Pains

[cjm75]

Hi, I'm currently experiencing lots of aches and pains which come and go at the moment, including daily headaches and chest and shoulder pains, and today what feels like kidney pain - I think they might be stress related as I am currently under a lot of pressure both at work and have financial issues at home, but I wasn't sure if it was worth seeing my doctor about.

Can you offer any advice?

[Annette Boden - Counsellor]

Hi
Yes you may well be right - stress certainly impacts on the physical body and tension can cause a lot of aches and pains. It may be worth running this by your GP in the first instance to confirm this. Then there are a number of options open to you that you can explore such as relaxation tecniques, including meditation, mindfulness etc, and also perhaps talking to a counsellor would be helpful to work through some of the issues causing you stress to look at ways you can tackle them.