What’s the best part of a long, stressful work day? Sleep!
Why best? Well, you may well like to sleep. Your body certainly
needs sleep. Statistics say that Americans don’t sleep enough. On average, we sleep
about 6.8 hours a night.
Seven to 9 hours a night are recommended. (1)
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic empathizes with our Montreal patients who come into
the office dragging more some days than others! So let’s look at sleep a little
more in depth from the aspect of how it changes what we chiropractors, we
back pain specialists, endeavor to help relieve:
back pain,
neck pain,
leg pain and
arm pain. And Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic offers
Cox Technic in its Montreal chiropractic practice for its effectiveness and safety. But now, back to sleep...
Needs
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic
defers to the medical literature for the best insights about sleep. Studies
report that sleep is beneficial to health and cognitive function. It keeps our brains functioning and our bodies
healthy! Sleep allows our bodies to regenerate and recover from the stresses of
the day. As a matter of fact, researchers even equate some of the metabolic
changes due to a lack of sleep – like those linked to cardiovascular disease
and diabetes – to changes related to stress. (2,3) Today 59% of us sleep our 7-9 hours
whereas in 1942 84% of us did! (1) Montreal folks need more sleep!
Poor sleep quality affects neck pain relief adversely. Neck
pain patients are less likely to improve when they don’t sleep well. (4) So
talk with your chiropractor at Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic about your sleep quality.
Risks
Strong evidence links especially high demands at work
(active jobs) with severe sleep disturbances. (5, 6) Sleep disturbances may intensify
the link between high strain and troublesome neck pain, shoulder pain, and arm
pain. (6) If your job is really demanding, be sure to schedule time with your
Montreal chiropractor to keep neck pain at bay.
Sleep disturbed firefighters are more prone to developing
chronic lower back pain. (7) So those Montreal workers whose
schedules keep them from sleeping regularly will want to pay attention to their
bodies and their sleep patterns to prevent back pain. Visit Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic for
back pain care and prevention tips.
Wants
Are you sleepless in
Montreal? Probably! 43% of us say we’d feel better if we got more sleep.
(1) How about you?
Interestingly, the older you are, the more you sleep. The
fewer kids you have, the more you sleep. The older your kids are (over 18), the
more you sleep. The more kids you have under 18, the less you sleep. (1) Make
sense? For most of us in Montreal, that sounds about right!
Contact your Montreal chiropractor at
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic to manage any neck pain, shoulder or arm pain you may have.
Consider your sleep habits. Maybe adding a few zzz’s to your night will benefit
your prevention and relief of neck pain and back pain.