According to renowned physiologist Hans Selye, stress is a specific disease entity, and may be the only disease there is.
Everyone has a certain resistance to stress based on their genetics, environment and lifestyle.
The key to health is to keep your total level of stress below your level of resistance. If your level of stress overwhelms your level of resistance, you begin to experience symptoms:
A sound health plan should incorporate the dual goals of strengthening, or raising, your resistance level and decreasing your stressors. These two goals are the focus of my practice.
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