Do you suffer from insomnia?

Do you suffer from insomnia?

Are your weight and hormones out of balance?

Did you know that three important lifestyle changes can turn your life around?

The wellness trifecta: DIET, EXERCISE AND SLEEP!

Most people don’t realize that sleep is crucial to your well-being. Sleep deprivation can cause serious complications such as heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke and diabetes to name just a few.  In our practice we hear our patients tell us often about their depression, concentration and focus issues, also caused by lack of sleep.

Are you burning the candle at both ends?  Get the sleep your body craves! These simple evening do’s and don’ts may help:

1. DO try breathing exercises when you lie down
2. DO keep your bedroom quiet, dark and spa like
3. DO keep the kids in their own bedroom
4. DON’T drink coffee or other beverages after dinner
5. DON’T watch TV in the bedroom
6. DON’T have computers in the bedroom

If you’re in need of sleep, make an appointment with a sleep therapist.  These physicians are specialists who will analyze your sleep habits and will help you achieve a good night’s sleep. Call us at 630-369-5508. We can recommend some sleep specialists that will meet your  needs.

Please read the link below and start sleeping today.

http://time.com/55390/sleep-is-the-new-health-frontier/

Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois, a premiere snoring and apnea treatment center in Naperville, has been successfully providing the CPAP alternative treatment of oral appliance therapy for over 15 years. We are extremely passionate about helping individuals who have been struggling with CPAP therapy in Naperville, Lisle, Aurora, Bolingbrook and surrounding Chicago suburbs.

Having trouble sleeping?

Trouble sleeping happens to everyone at one time or another. It is actually quite common. A night or two every now and then is really no big deal. But if a good night’s sleep eludes you more often than not, it may be time for you to change things up a bit.

Here’s a list to help you change up your sleep routine:

• Stop eating several hours before bedtime
• Limit your alcohol intake, or better yet don’t have any at all
• Start getting ready for bed 30 minutes before your actual bedtime
• Keep your bedroom dark
• Do not use electronic appliances, such as computers and phones 30 to 60 minutes before retiring
• Turn off the television
• Try relaxing techniques to encourage sleepiness
• Read a book
• Enjoy aromatherapy masks and sprays to calm you
• Soak in a warm bath
• Sip hot chamomile lavender tea
• Avoid caffeinated drinks 3 hours before bedtime

If all else fails, call your physician. Your doctor will advise you with the right protocol to get that coveted good night’s sleep.

Click on the link below. Read the full article.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-201311271300–tms–mayoclnctnmc-a20131128-20131128,0,1191753.story

Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois, a premiere snoring and apnea treatment center in Naperville, has been providing the CPAP alternative treatment of Oral Appliance Therapy successfully for over 15 years. We are extremely passionate in helping individuals who have been struggling with CPAP therapy in Naperville, Lisle, Aurora, Bolingbrook and surrounding Chicago suburbs. For more information on this physician-recommended treatment, call us at (630)369-5508.

Are your dinner time choices keeping you awake at night?

Are your dinnertime choices keeping you awake at night? Making right choices at the dinner table may help you sleep better. What you eat before bedtime could become problematic. We all know how important sleep is to our overall health. Late night snacks or high fatty foods may keep you awake at night and leave you feeling groggy and fatigued the next day.

Steaks and chops are delicious, but they are high in fat, especially when they are laden with gravies and sauces. Ice cream hits the spot, but again, it is so high in fat. What about a glass of wine or a cocktail? Yes, alcohol can be problematic, too. If you happen to suffer with acid reflux at night, stay clear of tomatoes.

These 5 food items eaten at dinner time will rob you of shut eye and could keep you awake at night:

1. Beef, fatty meats
2. Ice Cream
3. Alcoholic beverages
4. Chocolate
5. Desserts high in sugar

For more information, click on the link below. Please read the full article.
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2013/11/sleep-better-foods-that-are-keeping-you-up-at-night.html?mbid=synd_foxfood

photo credit to Epicurious

Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois, a premiere snoring and apnea treatment center in Naperville, has been providing the CPAP alternative treatment of Oral Appliance Therapy successfully for over 15 years. We are extremely passionate in helping individuals that have been struggling with CPAP therapy in Naperville, Lisle, Aurora, Bolingbrook and surrounding Chicago suburbs. For more information on this physician-recommended treatment, call us at (630) 369-5508.

From insomnia to snoring, Americans spend billions on sleep aid products in their search for relief from affects caused by sleeping problems.

Give gifts that improve sleep quality

Here are some fantastic gift ideas to help improve sleep quality.  Some of these gift ideas promote a calmer night. Others help you wake up a little easier.

For occasional or frequent snoring:

1. Pillows designed to promote side sleeping
2. Breathe Right Nasal Strips
3. Contoured Sleep Back Wedges
4. Prescribed professional Oral Appliance Therapy for snoring and apnea

For light sleeping:

1. Bedside advanced sleep sound devices
2. The Promise of Sleep by Dement and Vaughan
3. Portable travel humidifier
4. TV headphones
5. Sleep masks

For difficulty waking up:

1. An alarm clock with a natural light feature

Personally, TV headphones together with a sleep mask have helped me tremendously when trying to sleep through my husband’s occasional late-night television viewing. I can’t imagine being without them.

The contour wedge pillow can be adjusted for great back support while reading in bed.  Others readjust the configuration to sleep in an angle that promotes less snoring or better breathing.

Hi this is Mary Ellen and I am going to review the tip of the week for dental sleep medicine.

This is a morning aligner, or a repositioner, or a retainer. It can be called different names by different providers of oral appliance therapy. Using these devices is one of the most important things I can talk to you about today that involves oral appliance therapy. For those patients who are wearing an oral appliance for snoring and apnea, use a custom  morning repositioner like this in the morning after you take out your appliance to help prevent potential side effects of your bite from changing.  Try to slowly adjust your bite into this device.  After it is inserted, keep it on your teeth anywhere from 5 minutes to 25 minutes or longer depending on what your teeth need. Take it out after five minutes and “test” your bite. If your bite does not feel ‘regular’ or where it needs to be, for normal chewing put it back into your mouth and adjust your bite to fit the pattern of the device again. Hold it there with moderate pressure until your teeth go back to their normal position that you are used to chewing.  After it is removed just briefly brush the morning aligner and place along with your oral appliance into the container box leaving the lid open and you are good to go. Our tip of the day, use a morning aligner to help prevent side effects from the use of oral appliance therapy for snoring and apnea.

Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois, a premiere snoring and apnea treatment center in Naperville has been providing the CPAP alternative treatment of oral appliance therapy for over 15 years successfully. For more information on this physician recommended treatment option, visit www.TiredOfSnoring.com or call us at (630)369-5508.