No more Tired, Worried, Headachy or Stiff Feeling after Waking up
Who doesn’t love climbing out of bed fresh and energized? But for the 67% of us who start days more ugh than upbeat, help is here! Identifying your sleep robber will help you greet every day with a smile.
Wake up tired?
Slip on these socks
Bone-weary mornings may signal apnea, or nightly breathing pauses that disrupt deep sleep. But French researchers say donning compression socks during the day cuts apnea episodes by 36% in one week! Fluid that pools in your legs in the day flows into your chest when you lie down, increasing pressure on airways by 60%. Explains study co-author Isabelle Koskas, M.D., “Compression socks help reduce that nighttime fluid shift, so airways stay open.”
Wake up worried?
Try passionflower
If your heart is pounding as soon as you wake up, your brain’s production of calming theta waves may be dipping too low at night. Luckily, the herb passion flower can encourage theta wave release and help you sleep 72% more soundly if you take 700 mg. at bedtime, suggests a study in Phytotherapy Research. Plus, theta waves can cut the risk of morning anxiety in half!
Wake up headachy?
Warm your neck
Nighttime teeth clenching can double the risk of restless sleep, sore jaw and headache. The soothing Rx: Cuddle in bed with a heating pad on the back of your neck. Italian researchers say relaxing neck muscles cuts the risk of jaw tension and morning pain by up to 55%, and you’ll drift off 20 minutes faster too!
Wake up stiff?
Time your strolls
Your brain produces a hormone (GABA) that prevents nighttime awakenings, plus reduces morning pain, so low levels mean waking up weary, stiff and sore. Fortunately, your 15-minute lunchtime walk helps. Georgetown researchers say midday sun plus motion increases GABA production in 48 hours, deepening sleep and halving aches for 82% of women studied.
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