Are you having trouble sleeping at night? Here are plenty of tips to stop your tossing and turning:
- Stay away from doing paperwork, watching TV, snacking, or making phone calls while you are in bed.
- Take in deep breaths, relax your neck, shoulders, arms and legs and begin to count backwards. (I usually start with 20 and slowly count down)
- Develop a bedtime routine by keeping regular bedtime hours.
- Before bedtime, avoid tobacco, alcohol and caffeinated beverages.
- Avoid naps (or falling asleep in front of boring TV programs, as I do).
- Try to get up at the same time every day rather than sleeping in on weekends
- Exercise every day, but not shortly before bedtime since exercise gets the adrenaline going.
- Try to keep yourself from checking the time as you lay in bed.
- Listen to quiet music or take a warm bath/shower before bedtime.
- Sleep with earplugs for complete silence.
- If you have a painful joint or a headache, take a pain pill before bedtime (but be sure it doesn't contain caffeine).
- Avoid stimulating reading or television shows late at night.
For more information on these tips go to the Yahoo! article provided by Dr. Simeon Margolis M.D, Ph. D at Tips For Better Sleep (via Yahoo!)
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