Advocate Trinity Hospital issued the following announcement on March 29.
We’ve all been there – you wake up with a pounding headache, throbbing back, and you feel as though your only hope of putting some pep in your step is via a caffeine drip.
It could be that the way you’re sleeping is to blame.
“Patients with back and neck pain benefit from sleeping on their back,” explains Dr. Amit Gupta, a sleep medicine specialist with Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh, Wis. “And patients with snoring and sleep apnea benefit from sleeping on their sides.”
Not only are there medical benefits to certain sleeping positions, but the way you sleep could be accelerating how old you look.
“If you’re concerned about face wrinkles, you should sleep on your back,” says Dr. Gupta, “as a particular side position or stomach-sleeping may promote wrinkling on that side of the face.”
It’s not too late to work on your sleeping posture. Check out the picture below see what might be best for you.
Worried you have sleep apnea? Click here to take a quick assessment to learn about your risks.
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Source: Advocate Trinity Hospital
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