Sleep Disturbances

Not sleeping Well?

You wake every morning feeling like you were up all night.  Well maybe you were.  Even though you were sleeping through the night you may be experiencing sleep disturbances.  There are over 70 different types of sleep disorders that are categorized in three areas: lack of sleep, disturbed sleep, and excessive sleep.  Sleep disturbances occur throughout the night without your knowledge.  These can be alleviated, many times, by a few simple steps: Keeping your body in shape, dieting correctly, removing caffeine, evaluateing your sleep surface and pillow to insure proper support, and developing good sleep habits.  Everyone is different as our are needs, and your chiropractor can help you to determine the possible cuase of your disturbance.

There are stages in your sleep that your body must go through to achieve a restful rejuvinating type of sleep.  In fact there are 5. Your bodythrough these over and over throughout the night.

Stage 1 – Light sleep and relaxation of the muscles. ( can wake up)
Stage 2 – Activity in the brain slows and eye movement stops.
Stage 3 – Brains waves become slow (delta waves) and small quick waves occur.
Stage 4 – Brains waves are all delta wave.
Stage 5 – (REM) Rapid Eye Movement – dreams occur.

This usually takes about an hour and a half to complete 1 cycle.

Sleep is needed for your body to function properly so take care of yourself and do what it takes to achieve a good nights sleep.