{"id":9868,"date":"2021-10-12T16:14:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T14:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matisfourways.co.za\/shop\/?p=9868"},"modified":"2021-10-12T16:14:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T14:14:29","slug":"good-vs-bad-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matisfourways.co.za\/shop\/blog\/good-vs-bad-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Good vs Bad Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stress & anxiety seems to be the new norm these days with all the additional external stressors that we are now faced with, it’s scary don’t you think? In college we studied good & bad stress, how to recognise the difference & all the ailments & dis-ease that come with prolonged bad stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know that there is good & bad stress? Yep! Those first date jitters or the “panic” you feel before a competition, that’s the good kind. Good stress is short term, it pushes you with that extra (good) boost of adrenaline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then we get the bad stress, the long term one, the one that causes all other things like pain, weight gain or weight loss & even high blood pressure! Those of you who know me a little better, know that I have had chronic neck pain for years, like many many years… Before I took over the shop in 2015 I developed short courses to help therapists better treat their clients, one of those courses is a massage\/body therapy course. Here’s the secret, I developed that course because I’d been for so many terrible massages & hardly ever felt that the therapist was able to accurately treat my concern. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I tried to make lemonade with that lemon & now there are a few more therapists who give better massages- you’re welcome! Anyway fast forward a few years later, I found a few things that have really helped me handle my chronic pain & stress & wanted to share them with you all<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s what I do:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n