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Teeth Clenching & Grinding, Migraines, Sleeplessness & More

Scientific evidence has demonstrated a fundamental connection between mental and physical health. In fact, 43 percent of adults suffer adverse health effects from stress, and 75-90 percent of all physician office visits are for stress-related ailments and complaints. Stress is linked to the six leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver, and suicide. Perhaps it is simpler to say that stress affects every part of your body, mind and emotions.

With stress on the rise for women, tension is taking it's toll on the body! What you may not know is that stress can be released in many unexpected ways!

Stress is a normal physical response to the perception of a threat or danger– a protection mechanism. It helps you stay focused, energetic, alert and even save your life in emergency situations.

But your body does not distinguish between your physical and physiological stress! It will react just as strongly to an argument with your boss or spouse, job instabilities, an overloaded schedule, or financial difficulties.

If you are feeling overwhelmed with problems, your body's emergency stress response is “on” all the time and can seriously undermine your physical health and emotional well-being.

Chronic stress disrupts nearly every system in the body. It weakens the immune system, wreaks havoc on sleep patterns and metabolic function, increases blood pressure and the risk of stroke.

Some of these are common, but did you know that stress can cause other physical symptoms? It speeds up the aging process, causes digestive upheaval, and causes teeth grinding and clenching, also known as bruxism.

This grinding and clenching happens for most during sleep, but can also be present during the day. Doctors don't completely understand all the causes but have pin-pointed stress as a major contributing factor of bruxism.

Stress induced problems like bruxism have on-going effects even after the stress has passed. Bruxism can severely damage jaw muscles and nerves, and has been identified as an underlying cause of migraine headaches.

Managing stress levels can prevent the unhealthy snowball effect on your body's interconnected systems. For example, if your worried about losing your job and your stress is through-the-roof, this could be causing bruxism. Your bruxism can cause disrupt sleep routines, which in turn can affect your metabolism and emotional health, causing you to gain weight and feel emotionally sensitive or down. It's all related!

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