Bodily tension, believe it or not, is typically the result of stress, either emotionally or mentally. When you experience feelings of pressure and overwhelm, your mind and physique have many avenues to handle it.

Symptoms can be less obvious like muscle aches and colds to the more obvious like tension in your jaw from clenching your teeth or a gnawing sensation in your gut. Here are some things that you can do to alleviate the symptoms you might be experiencing.

Close both eyes. The fact that it can be used anywhere or anytime is one of the good things about this specific method for eliminating stress. However, do not do it while driving or handling large items. If you begin to feel bad at work, then take a few seconds, stop whatever you are doing and close your eyes. You can move your eyes from side to side with closed eyelids. This will decrease the speed of your racing brain. But, if you see that you have a bad reaction to light, then advise your doctor of your condition. Reduce your salt amount. A lot can be said for eating healthy. While you should definitely be following the food pyramid, you should take extra care to limit your salt intake while doing so. Salt has a negative effect on your muscles and blood flow, which can increase the physical pains that you are feeling. Remember, you can add flavor to your food with lots of things (herbs, spices, fruit and vegetable juices, etc) . These things are much better for you than salt. You might also try using a salt substitute just to make sure you are salt free.

Change up the food you eat. When trying to manage physical stress, you need to do the best you can to stay as healthy as possible in all other respects. Your diet should be balanced and full of nutritious foods, so that means taking it easy with the junk food, no matter how much temporary stress relief it provides. Make sure you are eating the right number of servings of fruit and vegetables as well as grains. The body starts to produce more bile and stomach acid than it needs when you are stressed and grains absorb the excess. There are numerous methods for handling the physical symptoms of stress. You can attempt to try stretching and breathing exercises and get professional help when needed. Quite frankly, whenever you figure out why you are stressed out, you will know what steps to deal with it. Sometimes it is as simple as a sickness eventually arising. It is one that can be cured with simple medication, or not. Other times it will require more time to determine what is causing your stress so that it can be fixed. Have fun.

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