Night Time Pains Disturbing Sleep?

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 13:41

Does you stiff neck or aching knee give you sleepless nights? Night time pains in the body are a rampant cause of sleep problems these days. As our jobs become more desk based and we get less fitter by the day, pains can be attributed to idleness. Your sleep is extremely important because if you cannot rest your body and mind, the pain will roll over and therefore double the next day.

To prevent night time pains you need first understand their cause. This in turn could be the root of your sleep problems.

What Causes Night Time Pains & How To Ease It?

1. Tired Muscles: The fatigue in your muscle that should put you to sleep can also keep you awake. Muscle ache is a product of not sleeping enough for days. The carry over fatigue makes your muscles sore because they do not get the time to rejuvenate during your sleeping hours. The only solution to this problem is sleeping the full quota of 8 hours that you are supposed to. Sleep cannot be made up for. You need to sleep 8 hours on a daily basis.

2. Stimulants Make You Aware Of Pain: The moment that night headache starts setting in, you resort to a steaming mug of coffee. It may give you temporary relief by stimulation but it will also keep you awake at night. It makes your senses more alert to the pain. You should ideally avoid stimulating beverages before going to bed.

3. Are You Eating Right? Eating right is not about having a healthy diet. Your sleep diet too must be right. When you have dinner, make sure that you avoid foods that are inflammatory or give you a burst of energy like sugar. Too many potatoes or fries before bed are a recipe for bad sleep and a bed ache series ensues. You should be having something that calms your senses instead of provoking them.

4. Leg Pain At Night: Leg pain at night could be due to a variety of reasons. Muscle ache due to cramps can be one. May be you are wearing ill fitting shoes that suffocates your muscles. Another reason for leg pain is Varicose veins. If your body weight has become too much for your legs to carry (like during pregnancy) blood starts accumulating in your calves. What you need is exercise, not rest.

5. Stressful Sleep Is Not Restful Sleep: If your stress hormones are rolling all over your body then even if you manage to fall asleep, it will not be a restful sleep. Usually your eyes shut due to fatigue but sleep will be intermittent. You will wake tired with puffy eyes the next morning. There is no replacement for deep sleep to cure night time pains.

Sleep problems are an epidemic these days. So if night time pains are a part of the problem, solve them first.