TRE can release your stress and naturally calm anxiety
Almost 90% of illnesses are due to stress and anxiety
Stress
and anxiety play a huge part in many of the
illnesses we are afflicted by. The physical changes in our
bodies that energise us under stress, can lead to severe imbalances and eventually
illness if not addressed in the longer term. This is why it is important to
address our response to stress, and find ways to allow it to clear from the
body. This is where TRE can help you
How does my body adapt to handle stressful situations ?
Your
body is superbly designed to adapt and enable
you to efficiently handle stressful situations in a physical way, providing you with the excess
energy required at the time. In
stress, your sympathetic nervous system is primed by your “threat detection”
system, the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, to release adrenaline, making
your heart beat quicken, pumping extra blood to your muscles and increasing
your sensitivity of your senses to see and hear anything that may be dangerous
around you.
In the short term, some systems like your immune are also boosted in case you are injured and need to fight an infection---. Meanwhile other functions not required for immediate physical survival, including your digestion, growth, your cortex (thinking) part of the brain and your skin are all shut down and blood is diverted away from these areas to the muscles, and to the more emotional, reactive and instinctive centres of your brain for fast reaction. This is why we have butterflies or knots in our stomachs when we are nervous, as the blood is diverted away and motility is slowed, and why we respond so over-emotionally or instinctively rather than thinking about things.
In the short term, some systems like your immune are also boosted in case you are injured and need to fight an infection---. Meanwhile other functions not required for immediate physical survival, including your digestion, growth, your cortex (thinking) part of the brain and your skin are all shut down and blood is diverted away from these areas to the muscles, and to the more emotional, reactive and instinctive centres of your brain for fast reaction. This is why we have butterflies or knots in our stomachs when we are nervous, as the blood is diverted away and motility is slowed, and why we respond so over-emotionally or instinctively rather than thinking about things.
Why does my body have this physical reaction to stress ?
Your body changes to deal physically with stress in an unconscious physiological reaction that has evolved over millions of years into a system used by all mammals. Originally this physical response served us well for survival in nature, energising us to escape becoming lunch for large animals such as tigers, thereby helping to keep us safe. However, in this modern day, when stress is more likely to be more mental than physical and potentially lasting a lot longer that just getting away from a tiger. If this stress does last for long periods, (days or weeks) the effects on our bodies that help us in the short term are quite damaging in the long term. i.e. stress induced high blood pressure for example.
What about modern stresses that are more psychological ?
Rather than tigers chasing us, we can have constant adrenal overload from pressing work deadlines hanging over us, stresses from our children and families not to mention the 24/7 nature or our modern society, or the demand on us to tick things off our never-ending to-do list. There are financial stress, worry over the mortgage etc, anxiety over our body image or what others think of us in public, peer pressure, social stress of appearing to be successful and worrying if we are good enough. Stress can also come from suffering chronic medical or mental conditions or constant pain, or in the form of caring for long term ill loved ones.
Unfortunately, in all these cases, our bodies still respond physically, as if we were being chased by a tiger, giving you energy for “fight or flight” in the short term, but as these stresses continue for days, weeks, months or even years, the effects eventually take their toll on our health. How do these changes in my body affect my health and wellbeing ?
Your
health is influenced in several ways when under continual stress. Firstly the
systems that are primed by the sympathetic nervous system for fight and flight
can become worn out, leading to heart attacks, fraying nerves and nervous
breakdowns, and adrenal overload. Secondly, the systems that are used for “rest
and digest”, that are not a priority in the stress response, are neglected
by the body, leading to illness related to these organs in the longer term. The
table below summaries some of the health effects.
Long term effects of stress on bodily Functions and Vital Organs Over-stimulated with stress Muscles - Increased muscle tension, cramps, Back pain, neck pain, Headaches from muscle tension and poor posture. Heart - Heart attacks, High blood pressure Emotional brain and senses - Trouble sleeping, hyper-aware/vigilant Supressed when stressed Immune system- More susceptible to Colds, flus, lack of immunity Digestion - Poor absorption of nutrition, Constipation, diarrhoea, stomach cramps, Intolerances to certain foods and drinks Skin - Poor skin quality, Worsened Skin conditions (eg psoriasis gets worse) Growth and healing - Stunted growth, Slower healing, wounds may take as long as twice to heal |
What can I do about it ?
Nature has evolved a built-in system that allows us to clear the stress state from our body. This has developed in parallel with the stress response, so that as mammals, we can move efficiently between the two states, clearing the adrenal fight and flight, returning to the healthier rest and digest state when we are safe. Mammals still use this response to shake-off the tension after a stressful event. However as humans, we tend to suppress this natural response, perhaps perceiving it as weak or not being able to rationally explain it. If this is the case, then the adrenal energy remains charged in our systems and eventually our health and wellbeing suffers. TRE gives you access to re-activate this release mechanism.
How can TRE help me ?
TRE provides a very safe, and totally natural release mechanism, to calm your body from the effects of anxiety and stress, gently bringing you back to a more balanced, calmer state, and the beauty of TRE is that it can be used on the highest levels of stress and trauma down to even very minor anxiety. It is self-empowering and very easily learnt and can be used at any time to calm your body and settle your mind.
How does TRE do this ?
TRE uses a short series of gentle exercises, to tire the leg muscles and initiate the neuro-muscular shaking mechanism. The muscle shaking is the same as what you might experience in the fatigue state from a big workout or training session. The neuro-muscular shake is a safe rapid muscle vibration of contraction and relaxation controlled by the nervous system. These tremors or muscle shakings are natural and good for your body, allowing it to amongst other things release the excess adrenal load and calm the nervous system, returning the body and mind to a balanced rest and digest state, promoting your best health and wellbeing.
What others are saying about TRE
There is a ground swell of testimonials about how TRE has helped with a wide range of stress related health issues. Visit this site for just a few of them:
http://treuk.com/testimonials/ |
