There are two types of stress: physical and mental. If we don't learn to avoid dangerous physical stress - accidents or severe chills, for example - sooner or later we'll no longer survive. However, mental stress is often impossible to avoid in our complex world, where we face job loss, divorce or serious family problems. The consequences of such stress can have serious implications for our health.
- High Blood Pressure: Stress contributes to most high blood pressure and is the sole cause of 40% of hypertension cases.
- Elevated Cholesterol and Blood Fats: This occurs most frequently in people who must deal with stress regularly, and it increases their risk of heart disease.
- Adult-Onset Diabetes or High Blood Sugar: This frequently appears in the mid-40's, sometimes as a delayed response even after the cause has gone.
- Obesity: Many people eat as an outlet for stress. Very few people under stress will lose weight because they don't eat.
- Poor Fitness: People seldom do the best thing for stress: exercise. In contract, they usually become lethargic, as if they're waiting for something good to happen.
- Inflammatory Illness: Frequent headaches are common among people with arthritis, Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis and even lupus or multiple sclerosis. I seldom find a person with these illnesses who doesn’t say that stress is a big factor.
- Low Resistance: Stress usually means greater vulnerability to the common viruses that cause colds and flu. This is because stress causes some blood proteins to decline.
- Serious Illness: People under stress who contract a serious illness - cancer, kidney disease or stomach problems, to name just a few - usually don't recover or respond as well to treatment compared to those who are relatively stress free.
The River's Edge Muscular Therapy is owned and operated by Robin Markowski, CMT. She is a 2000 graduate of Muscular Therapy Institute in Cambridge, MA. She is a licensed and Nationally Certified massage therapist and a member of the American Massage Therapy Association. In addition, she is a Certified Personal Trainer.
Robin Markowski, CMT
11 Spencer Avenue
Saugus, MA 01906
(781) 724-3892
robin@theriversedgemassage.com*
*If I don't respond to your e-mail within 24 hours, please call my business phone. If I am away, my voicemail will let you know when I will be back to answer any questions or to book an appointment.
11 Spencer Avenue
Saugus, MA 01906
(781) 724-3892
robin@theriversedgemassage.com*
*If I don't respond to your e-mail within 24 hours, please call my business phone. If I am away, my voicemail will let you know when I will be back to answer any questions or to book an appointment.
