Restful sleep: do you know how to sleep to get benefits?
The dream clearly affects our general health. How we sleep influences us in how we meet, feel and behave. And although we do not notice them, there are many problems caused by "a bad dream": fatigue, performance problems, worse skin condition, premature aging ... n
The duration of sleep time, its incidence and quality, as well as our postures while we sleep, clearly affects us in our day to day, and can cause problems that affect our daily health and quality of life. It is necessary to analyze if they are occasional or chronic episodes, since if the latter happens, it should be put in the hands of a specialist, due to the pathologies that can cause not rest well during a long period of time.
The problems of prolonged insomnia
Chronic insomnia can lead us to fall into depression or to suffer other mental disorders and may have hallucinations. "Our neurons do not have enough time at night to perform their classification function of the reality they have perceived and exposes us to a hypersensitivity that distances us more and more from reality," says Ata Pouramini.
In addition to the possible diseases caused by chronic insomnia, sleeping poorly sporadically affects other problems related to our mind, which result in less creativity, less performance and attention, as well as our body and general health. worse condition of our skin and our body promoting problems of aging and wrinkles, dental problems, as well as tendency to obesity.
Sleeping on your back is good for dental health
Sleeping face up is a little complicated for some people, but it is very beneficial for dental health. According to Iván Malagón, dentist "the temporo-mandibular joint syndrome is a problem that affects the joint that allows the opening and closing of the mouth."
The temporomandibular joints are those that are in front of the ears and that unite the jaw with the skull. The problems of the temporo-mandibular joint usually have their origin in the bad gear between the upper and lower molars, which generate tensions in the muscles of the face and in the ligaments that keep the jaw in its correct position, causing a lack of stability that makes the masticatory system not work properly.
"Sleeping on the back discharges the pressure we exert on the structures that make up the Temporo-mandibular joint, decreasing that intense pain around the ears and radiating to the nape and neck," says Iván Malagón.
Change your habits to facilitate sleep
With these simple habits to facilitate sleep you will get all the benefits of a good rest:
- Search for silence
- Do not drink caffeine
- Avoid sleeping with the light on
- Disconnect mobile devices
- Do not exercise right before going to sleep
- Change of mattress every 10 years
- Get up if you do not sleep
- Take an Omega 3 supplement before going to bed
- Try to go to bed before
Laura Bermejo
Advice: Ata Pouramini, health coach. Iván Malagón, dentist.
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