The main symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, are loud snoring, gasping or choking during sleep. However, there are many other less-familiar signs of sleep apnea, and they might surprise you. Obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep condition that causes the muscles in your throat to relax repeatedly during sleep.
Sleep is essential to health and healing. Learn 6 ways to better sleep that are easy to do and help you wake up rested and refreshed. 1. Food is Fuel What you eat and drink during the day has a lot to do with how well your body can rest at night. Start the day with a...
When we sleep, we heal. We know that getting enough sleep is important for good health, but many times it is the first thing we let slide when our “to do” list gets too long. Optimal sleep allows us to be at our best both physically and mentally. Our performance can...
The Brain Detoxes at Night New research has recently revealed that the brain is protected via nightly cleansing. During deep sleep the brain shrinks about 40-50% to flush out toxins which would otherwise accumulate in the brain. Altering this brain shrinkage results...
Myths about Sleep apnea are numerous and this condition may be misunderstood. It affects many people and can be a serious condition as it affects your breathing while you sleep, and thus can affect your mood and health status. Learn what is true about this condition...
The baby's mattress matters- a lot! A question about baby mattresses was submitted recently to our Wholesome Mama's Facebook group, and the answer is important to share with new and expectant parents. Babies spend a lot of time sleeping, an estimated 16 to 18...
In a previous blog, Seven Ways that Exercise Helps Maintain a Healthy Brain, we outlined the importance of exercise for brain health. Now on the flip side of that is the importance of sleep for brain health. Lack of sleep is so significant to brain function that 24 hours without sleep or a week of sleeping four or five hours a night induces an impairment equivalent to a blood alcohol level of 0.1%. important sleep is to brain health, try these strategies to encourage good sleep hygiene.
A Patient’s Story
This patient explains how her fatigue was finally solved with a sleep appliance that was created and customized for her at National Integrated Health Associates. After years of testing and trying so many things, she never thought something like this could help her fatigue and sleep issues. But it worked.
Do you ever wake up with a headache, or get one by the end of the day? Are they associated with neck pain or do you have a separate neck pain? A new study from the University of Kansas Medical Center has shown that these symptoms are strongly associate with sleep apnea. This is a new association. Non supine sleep provoked by sleep disordered breathing (as with sleep apnea) may play a previously unrecognized role in headache and cervical radiculopathy, or neck problems of the upper spine.
Do you feel like you are not getting enough sleep? If so, you may find that you experience a wide variety of health problems. These medical problems tend to become additive over time-and according to a study at the University of Surrey in England reported in...