Managing stress through Exercise and Therapy

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Managing stress through Exercise and Therapy

Contents

Page 1- Definitions of stress & General Adaptation Syndrome

Page 2-3- Holmes and Rahe social readjustment rating scale

Page 4-5- Interactional model of stress

Page 6- Primary stress intervention

Page 7-8- Secondary stress intervention

Page 9- Tertiary stress intervention

Page 10- Physiology of the stress response

National definition of stress

Stress is an individual's mental, behavioural and physiological response to when we feel/ fear we cannot cope with the pressure perceived.

Another definition of stress by The UK Health & Safety Executive;

'Stress is the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressure or other types of demand placed on them'.

http://www.personal-stress-management.com/definition-of-stress.html

International definition of stress

The term "stress" was originally coined in 1936 by Hans Selye, a Hungarian physician, who defined it as "the non-specific response of the body to any demand for change".

http://internationalstressreliefacademy.com/definition-of-stress/

General Adaptation syndrome

A. Alarm reaction. The body shows the changes characteristic of the first exposure to a stressor. Then the body recognises that it must fight off some physical or psychological danger and acts accordingly. If