Day after day we hear stories about how a poor night’s sleep is causing pain, and with the way work is going for so many these days, it is only getting worse. The benefits of getting a good night’s sleep can be felt when we let our bodies experience it, but how can we help ensure that it is the common occurrence and not just the luck of the draw?

Here are some simple tips to make sleep better and work in your favor:

1. 30 minutes prior to sleep, turn off visual electronics and don’t read stimulating books or articles. This will allow your brain to relax and prepare for sleep without being over stimulated.
2. Practice mediation, try a hot bath or shower, or listen to calming and relaxing music in the 30 minutes prior to going to bed.
3. Journal about the day you had. This will allow you to work through your thoughts without running over it while you rest.
4. Sleep with the room cooler. You won’t toss and turn from the heat and your body will relax under the covers better.
5. Use a weighted blanket to help relieve anxiety and feel secure while you sleep. You can also toss on the blankets when it gets colder it you like instead of the weighted blanket.
6. Sleep with your feet out from under the covers. It keeps your calves from cramping up due to the wight of the blanket and you can wear socks to keep your feet warm.
7. Get adjusted regularly to relieve tension and stress on the nervous system while also decreasing pain so you can find a comfortable position to rest in. Babies often get fussy and don’t sleep well because of stress on the nervous system, but after an adjustment, or sometimes even during one, they fall asleep.
8. Try to go to sleep earlier. 1 hour of deep sleep before midnight is the equivalent of 2 hours of deep sleep after midnight.

Try any of these out for the next few weeks and see how much your sleep improves. Let us know what differences you notice when you’re in the office!