The Link Between Stress, Excess Cortisol and Pain

As study after study continues to reveal and verify, stress, triggered by fear or a perceived threat, prompts the secretion of sympathetic epinephrine and norepinepherine and cortisol.

This response in the short term plays a positive role. For example, cortisol mobilizes glucose reserves for energy.

Chronic pain, however, can cause prolonged stress that, in turn, creates a cycle of unhealthy, excess cortisol secretion. The result can be widespread inflammation and increased pain. A vicious cycle can ensue where excess stress and unwarranted fear could perpetuate cortisol dysfunction, widespread inflammation, and pain.

Bottom line: it’s important to break the cycle of pain, excess cortisol, fear, and more pain.

Helping to break this cycle is one reason why physicians created Sanyx… to mitigate the effects of excess cortisol on target organs.