Stress

Are you stressed?

Too much work, too many deadlines, too many tensions in the life of a couple, the mortgage, the grief …

Our body responds to the overloads and challenges of daily life by producing a greater amount of adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol, or 3 hormones that increase heart rate, sweating, muscle tone and activate our responsiveness to the maximum in dangerous or demanding situations.

This is considered “good stress“, but what happens to our body when it is subjected to prolonged exposure to stress?

As with all excesses, imbalances are created that lead our body to go haywire.
Immune defenses are lowered, muscles stiffen, blood pressure increases and the digestive system is also affected.

Stress from being good becomes our worst enemy and in addition to affecting the physical state, it also threatens the emotional part having negative effects on our happiness.

Physical discomfort can cause irritability and nervousness, factors that affect relationships.

Shiatsu is a holistic discipline based on Traditional Chinese Medicine and takes care of the whole person, in fact it responds to both physical and psychophysical threats of stress by acting on the sympathetic, parasympathetic and metasympathetic systems.

In the case of overt illnesses where medical therapy is envisaged, Shiatsu can speed up the healing process.

The perpendicular and constant pressures activate the receptors, restoring the balance and well-being of the organism.

The most common stress disharmonies treated with Shiatsu are: