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Stress is any change that you must adjust to. It is persistent in the environment,
body, and thought. Through Stress Management and the usage of Biofeedback Therapy, 
stress is measured based on three modalities. 
Those modalities are (EMG) electomyograph, which measures stress muscularly, hand 
temperature is measured through peripheral vasoconstriction and skin conductance is 
measured through electrodermal activity. The latter represents cognitive stress. Traditionally
stress is reduced to a basic psycophysiological response (fight or flight).
This is a series of biochemical changes that prepare you to deal with a potential threat. The 
response is based on any problem real or imagined causing the cerebral cortex (the thinking 
part of the brain) to send an alarm signal to the hypothlamus (the activator for the stress 
response)  located in the mid brain. It then stimulates the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) 
to make a series of changes in your body. Your heart rate, blood volume and blood pressure 
all increase.
Through the application of Stress Management, with the aid of Biofeedback, clients will be 
aware of the of the very subtle changes in physiological states and be able to bring those 
process under conscious control. Stress Management implements noninvasive techniques 
that enhances a person's ability to cope with stress.

 



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