Have you ever experienced Stress? I am sure the answer is yes because stress is an epidemic. In fact, more than two thirds of all admissions to the hospital are related to some type of stressor.

Today, I want to talk about one of those conditions call ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’ or Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. The symptoms mimic an acute heart attack with sudden onset of chest pain, abnormal EKG and blood work suggestive of acute myocardial infarction. Broken heart syndrome is a temporary heart condition brought on by a stressful event. The heart muscle is stunned due to the release of adrenaline and other stress related hormones.

Stress is very real and the affects can be destructive to the body.  However, there are things that we can do to protect the effects of stress on the body through prayer and  meditation, soft music, nature walks, journaling, sign chi do and many other techniques.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/broken-heart-syndrome/home/ovc-20264165

Welcome to the BREATHE MOVE PRAY Podcast with Dr. Anne Borik, integrating Medicine with Spirituality and helping people to discover how to reduce stress, grow spiritually and live happier, healthier lives.

Dr. Anne Borik, a Catholic Christian physician is board certified in Internal Medicine. Voted as one of Phoenix Magazine’s Top Valley Docs she practices as a hospitalist in Phoenix, Arizona.

Dr. Anne shares about her childhood growing up in Pittsburgh, Pa where she began studying the Martial Arts and Karate. She is a third degree black belt and as a high school student she taught self-defense and karate to blind people.  One of her most memorable experiences was her attempt to explain what colors felt like through different movements.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_bmbtPmRNE

Dr. Anne Borik describes her experience in Organic Chemistry and how she actually memorized molecular structures in movement. Today, she developed an intriguing program that combines sign gesture with movement, music and prayer called Sign Chi Do. Learn about this and much more related to the practice of medicine, nutrition, spirituality, health and healing, prayer and much, much more.