Stress Management with Physical Therapy

Abstract

          In Thai society nowadays, the way of living of Thai people in every part of the country has been impacted by the fast changing of economic, social, political and, cultural. Especially, the people who live in the urban area which the population is increasing every single day, these townspeople have to rush how they live due to the high competition in the society. They have to be on top to survive. And, these situations and pressures are the factors that lead to the anxiety, stress and tension which has many negative effects on the both mind and body. The most significant adverse effects on the body are the injuries to the musculoskeletal conditions such as neck pain, shoulder pain, scapular pain and back pain. Moreover, some people may having a cervicogenic headache, referred pain to the temporal region, feeling dizzy, referred pain to upper trapezius muscle or referred paresthesia and numbness to fingers. Physical Therapy, relaxation exercise, is one of the ways to cope with stress and its symptoms. Relaxation exercise can decrease the sympathetic nervous system activities and increase the parasympathetic nervous system activities, that conduce to relaxing your body.