You wake in the early hours of the morning. You try to check the time, but you find yourself incapable of moving a muscle. Laying motionless, your eyes dart around the room and spot a menacing, dark figure, difficult to make out against the backdrop of your unlit walls. Completely immobilized, panic begins to fill [...]
Getting enough sleep is crucial to your mental and physical well-being. Despite this and those 7-9 hours of sleep per night is recommended for adults, most people aren’t getting that. More than 35% of adults in the U.S. report not sleeping as much as they need to, averaging seven or fewer hours per night. Sleep [...]
Do you wake up frequently at night? Do you have a history of breathing and sleeping problems? Or have you been told that you snore while you’re sleeping? If so, you may struggle with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). SDB is a common problem that millions of people deal with throughout their lifetimes. However, just because it’s [...]
What is the difference between having trouble sleeping and an actual sleep disorder? The answer is more complex than you'd think. When sleeping problems begin to interfere with your ability to function in daily life, it’s time to start thinking about talking to a doctor to figure out a diagnosis. After you get a diagnosis, [...]
Sleep is the key to having a healthy brain, happy mood, and overall well-functioning body. However, many people have trouble sleeping for one reason or another. These symptoms can be disturbing, even if you have milder sleep disturbances like frequently waking up throughout the night or more severe ones like sleepwalking. A slew of common [...]
Life as an adult comes with plenty of obstacles, challenges, and frustrations that often prevent us from getting a healthy amount of sleep. Our sleep schedules are frequently interrupted by work, travel, stress, or other demands on our minds and it can have a negative impact on our body’s internal clock. A broken internal clock [...]
Do you have a favorite sleep position you rely on each night to fall asleep fast, or do you toss and turn each night to see which position suits you best? If you suffer from sleep apnea, your decision may be more important than you think. Sleep apnea is an increasingly common sleeping disorder for [...]
Does exercise affect sleep? The short answer is yes, it most certainly does. Researchers around the world have been working for years to pinpoint the direct cause of this correlation, but the concrete explanation continues to be elusive. However, it has been frequently observed and fundamentally proven that moderate aerobic exercise will increase the amount [...]
We’ve all had those sleepless nights full of tossing and turning, and it seems that no matter how tired we are, we still can’t manage to fall asleep. People experience this unfortunate scenario for many various reasons, and many times they result in taking over-the-counter sleep medicine to help them achieve the elusive rest they [...]
Have you ever woken up in the morning feeling like you didn’t get any sleep at all? The overwhelming feelings of grogginess, heavy eyelids, and unyielding frustration that hit you as soon as you awake from the disappointing experience you thought was sleep? If you have, then you’ve experienced what professionals refer to as sleep [...]
