New Age Dawning: Breathe Well, Sleep Well, Age Well

gasoline at customers with cars with broken fuel lodges. Sooner or later, that car is either going to break down or stop dead in its tracks, or at the very least, waste the very good thing you put in to it to make it work better. Similarly, if your sleep problems originate from an anatomical issue, like your airway, no amount of pills or supplements, no matter how potent, can effectively cure your problems with sleep. These problems need to be addressed from the source where it originates—the airway.

Your Breathing Problems Solved
In lieu of giving out bottles of air to my OSA and UARS patients, there are simple measures you can take on your own to improve your breathing while you sleep if you suspect that this may be the source of your problems.

The first most obvious thing I recommend to all my patients who suffer from fatigue issues is to avoid sleeping on their backs. This is one of many reasons why snoring sometimes ceases when people turn over while they sleep. The next best thing to do, if you’re not able to change your sleep position in this way due to an injury or habit, is to lose any excess weight you’ve gained recently. Yet, if you’re still feeling tired or having trouble maintaining focus at work my recommendation will be to get a formal sleep study or polysomnography to determine the root cause of your day time fatigue or exhaustion.

You Want Me To Sleep Where?
A typical “sleep study” takes place in a sleep laboratory where a sleep technician can hook you up to a monitor while you sleep, and a “sleep doctor” can use the readings to objectively measure and quantify the real source of your sleep problems. (Watch meundergo a sleep study.)

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