TMJ & SLEEP THERAPY CENTRE OF CLEVELAND

ARE YOU GETTING YOUR 8 HOURS?

by | Sep 29, 2020 | ENERGY BOOST COLUMN

“I’ll sleep when I’m dead,” is a line from the song of the same name by Bon Jovi. It’s rather indicative of how modern life has affected the daily pace in today’s society. Women, in particular, have taken on the extra load while trying to balance home life along with...

PART 2: REDUCING SCREEN TIME BEFORE BED

by | Sep 29, 2020 | ENERGY BOOST COLUMN

Early man evolved to see within the visible light spectrum approximately 30 million years ago. This makes our eyes especially sensitive to the effects of periods of light and dark and how our body’s chemistry responds to being stimulated by visible light. When our...

PART 3: TIME TO RETHINK THAT NIGHTCAP!

by | Sep 29, 2020 | ENERGY BOOST COLUMN

Using alcohol as a sleep aid is not the best idea, yet approximately 20% of Americans use alcohol to help them fall asleep. Although alcohol may appear to help you get to sleep, it is actually wreaking havoc on your sleep quality and quantity. Although the perception...

PART 4: EATING TOO CLOSE TO BEDTIME

by | Sep 29, 2020 | ENERGY BOOST COLUMN

Eating too close to bedtime can have a direct effect on your quality and quantity of sleep. In particular, eating right before sleep can throw off  the body’s internal clock, called the circadian clock, which manages our sleep/wake cycles. Circadian rhythms can be...

PART 5: CHRONIC STRESS AND WAYS TO COPE

by | Sep 29, 2020 | ENERGY BOOST COLUMN

On any given day, we are faced with getting somewhere on time, relying on someone else to get something done for us, or losing our patience in line at the grocery store while our three-year-old is screaming in the background. This manufactured stress of our...