Last week we looked at why people with pain disorders have trouble sleeping. Today we’ll look at how you can improve your sleep.
Here are 9 ways to get better sleep.
Other articles in the Pain Management Class 2009 series:
- How to change a habit, part 1
- How to change a habit, part 2
- Breathing exercises, part 1
- Relaxation exercise, part 1
- Breathing exercises, part 2
- Websites that help you stick with your new habit
- How are you doing with your new habit?
- Try 1/2 a habit
- Visualization
- Feedback on changing habits, part 1
- Feedback on changing habits, part 2
- Guided imagery, part 1
- Guided imagery, part 2
- Stress management, part 1
- Stress management, part 2
4 responses so far ↓
Sherrie // Apr 27, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Excellent suggestions. I’ve also found it useful to adopt a “nothing with screens” policy before bed — no TV, no cell phone web browsing, no internet on the computer. Instead, I try to read something spiritually-oriented. The Bhagavad Gita, the Bible, or whatever suits your particular beliefs, or a nonfiction book on meditation or spirituality, preferably one with really short chapters, or philosophical texts — anything you can put down without feeling compelled to finish “just one more page” the way you would with a good novel.
How to Cope with Pain // Apr 27, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Sherrie, great suggestions. Thanks for sharing.
Tigerlily // May 9, 2009 at 2:31 pm
My Mom has suffered with RSD for 9 years. When she can’t sleep she prays. Sometimes she wakes up due to the pain and can’t get back to sleep because of the pain, that is when she will watch a boring show on TV. That helps to get her mind off the pain and she normally falls back to sleep.
How to Cope with Pain // May 9, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Tigerlily – 2 great suggestions. Thanks for sharing. And I’d agree to be sure that the TV programs are boring ones, so something exciting doesn’t make you more alert.
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