{"id":6121,"date":"2023-01-09T14:28:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T13:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/?p=6121"},"modified":"2023-02-14T15:48:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T14:48:26","slug":"spierpijn-door-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/spierpijn-door-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Muscle pain due to stress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Muscle pain in your back, shoulders or neck? It could be due to stress!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Do you regularly suffer from back pain? Or are the muscles in your neck tense? Then it may well be that you are perhaps unknowingly experiencing an awful lot of stress. You probably already knew that stress has adverse effects on our bodies. Many people become tired, get headaches or feel less or more like eating, for instance. But did you also know that stress can cause muscle pain? In this blog, we explain what happens in your body and what you can do yourself to reduce muscle pain.<\/b><\/p>\n

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What happens in your body due to stress?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Stress has a major impact on our bodies. Besides the often recognisable hunted feeling, a lot more happens physically. Stress increases your heart rate and causes you to breathe faster. In addition, your body produces the stress hormone Cortisol. Often, the symptoms go away quickly once you have calmed down a bit. However, if you experience stress for a longer period of time, your body cannot recover properly and you will also notice this physically.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Physical symptoms of prolonged stress:<\/b><\/p>\n