Temporary daily stress is easy enough for your body to handle, but chronic stress isn’t. It’s this kind of stress that leads to physical stress. If your body is always dealing with too much stress every day, it’s going to build up until your body can’t take it anymore and your health suffers. Numerous studies have been conducted on just how chronic stress affects a person’s physical health. If your chronic stress is serious, it’s possible that you’ll exhibit symptoms of PTSD or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. When it comes to physical stress, it’s not difficult to brush aside all the warning signs your body is sending you. Muscle pains, aches, and stiffness are just some of the signs that you are physically stressed.

The research on the effects of a poor diet are legendary and comprehensive. According to many studies, a poor diet directly impacts physical stress. In addition, your stress coping ability is adversely impacted by poor diet. Your immune system is also severely compromised. Because your immune system is weak, your body can’t heal itself quickly once you start exhibiting the symptoms of physical stress. It all points to the fact that your body doesn’t have the capability to perform the things it’s supposed to do effectively. This is about efficiency and it basically goes right out the window with a bad diet.

Various problems and physical stress on your body is caused by prolonged sitting. For anyone who works in an office, this can be a challenge. Many professionals today also work on a freelance basis, which may also compel them to sit for many hours at a time. There are some solutions such as stand up desks and more back friendly chairs. If you can’t avoid sitting for long stretches, you should be sure to take frequent breaks. Walk around and stretch for a few minutes at least once every hour. Also make sure your chair height is adjusted so you are not creating awkward angles. Your chair and posture, as well as taking enough breaks can help reduce the amount of stress caused by sitting.

Massage is an excellent way to get rid of the signs of physical stress in your body. You can try different massage therapies, from deep tissue massage to Shiatsu massage and Swedish massage. Not only can you use massage to release stored muscular stress, but there are other benefits. When you’re always tensed, the muscles that are always under stress and tension tend to build up toxins. This results to constricted blood and lymphatic fluid flow. You’re actually putting your health in danger when you don’t do anything to resolve this problem. Relieving all that muscle tension is a massage away, especially one that’s given by a certified massage therapist. Never had a massage done by a professional? You’re missing out!

Sure, you’ve got many methods available to you for dealing with and even getting rid of physical stress, but an important step you need to take first is to admit what is happening. Then comes the step that involves developing a plan that is tailored for you. Don’t even think about quitting should a certain method fails to work for you or doesn’t feel right. Instead, try another method, and keep doing this until you find one that does work for you.

If you are above the age of 40, your doctor may suggest you have a cardiac stress test. Even if no symptoms are identified it’s still an excellent way to detect any problems early, making it a preventive measure. It’s critical to catch problems as quickly as possible because that’s when you have a better chance of a successful treatment and more options available. The treatment will become more difficult and critical, the more advanced the condition is. If you haven’t yet had a stress test, then ask for one and make sure you join forces with your doctor.

Sometimes having to take a stress test doesn’t mean that you have a heart condition. For visualization purposes, think of a pipe feeding a pump and it’s clogged up the little. Then assume that the pump is not working properly, and making strange noises to boot. If your doctor your something that does not sound healthy, the stress test is something he or she may order. Clogged veins and arteries are very common in the United States, something due to our diet and lifestyle. Most of the time, physicians are not going to have you do a test for no reason at all. Sometimes a stress test on a treadmill may be ordered and accompany your annual physical or checkup. This is not a nuclear stress test, and radioactive dye is not involved at all.

The state of litigation in the US makes all medical professionals take protective measures so they’re not sued. Unfortunately, doctors will order cardiac imaging tests and stress tests for this reason even if the patient appears completely healthy. Minor angina and heart palpitations can be caused by a variety of unrelated issues so keep that in mind. Heavy coffee drinking and smoking can also cause angina, as well as chronic stress. Even the writer of this article will not tell you to avoid a stress test if you’re feeling good otherwise. Make your decisions, plus use professional medical advice always with your best interests in mind.

To get images of your heart, people often be given radioactive chemicals called isotopes. The doctors, after injecting the chemicals into the patient’s bloodstream, will watch with specialized imaging equipment in their office. They can see your heart because of the light or energy emitted from the radioactive material. The flow of blood in and out of your heart is made possible because of the radioactive material illuminating everything. They can see the blood flow if it stops. This would mean blockages are in place. The blood in your body, and how it pumps through your heart, will be clearly shown. They can also measure the efficiency of your heart, which is actually just a pump in your body.

On a lighter note, the mere fact that the doctor is telling you to take a stress test, it means you’re healthy enough to do it. If this is what is happening, then you should feel positive in some way. Your physician can then take those test results and help you with whatever problems you may have.