Are you getting enough sleep?
I know getting enough sleep is sometimes hard to come by. Some of us get so wound up it is hard to fall asleep, or because we are busy all day the moment we start to settle down our mind goes racing a mile a minute. Some of us have the ill fortune of sleeping with someone who snores, or others have children who love to wake up in the middle of the night and climb into bed with you.
In my case, I have a sweet six-month-old Labrador Retriever who feels the need to scratch on our bedroom door around 3am every night to let him out to go potty, which at times turns into a play fest.
At any rate, sleep is a vitally important thing to help us live healthier lives.
Sleep: A Powerful Painkiller
Getting a good night's sleep not only makes you more alert, it also reduces your sensitivity to pain. A study that examined the effects of a good night's sleep said that when participants slept an additional 1.8 hours a night or at least 8-9 hours a night their sensitivity to pain was reduced more than if they had 60mg of codeine, a powerful narcotic painkiller. Additional sleep (or just getting enough of it) can greatly help those with arthritis, fibromyalgia, and other chronic pain conditions.So take a warm bath, drink some chamomile tea, and get to bed early tonight. Sweet dreams.
Health and blessings!
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