Why You May Be Carrying Stress in Your Shoulders and Neck (trigger, symptoms)

[allthatglitters]

Ouch!...my shoulders. When I experience high levels of anxiety or stress, my body’s natural reaction is to tense up, which can lead to muscle tension, stiffness, aching, and pain in my neck and shoulders.

Neck and shoulder pain is quite common in the general population, especially among people who experience high levels of stress. It’s no wonder that expressions like “carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders” came to be, or that people tend to describe challenging situations or difficult people as “pain in the necks.” Many of us carry our stress directly in our necks and shoulders, which can lead to muscle tension, pain, and headaches.

https://www.verywellmind.com/why-you...0Neck%20Stress

[Babe_Ruth]

Originally Posted by allthatglitters

Ouch!...my shoulders. When I experience high levels of anxiety or stress, my body’s natural reaction is to tense up, which can lead to muscle tension, stiffness, aching, and pain in my neck and shoulders.



https://www.verywellmind.com/why-you...0Neck%20Stress

Yup.. trigger point treatments can help eradicate painfully pent up stress in your neck and shoulders. Both injections, or dry needling. Once you get the trigger points melted you gotta get in to regular stretching..Good times.