Many people suffer from a sleep disorder known as insomnia. Insomnia is caused by many different factors including stress and an irregular sleep cycle. Most people opt for the chemical method of dealing with it because it doesn’t take any effort or thought. Take a pill, go to sleep. What they don’t consider is the side effects that come from these types of pills, not the least of which is addiction.
Natural remedies exist for dealing with insomnia, including research to find out the root of the insomnia. Relaxation is important to sleep quality. You need to learn to really relax your body in order to allow it to fall asleep naturally. Progressive muscle relaxation helps the body to systematically release tension, this means start at one point of your body and make it relax. Extremities like toes are a good place to start, or start from your center and radiate the relaxation outward picturing the stress releasing from your body through your fingers and toes, which ever works for you best. You may want to exercise before you begin the relaxation technique as exercise will strengthen, tire out, and help to relax the muscles, giving you a head start.
Follow the same routine every night so your body gets into a habit and is conditioned for a sleep response.
#1 by alfon on January 14th, 2010
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i’m very agree with u insomnia cause by stress..
take pill may be usefull for short time but there is always risk to use pill
thanks for sharing
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#2 by kjaonline on January 30th, 2010
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Don’t forget exercise before sleep helps a lot too.
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#3 by Dentist Baltimore on February 6th, 2010
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it is better to use the relaxing routine rather than taking medicine for insomnia
#4 by Subrat Kar on February 8th, 2010
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I have seen most of students suffer from this problem. It is a nice post
#5 by Pain Clinic on March 11th, 2010
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Yes, insomnia is a source of other diseases like chronic pain, headache, stress, anxiety. It should be treated on time.
#6 by Bob on March 19th, 2010
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Progressive muscle relaxation …start at one point
Can you please explain how to do this? i mean is there a method?
#7 by Aves on April 16th, 2010
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Excerise helps!
Not Cardio or anything with high energy. You need to calm your body down. Try Yoga.
This is a great article
http://www.naturallysavvy.com/yoga-and-meditation/treat-insomnia-with-yoga
#8 by Jamie @ As Seen on TV on May 4th, 2010
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Exercise maybe in the evening may help but i’ve tried exercising before sleep and all that does is get your heart rate going and then you’ll never sleep. I’d like to try yoga as i heard its great for stress which is one reason as mentioned why people don’t sleep and relaxes you.