branches. The sympathetic branch, often called “fight or flight,” activates during stress by increasing heart rate, tensing muscles, redirecting blood from digestion, and heightening alertness. The parasympathetic branch, known as “rest and digest,” is active during relaxation — it slows heart rate, promotes digestion, and enables healing and recovery.
The problem is that many people’s nervous systems are stuck in sympathetic dominance. Their “stress switch” is always on, even when there’s no real threat. This creates chronic anxiety, tension, and eventually exhaustion.
How Chiropractic Helps
Measuring Your Nervous System: HRV
Our COREscore includes Heart Rate Variability (HRV) testing — one of the best measures of autonomic nervous system function and stress resilience. HRV measures the variation in time between heartbeats, which reflects autonomic balance and your body’s ability to adapt to stress. Low HRV is associated with anxiety, stress, and poor health outcomes. We use this objective data to track your progress as your nervous system becomes more balanced over time.
Calming Kids’ Nervous Systems
While it may be hard to believe, very young kids such as preschoolers are experiencing anxiety these days. That’s because everything is a new experience and they’re constantly acclimating to different things. It’s like they have their gas pedal on full bore without the brakes on! As a result, they can experience bed-wetting, behavioral problems, and the development of tics.
Too much screen time and packed schedules also can contribute to anxiety. There’s no doubt that children today are overstimulated. They don’t have time to play outside and just be kids, which could decrease anxiety. Children who are high-level athletes such as gymnasts, soccer players and skiers, also are at risk for anxiety because they tend to never get a break.
Anxious kids become anxious adults so addressing the issue at an early age is ideal. With chiropractic care, we can balance the body, and we can test it using the heart rate variability scan to see how a person’s nervous system is stressed. We also do a lot of cranial work which calms the nervous system down.
Contact Us Today
If you or your child is experiencing anxiety, we want to help at Van Every Family Chiropractic Center. We also help kids and adults alike find relief from stress and depression. Contact our Royal Oak practice today to schedule an appointment!
Key takeaway: Chiropractic care is a wonderful complement to mental health treatment, not a replacement. If you’re struggling with anxiety, we encourage you to work with a mental health professional alongside your chiropractic care.
Anxiety Relief Royal Oak MI | (248) 616-0900