Tag Archives: Stress Management

The idea you must relax before you sleep might sound obvious, but how many people actually unwind before going to bed? Many rush through the day, feel tired, and expect to fall asleep the moment their head hits the pillow. When you don’t relax, though, it’s hard to sleep. Here’s why. [Read more]

Anxiety can produce a wide range of distressing symptoms, including chest pains, breathlessness and tingling in the fingers. Many of these symptoms can be caused or made worse by your diet or the food you eat. Here are five ways your diet could be causing or making your symptoms worse.
Levels of sugar in the blood fluctuate naturally, but sudden changes in blood sugar can cause a range of symptoms, including anxiety, lightheadedness and headaches. Eating a diet high in sugar, refined carbohydrates and processed foods can cause blood sugar levels to spike and fall regularly, aggravating your anxiety and increasing the severity of symptoms. [Read more]

Though this condition usually doesn’t lead to any symptoms beyond those of GERD, Barrett’s esophagus can increase your risk of developing esophageal cancer, which makes it a common cause for concern among GERD sufferers. [Read more]

When you develop symptoms and your doctor diagnoses appendicitis, it is important that a general surgeon become involved in your care as soon as possible as you could require an appendectomy very soon. [Read more]

The number of people who are experiencing acid reflux is at an all-time high, while women seem to be developing the condition at an increasingly alarming rate. [Read more]

If you are struggling with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, another form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), then your general surgeon in Ft. Myers can help you overcome the physical symptoms of the disease. [Read more]

When you have the time, activities like progressive muscle relaxation and deep breathing can be powerful ways to reduce stress, but they typically work best for managing anxieties long-term. [Read more]

A simple way to reduce stress in any situation is to engage your senses. Every sense can provide a unique experience that distracts you from your stressors and makes it easier to calm down. You can help yourself handle stress better by engaging senses like sound, sight and touch. [Read more]

There are a lot of things you can become anxious about in this world—especially as you are losing weight after bariatric surgery. [Read more]

If you let it build to unmanageable levels, stress can dramatically hinder your attempts to lose weight. When stressed out, you will be more likely to give in to bad habits like emotional eating, or to skip workouts and healthy cooking as you grapple with your anxieties. But in addition to its role in weight maintenance, exercise is one of the most powerful stress relievers we have available to us. [Read more]