Does stress cause pain.

Hello again.
We are getting near November, and all the fireworks we have here in the UK. Also we seem to have adopted the habit of Nalloween.
One means a lot fun, bonfires and organised fire work displays on the one hand. On the other, a continuing set of bangs and whizzes on till December. The other event, Halloween, means a lot of strange children wandering the streets demanding food. As my grandaughter will be among them, however, I musnt complain, my wife, daughter and grandaughter have told me.
Seroiously though, this time of year may cause some people stress and tension, which may result in tight muscles, "nerves" giving pains from the lower back to the neck, shoulders, head even the arms. But you may say, stress is with us all the time, as is pain. So what came first, the stress and tension, or pain? Obviously, the stress creeps up on us as we grow older, starts at school, at work, even in relationships.
Tolose the pain, lose the stress. Relaxation and an attitude of mind seem to me to be the answer.
How do you relax? there are a range of thereapies that willrelax you, plus my personal favourite at the moment TM, meditation, goes a bit further, a bit deeper.
If you would like some more ideas on how to become a stress buster yourself, take a look at http://www.backpainloss.com
Bye.
Paul