Recover Quicker with Proper Sleep

Did you know that proper sleep and rest can help many injuries recover quicker? Sleep is literally the tune up your body needs to keep running each day, but also plays a role in how well your body heals itself from injury. Sleeping enough can help you prevent weight gain that can strain the muscles and joints of the body. It can also help you recover from injuries quicker. This happens through the release of hormones in the night that contribute to tissue growth. There are many benefits of proper sleep at night as well as resting injuries when needed. At Texas Spine & Sports Therapy Center, we have many treatments to help you recover quicker from injuries and ailments. With proper exercise routines, rest and our professional services, we can help you get up and going in no time. Learn more about the benefits of sleep and how it can contribute to your healing today!

Statistics On Sleep

The average American adult needs around 6-8 hours of rest each night to function properly. For children and infants, that number is even higher. Many infants (especially newborns) can sleep for about 16 out of 24 hours of the day. The National Sleep Foundation recommends that children receive anywhere between 9-13 hours of sleep in a day total. It is estimated that around 20% of the population suffers from sleep disorders that cause them to lose sleep or be unable to receive enough sleep. That’s around 40 million people in the U.S. that suffer from a chronic sleep disorder. An additional 20 million people generally experience sleep problems. Not receiving proper sleep can lead to cognitive impairment and can affect your mood, how you think, how you act and how you heal.

When You Don’t Receive Proper Sleep

The benefits of sleep are vast, but you only receive those benefits if you get proper sleep. Poor sleep has been shown to contribute to easier weight gain or the inability to lose weight properly. Not sleeping enough has also been linked to problems such as headaches and migraines, high blood pressure, depression, diabetes, and an impaired immune system. The CDC reports that adults need 7 or more hours of sleep per night to achieve the best health they can. However, at least 1 in 3 adults don’t get enough sleep. Besides the problems we listed, this lack of sleep can also contribute to heart disease, stroke, frequent mental distress or anxiety and an increased risk to develop chronic conditions and ailments. In some cases, patient symptoms can clear up simply by receiving proper sleep.

What Happens When You Sleep?

Why does a lack of sleep lead to so many problems? When it comes to the rehabilitative and healing process, the benefits of sleep are vitally important to your health! When you sleep, the body is able to repair itself from the long day. It is also able to heal injuries and ailments that plague you. Scientific American reports that sleep helps to reenergize the body’s cells and clear waste from the brain. It also helps support learning and memory processes and plays a major role in your appetite and mood throughout the day.

When you sleep, your body is able to regenerate and rebuild your muscles. Sleep helps solidify your memory at the end of each day. It also allows the release of hormones that regulate growth and appetite. During sleep your blood pressure drops, your breathing regulates and your muscles relax. This is a time when the blood supply to your muscles increase and tissue growth and repair occurs. This is why sleep is so vital to helping your body repair itself after accident or injury. When you skip on sleep, your body is not able to fully execute these actions. Sleep is one of the best natural remedies you can use to heal your body and recover.

Other Methods for Quicker Recovery

Rehabilitative therapies have also been shown to be natural ways to recover quicker from ailments and injuries. They have also been proven to help the symptoms of chronic conditions such as arthritis, fibromyalgia, osteoporosis and more. Our rehabilitative therapies include:

• Chiropractic Care
• Spinal Decompression Treatment
• Class IV Laser Therapy
• High-Tech Rehabilitation
• Neuropathy Treatment
• Active Release Technique
• Vibration Exercises and Rehabilitation
• Trigger-Point Therapy
• Anti-Inflammatory/Joint Injections

A Plan For You

With all of our therapies, we cater a rehabilitative plan to fit your needs.  It’s important to follow a healthy diet that allows your body to receive all of the nutrients it needs to heal. Proper nutrition will help your health immensely even without rehabilitative therapy. Proper sleep is a major part of healing.  Receiving proper rest can help you recover quicker in conjunction with our therapies. You really don’t want to miss out on the benefits of sleep!

The best part about adequate nutrition and proper sleep is that both of these are natural and easy methods to improve your health. However, they’re not a cure-all when it comes to chronic diseases, degenerative conditions, healing after accidents and injuries and problems with neuropathy. That’s why we provide you rehabilitative therapies that help you get the rest of the way there with your healing.  If chronic pain, conditions or injuries are keeping you from enjoying life, you could benefit from our therapies. To learn more about our state-of-the-art procedures at Texas Spine and Sports Therapy Center and how proper rest can help you, call our office today at (512) 806-0015!