Suffering from chronic insomnia? While some occasional sleepless nights are common, prolonged insomnia can lead to damaging effects. It can decrease mental functioning, tire your nerves out, and lower your immunity.
Remember that your nerves perform the most vital function: they are the ones which signal the rest of your body what to do, when they need to do it. Sleep is the only opportunity for the nerves to recuperate, heal and restore itself. If you take it away from them, imagine how frazzled your nervous system will become. When your nerves are worn out, you can’t expect it to deliver as efficiently and your body will not be in its optimum health. Don’t let this happen to you.
Fortunately, there are ways to help you naturally get more sleep without having to pop a pill. Here are some of them:
- Exercise regularly, but not within six hours of bedtime.
- Avoid caffeine from noon onwards.
- Avoid heavy late evening meals.
- Avoid alcohol.
- Stay away from the computer or the TV for an hour before bedtime.
- Try out yoga or meditation.
If you can’t sleep due to pain in your back or aches in your legs, you might want to consider getting a new mattress or pillow. Better yet, try to see your local chiropractor. Pain should be a signal that something is wrong with your system. If the pain is coupled by lack of sleep, you will find your condition worsening with time. Chiropractic treatment should be able to help you sleep better by correcting the tension and imbalance in your body. Correcting this as early as possible will allow your body to restore itself sooner and you will be back to great sleep and great health in no time.