Do men and women deal with stress the same way? Fight or Flight.
No, Men and women do not deal with fight or flight the same way. Understanding how the stress response in men and women differs is important to your physical health, mental health and healthy relationships as well. There is a stress problem in the U.S. American society is stuck in a state of stress that leads to chronic, daily biological stress responses that are unhealthy when constant. (For stress reducing ideas from Dr. Lou, click HERE) Small doses of “fight or flight” are ok, the response is designed to save your life, but ongoing fight or flight is bad. Rather than being biologically programmed like men to prepare to fight and then run if fighting appears as though it would have a fatal outcome, women are biologically programmed to “Tend and Befriend”. What does it mean to tend and befriend? Initially women will turn to “tending” to someone or something. It may be an increased focus on attention or love given to a child. Greater than normal tending to a task like cleaning, something work related, organizing, or anything that allows one to control, organize or set something up for success. If the “tending” phase fails, they move on...
read moreWe Help Skiers Get Back On The Snow. Pain Free Skiing In Maine.
WE HELP SKIERS GET BACK ON THE SLOPES! Maine winters are long & frigid, and ski season is a bit shorter than the winters are cold. Limited time is allotted to us for skiing and nothing is more painful to a skier than missing the season due to an injury. What if you feel fine now, but later in the season head out to the slopes and hurt yourself? READ THIS! Whether it’s a shoulder injury, low back injury or residual whiplash and neck pain from a car accident, chiropractic is THE drug free, non-surgical choice for care if you want to get back to skiing. You may not understand how chiropractic works but you will if you go to the right office. A full examination, explanation of your diagnosis, care plan, and expectations for healing will be provided to you. It’s ultimately your decision if you want to get to the slopes this year, and if so how soon. If you choose chiropractic as your potential solution, you’ll start getting adjusted right away! With the focus being on your problems and how they WON’T affect your ski season, you’ll be on your way to better health, better...
read moreHoliday Misery Is Avoidable! The Pinch That Stole Christmas!
Avoiding Spine, Nerve & Hormone Problems At Christmas! Nobody wants to spend Christmas Day at the hospital or urgent care. The problem is, pain often shows up without warning. Injuries often come out of “nowhere”. As gradual stress builds up over the months of October through January, many people experience greater vulnerability to injury, stress and feeling out of sorts. Then, they lift a glass of eggnog and ZAP! OUCH! Seemingly out of the blue, spinal meltdown, and terrible holiday. You slept on a guest room bed and woke up with a neck problem….ZING! If you “throw out your spine”, the nerves and your brain at the top of those nerves, are immediately affected. The area of the brain of particular interest is called the hypothalamus. With a neck injury, the “Vagus Nerve” is often involved, and vagus nerve function is related to hypothalamus function. These are a few things that the hypothalamus does: The hypothalamus controls the following: body temperature thirst appetite and weight control emotions sleep cycles sex drive childbirth blood pressure and heart rate production of digestive enzymes and balancing bodily fluids. WOW! Imagine the hormonal changes that take place when those hypothalamic functions are potentially...
read moreYou can’t run. Running is your life. HELP!
Is not being able to run because of injury or pain, ruining your quality of life? Running is the chosen exercise for millions of people around the world. It keeps us thin, keeps our minds clear and focused, it keeps our heart and lungs healthy, and without it, we feel ourselves starting to “lose it!” So what do you do if you can’t run? Running requires energy, strength, cardiovascular endurance and structural integrity. The majority of runners have the energy, strength and cardio capacity to get out there. Where running enthusiasts most often fall short is in the “structural integrity” department. What exactly is structural integrity? In a living, moving human, it is the nerves, muscles (and other soft tissue), and skeleton (joints) working in concert with one another. It is this harmonious environment, that the physical stress of running will have the least likelihood of causing longterm damage or injury to the nerves, soft tissue, skeleton and joints. You can have misalignment and damage in the spine, hips, pelvis, knees, ankles and other weight bearing joints without feeling pain. Until the problem gets bad enough to cause pain, you won’t see it coming. Once it hurts, you may...
read moreMom! Are you juggling work, kids, family, friends, and have no time to care for yourself?
Ever feel like there’s no time to take care of yourself, mom? Meet Julie… As a mom, you’re like an athlete playing several professional sports, and you probably feel like you need to take better care of yourself but you don’t know where to start. You never seem to have enough time, there are a million things that get in the way. Lessons, kids, family, work, cooking, groceries, meetings, friends, illnesses, cleaning if there’s time leftover. There will always be something that could be used as an excuse to not do what’s best for you, until you wrap your head around making real change. There are a couple steps to this process: Change your beliefs – the way you think or feel about why and how you need to make the change. When it comes to health, it’s remembering that there’s hope for improvement. You can always improve. You just have to want it bad enough and believe you can do it, then put in the time and effort. Which isn’t always “a ton” of work. If you don’t believe you can do it, it’s going to be tough to make it happen, though. Change your behavior – implement...
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