Tackling Sleep Struggles With An Adjustable Bed
Many of us struggle from poor quality sleep or chronic sleep problems, and there are plenty of solutions on the market that report to improve your sleeping habits. But have adjustable beds found their way into your list of solutions yet? Once a niche option, adjustable beds are becoming increasingly available on the mainstream market, and can offer a host of health benefits that can lead to better quality sleep, less sleep disruption, and greater energy and focus during the day.
While an adjustable bed may seem out of your price range or complicated to install, there are a number of low cost, high quality and simple to use models coming onto the market. Why have multiple solutions for your poor quality sleep when an adjustable bed could cure them all with one simple purchase?! First things first – let’s explore exactly what an adjustable bed can do.
What Does An Adjustable Bed Do?
Various sleeping complaints, aches, or pains, can see us toss and turn through the night as we try to get comfortable, causing havoc with our nightly rest. However, an adjustable bed is electronically controlled, and can be adjusted into a variety of different positions with stability and ease – meaning you’re held in exactly the right position for qualitative rest, helping you sleep soundly through the night and minimising any additional sleep complaints. The most common position of an adjustable bed is a contoured support, designed to mould into the natural “S” shape of your spine while you sleep. However, one can also raise the head or foot of the bed individually in various models to achieve optimum comfort. How can the bespoke sleeping positions of an adjustable bed improve your sleep?
How Can An Adjustable Bed Improve My Sleep?
Ease Insomnia
Adjusting your bed to the optimum sleeping position for you, one in which you can sleep steadily through the night, could help alleviate insomnia for some sufferers. A zero-gravity position – corresponding to the shape of your spine, whilst also lifting the legs and head – can create an optimum space of relaxation can deepen and calm breathing, reduce stress, and relieve insomnia symptoms, helping you drift off into a comfortable, consistent sleep.
Reduce Snoring
Many of us know the pain of snoring – whether we’re waking ourselves up, or being woken up by a loud but oblivious partner! Fortunately, an adjustable bed can be a great help in reducing snoring.
One of the most common causes of snoring is sleeping position. Lying flat on your back with no elevation of the neck or head creates the perfect conditions for snoring as extra pressure is put on the windpipe during sleep, causing it to close slightly as the body relaxes. Choosing a bed that can consistently and comfortably raise your head with ample ergonomic support can help increase oxygen flow into the body, decrease pressure on your windpipe – and, ultimately, relieve bothersome snoring leading to better rest for everyone.
Relieve Aches & Pains
From chronic conditions like arthritis or sciatica, to temporary aches or strains, finding a way to relieve body pain can be essential to managing health and ensuring a comfortable, stress-free night’s sleep.
Thanks to an adjustable bed’s flexibility in posture support at just the touch of the button, you can find the perfect position to support you comfortable and relieve aches and pains – elevating the legs, head, finding a full zero-gravity position or simply relaxing into full spinal support could be just the thing you have been missing in your pain management and lead to a much calmer night’s sleep.
Settles Acid Reflux
Whether due to a big meal later in the evening or stress late at night, heartburn and acid reflux can cause disruption, frustration, and for a considerable amount of pain during the night. Acid reflux occurs when stomach acid travels up the throat from the stomach, causing a burning feeling in the chest and throat, and trouble digesting or keeping down food.
However, sufferers of heartburn or acid reflux are recommended to raise one end of the bed by 10cm to 20cm at the head, allowing your chest and head to sit just above the level of the waist, to make it more difficult for stomach acid to travel and, thereby, easing symptoms of acid reflux. Using an adjustable bed to help you achieve this can be much more reliable than simply stacking up pillows as you may do ordinarily, as it provides consistent, steady, ergonomic support throughout the night – meaning you can rest well without adjusting your sleeping position through the early hours.
Improve Blood Circulation
Poor blood circulation around the body can lead to pain, cramps, and numbness in the body – all of which can wake us in the night and disrupt deep sleep, leading to poor focus and low mood the morning after. However, healthy, relaxing sleep and a supportive body position can quickly help alleviate these struggles. Raising your feet above the level of your heart helps improve blood flow to the legs, which can be easily achieved with an adjustable bed.
