10/30/2025
📍 What is the REAL Cost of Stress? – Columbus, Ohio Chiropractic Care
Stress isn’t just “in your head.” It costs us financially, physically, emotionally, and relationally—and the price tag is enormous. At inThrive Chiropractic in Columbus, Ohio, we help families from Westerville, Powell, Lewis Center, Galena, and the greater Columbus area understand stress and overcome its toll on their health and relationships.
💰 The Financial Cost
• In 2019, $31.8 billion was spent on prescription drugs for mental disorders among adults AHRQ Report
• Stress leads to missed workdays and decreased productivity—costing businesses and families daily
💔 The Relationship Cost
• Marriage: Stress increases the risk of divorce PMC Study
• Family: Parents and spouses are often disengaged, leaving loved ones feeling unseen
• Friendships: Stress and burnout reduce social energy, making people withdraw
🩺 The Physical Cost
• Increases: Blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, stress hormones
• Decreases: Sleep quality, healing ability, testosterone, immune resilience
• Stress is directly tied to chronic disease, fatigue, and pain
🧠 The Self-Esteem Cost
Stress shows up in the nervous system as survival patterns:
Fight – anger, aggression
Flight – anxiety, despair
Freeze – emotional numbness (pain & pleasure centers shut down)
👉 The polyvagal nerve plays a central role in how our body processes and reacts to stress PMC Study.
✨ Why Chiropractic Care Helps
At inThrive Chiropractic, we use advanced technology like Heart Rate Variability (HRV) scans to measure stress in the nervous system. Chiropractic adjustments help:
• Calm an overactive stress response
• Wake up and “unscramble” the central nervous system
• Restore balance, clarity, and resilience
📖 Reference: Chiropractic and Nervous System Regulation MDPI Research
📍 Serving patients across Columbus, Westerville, Powell, Lewis Center, Galena, and the Olentangy School District.