Sleep Hygiene

Medically, arthritis is a condition in where a person experiences stiffness and massive inflammation on the joints. It affects the normal locomotion of the body, as well as your other physical activities.

The pain of arthritis is something that you can't ignore. You can even feel it even while you are attempting to sleep. Accordingly, 80% of people who have arthritis have difficulties in sleeping. I haven't experienced such predicament, and I am hoping that I wouldn't. However, my folks were also stricken with it. Although they are taking medications, they still practice healthy habits to alleviate the pain. 

Here are some of the sleep tips for arthritis that you should try:

It is not easy to do our errands at home even if our babies are already asleep. There's still this looming fear that our precious little ones might succumb to dangers.

Choking, falling, and suffocation can still happen to your child while you are not looking around. To prevent all of these unwanted predicaments, you should learn my top 5 sleep safety tips for your baby

Nothing is more frustrating than tossing and turning through the night, thoughts running through a brain that refuses to shut down. You glance at your clock multiple times during the night, becoming more frustrated as the hours tick by, knowing that the alarm clock is destined to ring and you have gotten a bad nights sleep. Again.

Sleep deprivation is a serious health problem and is very prevalent in our modern times. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), over 30% of adults in the U.S. do not get sufficient sleep on a regular basis. Adequate sleep is defined as seven hours of sleep or more. The CDC's study revealed interesting sleep trends with wide variances by state, indicating that regions where obesity and chronic health conditions are more prevalent also had lower sleep quality overall.

When you’re getting ready for an upcoming interview, it might seem like a last minute rush to get everything ready. You’re so busy getting all of those extra resumes ready, preparing your outfit, and running through potential question-and-answer scenarios. It can consume your valuable time--and potentially ruin your sleep.

While you're stressing about that upcoming interview, the last thing on your mind is sleep. It didn't take much to forget about it entirely and realized later that you hadn't slept properly.

Therefore, I have outlined the top reasons why you would want to get a good night's sleep before your interview to ensuring that you can stand out from the competition.

Do you ever lie awake at night, with thoughts racing through your mind? Instead of drifting off to sleep, your brain is buzzing with ideas, and you find yourself tossing and turning, trying to catch some sleep.

Being unable to fall asleep at night because your mind is overly active is one of the most common sleeping problems. This kind of hyperarousal doesn't only happen after a stressful day – feeling "wired and tired" plays an essential role in chronic insomnia too.

In our always-on, always-connected world, it's easy to keep yourself busy ‘til right before bedtime – if you have bedtime at all. Unfortunately, your body and mind don’t have an on-off button that you can flip when it’s time to fall asleep.

To produce sleep-inducing hormones and calm your nervous system, you have to transition from stimulating activities to sleeping. That’s why you need a relaxing bedtime ritual to help you wind down and get a good night’s sleep. 

There’s nothing like a good night’s sleep. It recharges and revitalizes you, making you feel better both mentally and physically. Sleep is vital to your good health, but did you know that it can actually prevent certain medical conditions?

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), about a third of adults in the United States do not enough sleep each night. Sleep is a problem in our society today. People tend to be more stressed and often have more on their plate than they can handle. And when people are sleep deprived, health issues are soon to follow.

It doesn’t have to be that way. Learn more about healthy sleep and the medical conditions it helps to prevent.