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Many different symptoms can arise from the accumulation of small injuries or stresses to the body.
CTD is not so much a disease as it is a response to excessive demands that we place on our bodies - without giving them adequate time to recover between. A problem that interferes with the normal body processes. To function, or work properly, the body and each of its parts need a steady supply of blood, rich in oxygen and nutrients . Nutrients are the things that make up the fuel of the body - glucose for example. Cutting off or slowing the blood supply harms the tissues of the body.