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Dr Oz 4-Step Plan take Magnesium to Sleep Easy and Lose Weight

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Sleep deprivation may be the reason why you can’t lose weight. You can now learn how to sleep easy and lose weight with this 4-step plan by Dr. Oz and Dr. Michael Breus, author of The Sleep Doctor’s Diet Plan. Breus a.k.a. The Sleep Doctor is a clinical psychologist board certified in clinical sleep disorder and both a Diplomat of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He is the sleep expert on WebMD and appears regularly on television shows including Dr. Oz. He provides expert advice and guidance in leading national publications and web sites like the Huffington Post. Read more »

How to Sleep Easy with Sciatica Pain

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Sciatica is the pain associated with the sciatic nerve that runs from your spinal cord through your hip bone down your legs to your feet. Your lower back pain can be caused by a herniated disk that applies constant pressure on your sciatic nerve. This pressure produces muscles spasms, numbness in legs and feet, a sharp stinging pain, tingling and sometimes loss of movement. Simple tasks from walking, sitting, standing and even sleeping can greatly be affected by these symptoms. Treatment for sciatica depends on the severity of the pain and its symptoms. If there is no disk or nerve degeneration or difficulty moving then more conservative, natural treatments are most effective. Read more »

Sleep Easy with Exercise

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A new study published in the Journal Mental Health and Physical Activity reported that those who exercised at a moderate to vigorous level for 50 minutes three times a week had a 65% chance for better sleep quantity than for those that exercised less. These people also stated they felt more alert all day and had fewer leg cramps while sleeping. There now is evidence that regular physical activity may be the next step to improve sleep without prescription sleep aides. Using exercise guidelines that have been used for cardiovascular health can make you stronger, improve your heart health and benefits your sleep. The study included health data from more than 3,000 men and women between the ages of 18 and 85. They wore a monitor on their right hip for a week and were questioned on their quality of their sleep as well as how easy it was to fall asleep. Read more »

Dont be SAD Sleep Easier when Twilight Comes Sooner

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We all need a good night’s sleep. We are not like Edward the vampire from the Twilight series that doesn’t sleep at all. Getting the required amount of sleep can be difficult for some who work the late shift, are flying over multiple time zones or just too stressed from everyday life, but what happens to our body’s natural 24 hour circadian when we turn the clocks back an hour this Sunday? For us living in North America the end of daylight savings time means many more awake hours in darkness and colder weather, which keeps us indoors. Therefore, many will feel depressed, have more sleep disruptions, fight afternoon sleepiness and are just plain weary. Read more »

Sleep Easy with Arthritis

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If you have chronic pain due to arthritis you need to work with your doctor to make sure the medications you are taking aren’t affecting the quantity and quality of your sleep. Your doctor may switch your medications or tell you to take them at a different time of day. There are other lifestyle changes that can work to control your pain. Using other methods in conjunction with your medication will help you sleep easy with arthritis. Taking a warm bath or shower, using a heating pad/ice pack and/or doing some gentle stretching before you go to bed will improve your capability to fall asleep. Remember not to do any intense exercising before bed as this will increase your heart rate and it will take you longer to fall asleep. What other methods can you do to reduce arthritic pain and get a good night’s sleep? Read more »

Relieve Adult Bedwetting and Sleep Easy

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Do you lose control and wet the bed during the night? Studies show that at least 2% of adults suffer from nocturnal enuresis (NE). There are different types of nocturnal enuresis and nocturnal enuresis is not the same as waking two or more time during the night to go to the bathroom which is known as nocturia enuresis. Persistent Primary Nocturnal Enuresis is a condition that begins during childhood when nighttime dryness is not achieved for longer than six month. 2-3% of adults over the age of 18 continue to have this type of NE. Adult Onset Secondary Enuresis is when bedwetting begins at an older age. It is important to understand that adult bedwetting, like bedwetting for children, is unintentional and is not voluntarily controlled. Read more »

Sleep Easy on a Plane Tips to Make Flying Stress Free

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In the next few weeks I will be flying to Europe and even though I am excited to go, perhaps too excited, I dread the 10 hour flight. If you are flying to Europe from the States your body’s sleep/wake cycle has to adjust to avoid jet lag. Researching ways to diminish jet lag and [...] Read more »

Relieve Night Sweats and Sleep Easy

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Nights sweats are caused by medical conditions other than menopause. Night sweats are a prominent symptom of tuberculosis and lymphoma and an important diagnostic factor with those suffering from HIV, acid reflux, mono, an infection, OSA (obstructive sleep apnea), hyperthyroidism, hypoglycemia and even drug or alcohol abuse. The cause for night sweats can be determined by a number of tests such as: HIV test, complete blood count, thyroid-stimulating hormone test, chest and abdominal scans and a bone marrow biopsy. Night sweats has been defined as drenching sweats that require the patient to get up during the night and change bedclothes. A person’s medical history and a complete physical exam along with medical tests will narrow the “why” for night sweats as there are many diagnostic results. In turn, once established, the diagnosis will determine the proper treatment and lifestyle changes required, or the “how”, to relieve night sweats and sleep easy. Read more »

How to Sleep Easy with Back Pain Tips

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Chronic back pain disrupts sleep as it is hard to find a position to alleviate the pain or a position that won’t make the soreness worse when you get up in the morning. Studies now suggest that not getting enough sleep can make you more sensitive to pain because you are not getting the deep sleep (NREM) your body needs to restore and repair itself. See: Stay Healthy by Getting Enough Sleep for more information regarding NREM sleep. Other medical conditions that are affected by little deep sleep are rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia can cause tenderness throughout the body and is linked to fatigue and anxiety. Anxiety will make it harder for you to fall asleep easy and stay asleep which can worsen the pain. Read more »

Sleep Easy Hotel Tips – L.E.N.T.

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I travel around the state of Indiana 150 nights every year with my job. I stay in a variety of hotels, but mostly well known chains and casinos. Staying at a hotel you have to deal with noisy neighbors, banging doors, kids running up and down the hall and if the hotel is next to the freeway, as many are, the sounds of semis roaring by. But noise isn’t the only issue when it comes to getting a good night’s sleep at a hotel. Here are some sleep easy hotel tips – L.E.N.T.: Read more »

Valerian a Sleep Easy Supplement

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Valerian a sleep easy supplement is a hard perennial flowering plant that was used as perfume in the sixteenth century. Today valerian is used for sleeping disorders, a muscle tension, restlessness and anxiety. Some studies suggest that it has sedative and anxiolytic effects that can help those that suffer from insomnia. Valerian typically works better [...] Read more »

How to Sleep Easy on Daylight Savings Time

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In 1919 Daylight saving time was established and the world was and still is dealing with DST effects such as heart attacks, suicides, sleep deprivation and general grouchiness. The problem is we are already sleep deprived as we are just barely getting through our daily activities. When DST comes along people can’t cope and losing another hour of sleep can be a shock to our system. How to sleep easy on daylight savings time? Read more »

How to Stay Healthy and Sleep Easy on Long Flights

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This May I am going to travel to Athens, Greece, although I am very excited to go, I am dreading the 10 hour flight to get there. To prevent boredom, dehydration, deep-vein thrombosis, sleep deprivation and more, I have researched some tips and techniques on how to stay healthy and sleep easy on long flights. Unfortunately, since it is a company trip I have to fly coach and the number one tip is to upgrade, if possible, to business or first class to get extra legroom, too fully recline, eat better meal and get the best entertainment money can buy. If you are fortunate enough to upgrade stop here, if not, I can offer the following suggestions. Read more »

Sleep Easy Beauty Secrets While Getting More ZZZs

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“I need to get my beauty sleep” is a common saying, but does it have any truth to it? Dr. Michael Breus author of Beauty Sleep: Look Younger, Lose Weight and Feel Great Through Better Sleep tells us how to use the five senses to create the idyllic sleep environment and get the quality and quantity of zzzs you need. Here are some of his sleep easy beauty secrets while getting more zzzs: Read more »

Sleep Easy Tips and Techniques to Get More ZZZs

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What are some the tell tale signs you are not getting enough sleep at night? Do you lay awake in bed more than 30 minutes? Do you get up during the night or wake up early in the morning? If you wake up, can you fall back to sleep easily? Are you tired during the day? Do you wake up refreshed or still sleepy? These are all symptoms of insomnia and you are suffering from sleep deprivation. Here are some sleep easy tips and techniques to get more zzz’s. Read more »

Sleep Easy without Night Terrors

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CNN recently had an article about night terrors written by Lisa Shives, MD the founder of Northshore Sleep Medicine in Evanston, IL. She explains that experts don’t know what causes night terrors, but they are classified among arousal disorders or conditions in which someone is partially awake. The children may have their eyes open but they do not respond to external sounds or know that you are close by. They may scream, kick, panic, sleep walk, thrash, mumble or even think objects or persons are in their room scaring them. Night terrors can occur after two hours of sleep, can last from 10-30 minutes and the child often doesn't remember the episode the next morning. Helping your child sleep easy without night terrors can be difficult especially if your child can not be fully awakened to comfort them. What can be done? Read more »

Baby Blanket Sacks

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The director of the International Hip Dysplasia Institute (IHDI), Dr. Charles T. Price, has trained parents in orthopedic care for children to improve the health and quality of life for those afflicted and/or concerned with infant hip dysplasia and sleep easy swaddling. He has been a part of the cause to advance pediatric orthopedics in the area of limb lengthening, limb deformity correction, non-operative and operative management of scoliosis and certain hip disorders in children. He is known for his clinical and academic achievements including scientific publications on a variety of subjects. Read more »

Body Clock Secrets to Sleep Easy

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A new study released in Scotland shows that by unlocking your body clock secrets to sleep easy will treat other conditions like jet lag and illnesses such as diabetes. Scientist now understand that the body clock works in all forms of life and this new knowledge will help treat health related issues for individuals with out-of-sync internal clocks similar to those suffering from insomnia due to split-shift or night-shift work. Experts believe that jet lag causes metabolic disorders like diabetes, mental health problems and even cancer. Studies have concluded that we share the same 24-hour clock or circadian rhythm with all other forms of living organisms and it dates back to early life on Earth. Read more »

Couples Sleep Easy Together or Apart

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Do couples sleep easy together or apart? The Sleep and Biological Rhythms found that women sleep less when they share a bed verses men sleep better next to their partner. According to the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, Mark Mahowald, more couples are sleeping separately, because women have a tougher time sharing a bed with men as they are likely to be snorers. But snoring may not be the only problem; other illnesses and sleep disturbances, different work schedules, different sleep schedules or disagreements on firmness of the mattress are also sleep stealers. In addition, women tend to be lighter sleepers due to their motherly instincts to wake easily to a crying child. Men are very dependent on close relationships and are much happier and healthier when they sleep with their partner than men that are single and sleep alone. Experts agree that couples should look for solutions to snoring and other sleep problems before sleeping in separate beds. Read more »