Holistic Approaches To Sleep Recovery Treatment: Techniques That Promote Better Sleep
Sleep plays a crucial role in maintaining our physical health and overall well-being. Good quality sleep helps our body and mind function well during the daytime. And, not getting enough or quality sound sleep can have severe health consequences affecting our physical and/or mental health.
Read ahead to know more about why quality sleep is important for one’s health & well-being, and how a multidimensional sleep recovery program can help.
Why is Quality Sleep Important For Your Overall Health?
Getting quality sound sleep is crucial for every human being. However, sleep deprivation and its consequences on our health are one of the fastest-growing health concerns lately. Be it because of busy work schedules, poor diet choices, increasing stress, or mental health disorders, every other person is struggling to get a good night’s sleep or is suffering from insomnia and other sleeping disorders.
Poor sleep not only impacts your physical and mental health but can also lead to an increased risk of diseases. Therefore, getting a night of sufficient sleep is important to maintain your physical health and emotional well-being. Good sleep not only improves your metabolism and immune system but also reduces stress and anxiety, lowering the chances of chronic diseases. Moreover, having a sound sleep at night also increases productivity and brain functioning during the daytime.
Addressing The Underlying Issues Of Poor Sleep
Before heading toward the advantages of sleep recovery programs, you need to first address the underlying issues that are causing you sleeping troubles. There could be various possible factors contributing to sleep disorders, which may include:
- Unhealthy lifestyle choices,
- Poor eating habits,
- Certain medical conditions,
- Irregular sleep cycles,
- Uncomfortable sleeping environment,
- Prolonged daytime naps
- Stress about work or family,
- Screentime just before bedtime, and many more.
Thus, it’s important to identify the factor that’s causing you trouble falling asleep at night. Once you are aware of the factors causing sleep concerns, you can take steps to improve or work towards improving them. See a healthcare professional if it is because of any medical condition. Or, change your lifestyle or activities if that’s causing you to have poor sleep at night.
What is a Holistic/Multidimensional Approach to Sleep Recovery?
A multidimensional sleep recovery program considers all dimensions or aspects of health that can directly or indirectly impact one’s quality of sleep. The Farm’s integrated sleep recovery program is designed on the basis of a belief that all aspects of our health, including physical, mental, and emotional health, are interconnected. If anyone is impacted, the others also end up getting impacted to some extent. So, these integrated or multidimensional programs focus on improving every factor that can contribute to your physical or mental health, further impacting your sleep quality.
Techniques To Improve Your Sleep Quality
Here are a few effective techniques or ways to improve your sleep quality:
1. Stick to a Consistent Sleep Routine
A consistent sleep and wake-up cycle is crucial to improve your sleep quality. Follow a fixed bedtime and wake-up time, and stick to your sleep schedule. Going to sleep and waking up at the same time every day sets a natural sleep-wake cycle in your body. Following the sleep cycle also helps you wake up feeling refreshed and recharged.
2. Cut Down Screen Time Before Bed
Indulging in screen time just before your bedtime negatively impacts your sleep quality. Spending time on the screen at night disrupts your sleep and makes your mind feel awake and alert. Moreover, exposure to screens suppresses melatonin production, a hormone that helps your body regulate the sleep cycle. Try to avoid screens at least an hour or two before bedtime, as this will help your brain unwind and get a signal that it’s time to sleep.
3. Maintain A Healthy Diet
Maintaining a balanced and healthy nutrition-rich diet is also a crucial factor that contributes to improved quality of sleep. A healthy and nutrition-rich diet helps keep your body weight in check and improves your sleep quality. Besides eating healthy, try to eat at a consistent time during the day and cut down on the consumption of heavy meals, especially fatty food, before bedtime. Additionally, avoid caffeine or alcohol close to bedtime as they can disrupt your sleep, making it difficult to regulate your sleep cycle.
4. Exercise Regularly
Regular physical activity or exercise during the day not only promotes better physical health but also contributes to improved sleep quality. Exercising regularly for 30 minutes a day promotes healthy sleep. Additionally, exercise helps you fall asleep faster, helping you regulate your sleep cycle.
5. Practice Meditation and Yoga
Apart from regular exercise, you can also practice meditation and yoga to improve sleep quality. These practices help calm and relax your body and prepare it for a good night’s rest. Deep breathing exercises or a guided meditation session reduce stress, relax your mind, and prepare it for sleep.
6. Create a Calm and Relaxing Bedroom Environment
Creating a sleep-friendly environment is also vital to getting a sound sleep at night. A relaxing, quiet, and calm environment in your bedroom with a comfortable temperature promotes quality sleep. Other environmental factors, such as exposure to bright light, disturbing noises, or uncomfortable bedding, can also disrupt your sleep.
Try to minimize noise disturbances, choose soft or warm lighting, or consider installing blinds or blackout curtains if you prefer sleeping in the dark, and if you want to aim for a good night’s rest. Furthermore, choosing a comfortable mattress and pillow is also an invaluable factor that contributes to improved sleep.
The Farm’s Integrated Sleep Recovery Program: Getting Closer To Improved Sleep Quality
Being one of the reputed wellness resorts in the Philippines, The Farm at San Benito offers a multi-dimensional Sleep Recovery Program that not only focuses on improving your sleep quality but also pays attention to other important factors by providing you with nutrition-rich diet support and promoting mindful movement & functional fitness activities like yoga, mandala flower meditation, sound healing, interactive wellness workshops, functional fitness, and more.
Not only this, we also provide customization in all our wellness treatment programs. Just let us know your requirements, and we will craft a program that suits your needs and preferences.
FAQs:
1. Who can benefit from Sleep Recovery Treatment?
Anyone struggling with insomnia, sleeping disorder, or sleep apnea. Those suffering from certain physical or mental health conditions and finding it hard to maintain and regulate their sleep cycle, or those seeking to improve their overall well-being, can benefit from a Sleep Recovery Treatment Program.
2. How soon will I see results from Sleep Recovery Treatment?
It differs for every person. Some may quickly recover and see positive results within a few days, while others may take up to a week or months (in some cases) to recover from their sleep disorders.
3. Is Sleep Recovery Treatment Effective for Insomnia?
Yes, sleep recovery treatment is effective for treating insomnia and sleeping disorders. The sleep recovery treatment program focuses on identifying the underlying causes of sleep disturbances and then incorporates sleep induction therapies that use techniques that focus on enhancing sleep quality.