Anti-Aging Treatments

Healthy aging and delaying or lessening the effects of aging.

We all age but with health care, acupuncture. healthy eating, taking some herbal and nutritional supplements, relaxation & stress reduction, regular exercise, having the ability to adapt to changes and moving forward with life changes and finding joy in life can assist in a healthy aging.

Healthy aging may achieved by improving the replacement of damaged tissues or rejuvenating cells enhancing telomerase and decreasing cell glycation.

Life is so fast moving resulting in stress and anxiety which may result in accelerated aging. Our bodies are designed to deal with a certain amount of stress but it has its limits. When under long term sustained stress physical and psychological signs and symptoms occur.

Chronic stress can build up and result in anxiety, fatigue, depression, short temperedness. Stress can result in brain shrinkage. Stress actively disrupts brain chemistry and damages brain cells thus changing brain structure and accelerating brain aging.

Our body has the fight or flight response to stressors. It is controlled via a brilliant network of nerves and hormones that are stimulated by stress and anxiety. This network is controlled via the hpa axis (hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenal axis). This results in hormone releases that cause physiological and psychological changes. Stress response can influence heart, kidney, liver and endocrine system function the adrenal glands produce more cortisol.

Some signs and symptoms that may occur are: –

• Sleep disturbances, insomnia, anxiety, depression, mood changes
• Weight gain especially around the waist, appetite changes, hormone changes
• Lack of interest in sex, infertility
• Reduced immune response, underlying inflammation
• Take time for you to allow your body to heal and return to a balanced state “ homeostasis”. This can be done by: –
• Mindfulness reducing stressors and changing the way you think about stressors and respond to stressors.
• Herbal medicines and nutritional supplements to reduce allostatic load, reduce cortisol and decrease cell glycation.
• Acupuncture to create a state of calmness within by reducing stress hormones. Research shows that acupuncture blocks the stress induced elevations of hpa axis hormones and sympathetic npy pathway.
• Massage lowers cortisol levels and increases serotonin levels. Serotonin is a hormone that creates calmness and reduces pain. By lowering cortisol and increasing serotonin the body is then able to reduce pain and improve moods.