Whether you’re a working professional, a new parent, or a student, stress, and anxiety affect all of us at some point in our lives. It can be a debilitating stressor on our mental and physical health.
Regular exercise is extremely important for maintaining good mental health. A recent study out of Harvard University has claimed that even just running or walking for 15 minutes a day can reduce the symptoms of depression by 26%.
It’s critical to squeeze in those active minutes into your day. It’s also important to maintain good health by stretching and to concentrate on breathing and just being still.
Calm your Central Nervous System down with fascial stretch therapy sessions and check out the latest way to feel a deep, all-around stretch with a team of qualified, expert fascial therapists.
Fascial Stretch Therapy (FST) is a pain-free assisted stretch system that is an effective way to help manage stress and anxiety related to chronic disorders as well as the everyday obstacles that life throws at us sometimes.
Consider the benefits of FST. It can help alleviate pain in your body and allow you to live mindfully and freely.
What is Fascial Stretch Therapy?
FST is a stretching system that concentrates on the fascia part of the body — the band of connective tissue, mostly collagen, underneath the skin that stabilizes, attaches, encloses, and separates muscles and other internal organs.
It is found all over the body, and until recent years, it has not been getting the attention it deserves.
While typically lying on a massage table, your Fasical Therapist uses straps to keep parts of the body down while they work on others by gently adjusting the legs, arms, and torso using optimized FST movements. The range of motion dictated by the therapist allows you to immediately feel positive results.
Patients feel longer, leaner, and more relaxed almost immediately after fulfilling a session.
How Stress Affects the Body: Fight or Flight
It’s true — we might not even know when it’s happening but when we’re under duress and when anxiety hits, our bodies immediately go into “fight or flight” mode. You know that feeling when your heart starts beating so fast you can almost feel it pumping through your chest?
It’s your body releasing fast-acting hormones called adrenaline and non-adrenaline, which the body uses to heighten senses and to respond to whatever the stressor may be. If you continue to experience stress and suffer from chronic stress and anxiety, the body releases a hormone called cortisol.
Stress can be really hard on the mind and body. It’s exhausting, it affects sleep patterns, social interaction, general mood, and it’s hard on the back, joints, and all over the body.
How FST Helps to Relieve Stress
The hormones that are released force us to tense up more than usual, causing pain and discomfort. FST can help correct muscle imbalance and improve strength, which helps to reduce pain in the joints and limbs.
During an FST session, you will also be instructed to conduct a serious of deep breathing exercises and this lowers cortisol levels in the body, improves concentrations, and increases relaxation.
Contact your Toronto fascial stretch therapy experts today. You’ll be feeling lighter and calmer in no time.
