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How To Combat Back Pain

Back pain is a prevalent complaint, with the cause of back pain often varying between patients; back pain can be offset by different structures in the back, including the bones, muscles, ligaments and nerves. Continue reading to discover the ways in which you can combat back pain. What causes back pain? Fractures can occur with [] …

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What Is Sleep Syncing?

Sleep syncing often crops up in conversations concerning how we can improve our productivity levels and stay more alert daily. However, theres not always a widespread understanding of sleep syncing and its significance. This blog explains sleep syncing in greater detail to ensure a more comprehensive understanding. There are many layers to sleep syncing, and [] …

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Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder where your upper airway repeatedly closes when you sleep. This stops your breathing and results in extremely poor quality and fragmented sleep. It causes a huge negative impact on quality of life and is associated with developing a wide range of significant physical and mental health [] …

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The Health Impact of Sleep

We are frequently reminded of the need to be healthy – to exercise regularly and to eat well. But something is missing from this advice. One of the most fundamental models of health is called The Three Pillars, which refers to exercise, nutrition and sleep. The impact of sleep is frequently overlooked, but this article [] …

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What Is Sleep Hygiene?

It has long been known that adequate quality and quantity of sleep are needed for good health. In an exact way instructions exist for achieving health through a balanced diet or regular exercise; there are also instructions for gaining health through a good nights sleep. These instructions are known as sleep hygiene. But whats with [] …

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How Do I Stop Sleep Anxiety?

If youre affected by anxiety, and it prevents you from quickly falling asleep at night, youre not alone.According to Mind, 1 in 6 people report experiencing anxiety or depression in any given week in England. Therefore, having trouble falling asleep is a common issue among people affected by anxiety. Todays blog will go through the [] …

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How Binge Watching Affects Sleep

In the technology-driven world in which we live, many bedrooms feature a television; its common in bedrooms across the country. Whereas bedroom rituals used to consist of late-night reading, this has largely been replaced by boxsets on the television. There isnt anything wrong with watching television in the evening, and you should not feel guilty [] …

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What Is My Sleep Chronotype?

You may have heard about a sleep chronotype and thought, what in the world is that? Todays article explores precisely what a sleep chronotype or profile is, how you discover yours, and other interesting findings. What is a sleep chronotype? There are four chronotypes, and they are determined by various factors, including the circadian rhythm, [] …

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How Does Sleep Affect Mental Health?

It’s recommended that adults should sleep for seven or more hours per night, however, almost 1 in 5 people in the UK aren’t getting enough sleep. In addition to this, insomnia is a common problem throughout the world and is believed to affect approximately 33% of the worlds population, highlighting just how problematic a poor [] …

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Can CBD Help Me Sleep Better?

What is cannabidiol or CBD? The term CBD has been thrown around more in recent years. Its growing popularity is for several reasons, with many vouching for its effectiveness in reducing anxiety, improving sleep, and treating conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinsons and Alzheimers disease. CBD stands for cannabidiol, a natural derivative of marijuana [] …

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Common Night-time Myths, Debunked

Over the past 20 years, sleep science has advanced dramatically, giving researchers a better understanding of how sleep functions, why its important, and how it might be disturbed. Despite this, its still typical to come across false information regarding sleep thats spread online, via social media, or by word-of-mouth. Some of this false information is [] …

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7 Ways to Beat Oversleeping

Your daily routine, hobbies, health, and sleeping habits all affect how much sleep you require each night. While certain people, like athletes, may require an extra hour of sleep, older adults may just need six hours. Sometimes, you’ll need more sleep than usual, for example, after engaging in strenuous activities or traveling. If getting an [] …

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What is Spring Fatigue?

Do you find your energy dwindling when the warmer weather emerges? Some people refer to this as Spring Fatigue. While it isn’t an actual medical or psychological disorder, there are hints as to where the common symptoms come from and what may be done to avoid them. Spring Fatigue can be frustrating when it seems [] …

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What is Sleep Paralysis?

Sleep paralysis describes a temporary state of immobility in which you may feel awake but cannot move. It is estimated that 75% of sleep paralysis episodes involve hallucinations and, sometimes, it can feel like someone is in your bedroom or that there is a great pressure on your chest. While it can be a frightening [] …

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Why Is REM Sleep Important?

REM sleep is perhaps the most important stage of the dream cycle. During it, the brain is active in a very similar way to when you’re awake, and for this reason, is sometimes also known as paradoxical or desynchronised sleep. REM sleep is crucial for the brain’s development and processing at the end of a [] …

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Sleep Disorders Explained

Often elusive, sleep disorders are complex to understand and treat. Here we explain what some of the most common and well-known sleep disorders are, their symptoms, potential causes and how people affected go about treatment. Insomnia One of the more common sleep disorders, symptoms of insomnia are struggling to go to sleep even though you’re [] …

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Sleep in Lockdown: The Stats

AtMattressman, we recently conducted a survey to find out how COVID-19 lockdowns have affected our sleep quality, patterns and habits. Our statistics are based on the answers from 700 respondents, revealing that lockdowns have worsened our sleep across multiple areas. Sleep Quality Sure, sleep quality can have a variety of meanings attributed to it. Here, [] …

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Breathing Techniques For Better Sleep

Upon reading the title of this blog, you could be forgiven for thinking that we’d forgotten how to count. However, numberphiles can sleep easy, because today’s blog isn’t about counting but rather a clever little breathing exercise that’s currently making the rounds online. The breathing exercise in question is called ‘4-7-8’, and some tabloids claim [] …