Assessing PHYSIOLOGICAL LOAD (total current stress on the system) is a concept that was first taught to me by @paul.chek back in 2005 & is something that creates a big part of the basis for my intake forms starting with a new client.
When we think of stress, we often just think of an annoying friend, traffic or financial issues.
It goes much deeper than that.
Stress to anyone’s system is perceived or interpreted by key control systems of the body
- The limbic / Emotional
- Hormonal
- Visceral
- Nervous
- Musculoskeletal
- Plus a few key sub-systems
It is worth noting that each system requires an appropriate level of stress to maintain homeostasis. Not all stress is actually bad, what is bad is an amount of stress where the system can no longer maintain the balance that it is constantly trying to maintain.