How Chronic Stress Impacts Your Body—And The Power of Self-Healing

Welcome to another episode of the Pain and Performance Podcast. In this conversation, Swirl shares her personal health journey and how she overcame mental health challenges and physical pain. She discusses the impact of stress on the brain and body, and how chronic stress can lead to pain and dysfunction. Swirl introduces the modality of alpha biotics, which focuses on resetting the brain and restoring balance in the body. She emphasizes the importance of self-healing and the innate wisdom of the body. The conversation explores the impact of stress on the body and the importance of maintaining balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. Swirl, discusses how stress can lead to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual imbalances, and how her practice, AlphaBiotics, helps people restore balance and optimize their well-being. She explains the process of the first visit, which includes an intake, education on stress, and a series of tests to assess the body's alignment and power. Swirl also introduces the EDU practice, a movement program that helps maintain balance and strengthen the core of the body. Our conversation concludes with a discussion on the interconnectedness of physical and mental health and the importance of taking deep breaths to bring oneself into the present moment.

Takeaways

-- Mental health is just as important as physical health, and both should be addressed for overall well-being.
-- Chronic stress can lead to pain and dysfunction in the body.
-- Alpha biotics is a modality that focuses on resetting the brain and restoring balance in the body.
-- The body has the innate ability to heal itself, and self-healing should be prioritized. Stress can have a profound impact on the body, leading to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual imbalances.
-- Maintaining balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems is crucial for optimal well-being.
-- AlphaBiotics is a practice that helps restore balance and optimize the body's function.
-- The first visit to AlphaBiotics includes an intake, education on stress, and a series of tests to assess the body's alignment and power.
-- The EDU practice is a movement program that helps maintain balance and strengthen the core of the body.
-- Taking deep breaths can help bring oneself into the present moment and reduce stress.

Titles

-- The Power of Self-Healing
-- The Impact of Stress on the Brain and Body Maintaining Balance: The EDU Practice
-- Optimizing Well-being: The Importance of Balance

Sound Bites

-- "Mental health is just like any other aspect of your health."
-- "Stress is becoming more and more complex as we become more modern."
-- "With this modality, you just push the reset button."
-- "I've had this happen with a client and he's like going through a divorce, living out of his car, trying to figure out like what the next steps are because they like thought that it was going to work, but then it wasn't working and has all, and then it like compounds just like I was explaining before."
-- "Yeah, that's mainly because there's no longer, like there's actual, like a good amount of blood flow happening to the brain and whole brain function."
-- "What's that first session look like? Is it kinesiology testing? the kind of assessment?"

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Health Journey
03:12 Mental Health Challenges and Recovery
08:04 The Impact of Stress on the Brain and Body
12:14 Understanding Stress and its Effects
19:47 Digging Out of Chronic Stress
22:24 Introduction to Alpha Biotics
26:18 The Power of Self-Healing
28:14 Restoring Alignment and Power
31:08 Empowering Self-Healing
34:32 Assessing Alignment and Power
43:49 The Power of Breath


Keywords

#HealthJourney #MentalHealth #PhysicalPain #Stress #Brain #ChronicStress #AlphaBiotics #self-healing #stress #balance #SympatheticNervousSystem #ParasympatheticNervousSystem #AlphaBiotics #well-being #Alignment #Power #EDUpractice #Movement #CoreStrength #Breath