{"id":13432,"date":"2021-12-12T15:32:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T15:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ovadiahearthealth.com\/old-site\/?p=13432"},"modified":"2022-03-11T06:42:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T06:42:35","slug":"how-workplace-stress-management-can-improve-your-employees-heart-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ovadiahearthealth.com\/old-site\/2021\/12\/12\/how-workplace-stress-management-can-improve-your-employees-heart-health\/","title":{"rendered":"How workplace stress management can improve your employees\u2019 heart health"},"content":{"rendered":"

The link between stress and heart-related illness has long been recognized, especially its relation to sudden heart attacks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is why learning how to manage stress is an essential element of heart health training for anyone that wants to live a long and healthy life.<\/span><\/p>\n

A good first step is to look at sources of stress that can be eliminated entirely. There are many causes of stress that can be avoided or reduced, from lifestyle choices like smoking to behaviors like excess anger. But some sources of stress can\u2019t be avoided, and need to be managed instead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Work-related stress is one of the latter.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2019, <\/span>more than 50% of workers reported that work was a significant source of stress.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Implementing efforts to reduce stress can have a significant impact on the collective health of your team, contributing to a significant reduction in <\/span>employee sick days<\/span><\/a> as well as the issue of <\/span>presenteeism<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

How stress affects the heart<\/b><\/h2>\n

The body’s stress response, or \u2018<\/span>fight-or-flight<\/span><\/a>,\u2019 is your body’s method of preparing you for danger. In these moments, your body releases hormones intended to help you survive a dangerous situation.<\/span><\/p>\n

This makes sense when we\u2019re truly in danger, or in the distant past at the start of our evolutionary journey. However, these moments of genuine mortal threat were not around-the-clock occurrences.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The problem is that our stress response system hasn\u2019t caught up to the fact that many people live much safer lives now, and the events that trigger the response are not threats to our life at all. An imminent deadline or a job interview aren\u2019t at all similar to the stress of running for your life, but our response is the same.<\/span><\/p>\n

Worse, because these stressful moments are almost constant in modern life, we\u2019re also experiencing the stress responses much more often than we should. This is a problem because chronic stress can contribute to a number of conditions, including:<\/span><\/p>\n