Definitely. I think people live in way more stress than they are aware of. You don't really get aware of how much stress you lived in until you 'detox' from all that by doing something like yoga and meditation consistently for a while. Then you see, "Oh my god, there's a new way to be. I never knew I could feel like this."

And you realize, like, holy shit...people are living their lives, locked up and trapped by this stress, and they're just used to it so they don't see it? Ugh...so bad. And so much avoidable suffering.

I guess that's also why something like "low-dose aspirin" is effective against many different conditions. People here also mention diet, which is think is true as well. One thing I noticed after regular yoga and meditation was my dietary choices totally changed. Things that I used to eat didn't feel healthy anymore--it was not based on any education (this was back in early 2000s I was not exposed to any of the current obsession with diet at that time), just my body's awareness.

Obviously the genesis of these things would be complex, but that inflammation/stress/cortisol would play a significant role in worsening conditions, maybe to the point of being the "camel straw" that causes them, and would also play a significant role in harming the body's ability to heal itself from these...is pretty obvious I'd say.

Exercise helps with this right? Exercise, aspirin, diet, avoiding definite inflamers like alcohol, cigarettes (tho some nicotine by itself might actually be good, cigarette not good), toxic chemicals in environment and food...practicing the right way in these things probably help a lot because of their connection with inflammation.