Sleep Comfort: Information for a Good Night’s Rest
The ability to sleep comfortably through the entire night is imperative to overall good health. It is recommended that the average adult receives 6-8 hours of good sleep a night.
The right mattress can really help one have a good night’s sleep and wake up feeling rested and refreshed; and sleeping on the wrong mattress can cause sleeplessness, back pain, and overall aches and pains. For people with a back problem, a mattress isn’t a good fit can make the pain worse.
A mattress lacking in back support reinforces poor sleeping posture, strains low back muscles, and does not help keep the spine in alignment, all of which can increase low b...
Rest and sleep is when the spine can heal itself from the postural, physical and nervous insults of the previous day. And the right pillow or pillows are key to supporting the...
Pillows aren't just for the neck: there are many types of pillows: knee pillows, neck pillows, body pillows, travel pillows, lower back pillows, and donut pillows just to name...
This article provides an overview of certain prescription sleep medications: Benzodiazepine sleep aids, non-benzodiazepine, benzodiazepine receptor agonists, Melatonin recepto...
A recent study reported that patients who slept on a medium-firm mattress reported less low back pain in bed and less back pain getting out of bed than patients who slept on a...