{"id":43561,"date":"2019-11-27T05:18:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T05:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/?p=43561"},"modified":"2022-11-27T05:52:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T05:52:46","slug":"does-your-marriage-need-a-chiropractic-adjustment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/marriage-fitness\/does-your-marriage-need-a-chiropractic-adjustment\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Your Marriage Need a Chiropractic Adjustment?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Marriages are challenging. They require constant work, strong communication, and the ability to be flexible and understanding at any given moment. Both parties must be committed to giving 100% in a relationship for it to work and thrive.<\/span><\/p>\n

With that being said, it does not mean that just because you do all the right things, everything will be smooth sailing.<\/span> There are many challenges to <\/span>navigate, but sometimes the downs can become overwhelming and provoke intense feelings of stress and despair.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stress from a rough patch in a marriage can range from mild, slightly elevated stress levels, some anxiety, and inability to cope with certain things to severe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Severe stress from marriage issues can lead to mental health problems such as debilitating anxiety to depression.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Studies confirm that a<\/span> bad marriage is significantly damaging to your health<\/span><\/a> and can lead to inflammation in the body, appetite changes, and poor immune and heart function.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, a tough time in your marriage also damages your mental health.<\/span><\/p>\n

While there are many ways to take care of your physical and mental health, there is an option that is often overlooked by many people.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Chiropractic adjustments and marriage<\/span><\/h2>\n

Chiropractic adjustments can have a positive impact <\/span>on your mental health and help with stress, anxiety, depression, the tension in the body, pain, headaches, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

While chiropractic adjustments won’t magically make your marriage problems go away, adjustments can help relieve tension, stress, anxiety, depression, headaches, and more that can make focusing on the issues easier.<\/span><\/p>\n

Less stress and a clear and healthy mind and body can do wonders while you are working on some challenges in your marriage.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Below are exactly what chiropractic adjustments can do for your mind and body as a whole, so you can tackle the marriage issues head-on.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Relieves stress and anxiety<\/span><\/h2>\n

Stress and anxiety are very hard on the human body.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you are in a constant state of fight or flight mode, it is exhausting for your brain and your body. <\/span>The more stressed you are<\/span>, the worse you feel, which makes you more anxious, and the vicious cycle continues.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chiropractic adjustments can help with managing and relieving some stress and anxiety in your body. Chiropractic adjustments can melt away tension, but chiropractic care is often used with massage therapy techniques as well, which<\/span> is proven to lower blood pressure<\/span><\/a>, which can make you feel less stressed and anxious.<\/span><\/p>\n

The adjustments to your spine also<\/span> promote the natural production of good hormones<\/span><\/a>. Work on your spine can increase the production of feel-good hormones like oxytocin, and neurotensin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, the act of the adjustments and massage therapy itself is inherently relaxing. The movements and motions are often relaxing for many people and give them something to focus on other than what is making them stressed and anxious.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Relieves muscle and body tension<\/span><\/h2>\n

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A stressed and anxious mind is a body full of tight muscles and tension.<\/span><\/p>\n

When there is something going on in your life that causes an influx of stress your body becomes tight and tense. Your muscles will get strained, form knots, and feel tight all of the time. Tight muscles in the back, neck, shoulders, and head are often the most common places where people hold their tension.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you get chiropractic adjustments, much of the tension and compression you have in your spine will be fixed, which will cause the rest of your body to let go of tension as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

When your spine returns to its proper alignment and motion is restored in the region, the tension in the body eases up. When the tendons and bones are out of whack in your spine it causes the muscles in other areas of the body to strain and pulls, leaving to knots, pain, and overall discomfort.<\/span><\/p>\n

A study found that<\/span> muscle tension was reduced by 25%<\/span><\/a> after spinal manipulations were performed amongst 20 participants, which signifies just how powerful chiropractic adjustments are for muscle tension.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adjustments also affect nerve impulses in the body and in return prompt other muscles in the body to relax and reduce tension.<\/span>