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Stress Recovery

Meaning

Stress recovery is the essential physiological and psychological process of returning the body to a state of pre-stress homeostasis following the termination of an acute or chronic stressor. This adaptive and vital process involves the rapid downregulation of the sympathetic nervous system activity and the normalization of stress hormone levels, primarily cortisol and catecholamines. Effective stress recovery is fundamentally vital for preventing the accumulation of allostatic load, reducing chronic systemic inflammation, and preserving long-term metabolic and cardiovascular health.