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Stress Axis Management

Meaning

Stress Axis Management refers to the advanced clinical strategy of optimizing the function, sensitivity, and adaptive responsiveness of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis, which is the body’s central neuroendocrine system responsible for regulating the complex physiological response to stress. Effective management fundamentally involves balancing the production, feedback control, and crucial diurnal rhythm of stress hormones, primarily cortisol, to ensure a robust and adaptive response to acute stressors while actively preventing the detrimental catabolic effects of chronic HPA axis dysregulation. This optimization is absolutely fundamental for maintaining stable energy balance, robust immune health, and long-term emotional and psychological stability.