Improve Your Sleep for a Better You in 2013!

Sleep, an important part of health and well being, is often overlooked as an area to focus on, evaluate and improve.

There are many benefits to getting good quality sleep.  Here are just a few:

• Sleep can reduce stress.
• Sleep can help reduce illness and disease.
• Sleep can improve mental functioning and memory.
• Sleep can help control your weight.
• Sleep can decrease dangerous effects of drowsiness.
• Sleep can help improve moods and emotions.
• Sleep rejuvenates your body on a cellular level.

If you are interested in improving your sleep quality in the New Year to come, here are just a few healthy sleep tips:

1. Set a regular bedtime and bed awakening time.
2. Keep your room cool during sleep.
3. Stay away from big meals and alcohol within 2 hours of bedtime.
4. Quit smoking.
5. Cut down on caffeine.
6. Avoid computer work or watching television before bedtime.
7. Darken the room as much as possible.
8. Exercise regularly but avoid late evening exercise close to bedtime.
9. Seek help for anxiety issues.

If you are consistently having issues with restless sleep, unrefreshing sleep, or snoring, seek out help from a health care provider trained in sleep medicine. There are many more ways to consider helping you improve your sleep depending on your individual situation. Call us (630)369-5508 to schedule an appointment.

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. We are extremely passionate in helping individuals that have been struggling with CPAP therapy in Naperville, Wheaton, Aurora, Bolingbrook and surrounding Chicago suburbs. For more information on this physician recommended treatment option, visit www.TiredOfSnoring.com or call us at (630)369-5508.

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