Sleep better with these top tips and small changes

Sleep Better With These Top Tips And Small Changes

Lack of sleep can wreak havoc on your health both physically and mentally. Are you struggling to get quality shut eye? Here are few handy tips to help you get some much-needed rest at night.

Handy tips for peaceful sleep

– Limit stimulants including tea, coffee and caffeine drinks and even alcohol for at least three hours before retiring for the day.

– Resist the snooze, it will only mess with your sleep cycle and create long-term problems.

– Relax before bed. Try a few breathing exercises, a candle lit bath or even some soothing music.

Every day slumber guidelines

– Rising ritual. Wake up every day at the same time to establish a consistent pattern. Both your mind and your body love routine.

– If you can’t drift off, rather than lying awake make yourself a warm cup of chamomile tea. Read a few pages of a book until you feel drowsy. If the problem persists, consider having a sleep study or investing in a melatonin supplement from your health care practitioner.

– Confine use of the bedroom to rest and for intimacy, avoid eating or working in bed. It confuses the mind and blurs the lines between being in bed and going to sleep.

Healthy lifestyle changes

– Save Exercise in the morning, afternoon or early evening. Evening workouts stimulate your endorphins and make it hard to nod off.

– Ban gadgets from the bedroom. Blue wavelengths from LED lights and screens are disruptive and even simply having a PC on standby can mess with shut-eye.

– Catch a few rays of sunlight daily, this helps with the body’s melatonin production. Then, prior bedtime, dim the lights to let the body clock register it is night-time. This stimulates the production of melatonin and you are more likely to doze off.

Always consult a healthcare practitioner for best advice and guidance on sleep studies, supplements, and possible causes of a lack of sleep.

Comments

Your email address will not be published.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  1. Annette van Niekerk

    Ek is 65 jaar oud en gebruik hormoonvervanging Premerin en Provera (laaste opsie omdat ek nog steeds my baarmoeder het – ander Hormoonpille het newe effekte veroorsaak). Ek sukkel ontsettend met slaap. My ginekoloog het aanbeveel dat ek eerder magnesium drink as slaappille of ‘n ligte anti depressant (molipaxon) om aan die slaap te val wat my huisdokter voorgestel het. Ek gebruik nou al ‘n jaar net die magnesium pille en ek raak nie aan die slaap nie en rol die hele nag rond. Ek is nie depressief nie en het regtig niks wat my pla nie. Kry nog steeds warmgloede (is effens beter met pille as daarsonder). Is oorgewig (is besig met reg eet en darem 3 kg verloor in maand). Skildklier is getoets, suiker is getoets. Is moedeloos oor slaap. Soek dringend ‘n oplossing.

    Reply
    • Beauty desk

      Hi Annette

      Have you ever considered a sleep study? This will be able to tell doctors what happens while you sleep and what keeps waking you up.You can read more about it and get a home-based sleep study done by our friends over at Sleep Renewal http://bit.ly/SLRSleepStudy1

      Regards Heather

      Reply

Trending Articles

See all Body
5499