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Did You Know Your Digestive Disorders & Anxiety Might Be Related?
By Carolyn Cseszko, Registered Acupuncturist at Fall River
Anxiety is one of the most common emotional complaints that I treat in my clinic, but why is it so common? Well, one could argue that we live a stressful life of never-ending to-do lists, with unreasonable time constraints, and traffic and balancing family life with work-life; I’d be lying if I said it didn’t make me anxious just thinking about it! Interestingly enough, digestive issues are just as common - but most people have had poor digestionforso longtheydon’tevenrecognize it’s an issue. Signs and symptoms such as bloating after meals, flatulence, abdominal distention, acidreflux,constipation,diarrheaandabdominal pain... If you’re feeling any of these on a regular bases you don’t have to be! In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM for short), the organ associated with digestion also manages our propensity to overthink things. How is that possible? These two concepts are completely separate from one another, aren’t they?Well,whenwe lookat theparasympathetic
nervous system and the sympathetic nervous system or the “rest & digest” mechanism and the “fight or flight” responses, respectively, we do see a clear relationship.
No adrenaline is released Adrenaline is released
Theway thatTraditionalChineseMedicine looks at it is: if you’re overthinking or worried, then your digestion is also probably off, because they both fall in the same category. So as an acupuncturistwhopracticesTraditionalChinese Medicinewhen Itreatdigestion, Iamalsotreating anxiety because the treatment stimulates the body to move back into the parasympathetic nervous system mode. You can actually feel the body switch pathways during treatment, as muscletensiondecreasesandthebodybecomes more calm and relaxed. It is during this phase that thebodycanstarthealing itselfandgoback toabetterstatewhere itcandigestfoodproperly. And as for the needle part; don’t overthink it! Learn more about how Acupuncture can help you today by visiting kinetesis.ca/services/ acupuncture .
Parasympathetic Nervous System “Rest & Digest” Sympathetic Nervous System “Fight or Flight”
Restorative state of calm Body becomes more alert, tension increases
Heart rate decreases Heart rate increases Muscles relax Muscles contract
An increase in stomach movement A decrease in stomach movement
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