role of pa’s in managing one’s stress
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PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES: ITS ROLE IN MANAGING STRESS
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role of pa’s in managing one’s stress
- 1. ROLE OF PA’s IN MANAGING ONE’S STRESS
- 2. PA’s that manage stress Yoga Humor Meditation Exercise Writing
- 3. STRESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES Yoga Yoga advocates believe that yoga bridges the gap between western and alternative styles of medicine. The practice of asanas (or postures) in yoga have been used to combat stress along with decreasing depression and anxiety.
- 4. Some researchers claim yoga will calm a restless mind, creating peace within oneself. o Subsequently, when an individual’s mind becomes rested they become relaxed, which will ultimately reduce stress. STRESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
- 5. There are many different types of yoga: o Bikram (hot yoga), o Vinyasa (flowing/aerobic yoga) or o Hatha (slow, posture focused yoga). STRESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
- 6. Humor Laughter is not only free but it is contagious . Laughter is almost cathartic, once you start laughing usually you feel some of your stress and anxiety instantly release. STRESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
- 7. Meditation Deep, slow breathing and positive thoughts can help ease any stressful mind. Meditation is one of the easiest and most convenient stress management techniques, and it is also free. STRESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
- 8. Meditation All that is necessary is a quiet space with a comfortable place to sit or lie down. Meditation can be done in many forms ranging from guided imagery or visualization (focusing on being in a beautiful place), mindful meditation (focusing on the present moment and your breath while releasing any unpleasant thoughts) and tai chi (self-paced series of postures or movements in a slow, graceful manner while practicing deep breathing). There is no right or wrong way to mediate; just find a way to help reduce your stress levels. STRESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
- 9. Exercise The health benefits of daily exercise are indisputable. Research unanimously suggests that daily exercise can improve most chronic conditions and improve overall emotional health. It is a great way to reduce stress and there are different forms of exercise you can participate in: a short run, a power walk or even an organized class or exercise video. Group exercise promotes collaboration among your peers, which can also help you talk about what may be making you anxious and stressed, therefore mitigating some of your daily frustrations. STRESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
- 10. Get right by writing Think about keeping a task list or journal. Every day there seems like an endless amount of work that needs to be done, which triggers anxiety from the minute we wake up. Write down what you need to do and cross it out when it is completed. At the end of the day, look back at the list and you may be surprised by how much you accomplished. STRESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
- 11. The number of stress management strategies is endless. This is just a snapshot of a few that I have personally researched. While stress in our lives is inevitable, it is not unmanageable. The key is finding what method works for us, to help relieve stress in our lives safely and effectively STRESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
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- Every year I give a stress lecture to incoming Physician Assistant students. I explain to them that stress increases exponentially with the length of their white lab coat. As a student, you put on your consultation jacket for the first time and suddenly you feel overwhelmed. You realize you simultaneously have to continue to study, see patients, juggle a social life and today, keep up with Facebook. Your world seems chaotic, stressful, that the demands placed upon you are just too great. Even though many rotations may let you out by noon; you just cannot wait to graduate so you can enter the “working” world. I explain to them, once you put on your full length lab coats and enter the workforce — that is when the stress really begins! Not only do you have to see patients, continue to study since we need to recertify, work full time, hold second jobs, work overtime, finish mountains of paperwork, return telephone calls from patients and deal with medical malpractice insurance. By the time some of us start practicing we may have families, buy a house and pay taxes, all of which create a mountain of stress we probably never fathomed as a student. Sometimes we even wish we were a student again. For years it was believed that only major traumatic life events such as deaths, accidents and divorces, could cause stress. Research now suggests that minor daily “hassles” — which can include, but are not limited to traffic, bad weather, multi-tasking, arguments and even waiting on hold—can increase stress levels. Stress can take its toll not only emotionally, but physically as well. There is a lengthy, well-known list of the consequences of stress, but just to name a few: rashes, headaches, chest pain, increased frequency of colds and even infertility. What is interesting is that a person may not even realize how stressed he or she is, until a negative physical or emotional consequence occurs and serves as a wake-up call. It is impossible to eliminate all stress in life, so we need to find ways to manage it. The goal of stress management techniques is to relieve stress, not cause duress, so what works for one person may not work for another. Personal research has found that engaging in just 20 minutes of a stress reduction program can reduce both physical and emotional stress.
- Yoga was developed in India over 5,000 years ago. Yoga practitioners view yoga as a holistic tool for self-improvement and self-healing as well as a method to help reduce stress.
- Recently yoga has been recommended as an adjunctive technique to assist in coping with stress more effectively, providing both a preventive and curative treatment for many of today’s ailments. You can do yoga in the privacy of your home or at a local club or studio. Starting with a studio may be the best option to begin understanding the postures and what the practice entails.
- In 1979, Norman Cousins was the first to discover the power of laughter and wrote about his personal journey in the book “Anatomy of an Illness.” He suffered from ankylosing spondylitis and as part of his treatment plan he laughed at least ten minutes a day. To the surprise of both Cousins and his physicians, Cousins felt better physically and his sedimentation rate, a marker for inflammation, decreased. Research suggests that laughter can also reduce blood pressure, heart rate and stress. Laughter can be achieved by reading a funny cartoon, reading a few jokes or even watching humorous video on YouTube.