Sleep Better At Night With Simple Evening Exercises!
Struggling to get a good night’s sleep? You’re not alone! A survey by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that in the US, nearly 40% of adults age 45-64 report not getting enough sleep. Getting a good night’s sleep not only helps improve your mood and energy, but it also lowers disease risk.
A recent study in the journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine suggests that doing short strength training and exercise breaks in the evening can help you sleep longer. This contradicts the “wind down” theory before bed, but it may be worth trying if you are not sleeping well at night. Three minutes of exercises, every 30 minutes for 4 hours in the evening, stopping at least 1 hour before bedtime is the recommendation.
In this video, I teamed up with Dr. Jen, a pelvic floor physical therapist who also happens to be pregnant! She'll show you her top 5 exercises to help relieve low back pain when you are pregnant by mobilizing and stabilizing the pelvis.
If you're a Retail Worker and you stand all day, that can put a lot of stress on your body, especially your back, neck, feet, and hips. These stretches and exercises are great for retail workers, teachers, factory workers, or anyone who stands a lot throughout the day.
Muscles and joints can become sore and irritated for many reasons including stress, over working the muscles, or an injury. These gentle stretches should help relieve sore muscles and joints.
Finding the perfect mattress can be difficult. Some people like firm mattresses, some like soft mattresses, and some like them in between. Since people often ask me what mattress I sleep on, here's a 1 year follow-up to the Back Science Mattress I currently sleep on.
Wearable technology can help relieve stress and anxiety by improving your heart rate variability (HRV). Over time, this can help your body learn how to recover from stress more quickly.
This real-time isometrics routine for the upper body features easy exercises that can help strengthen the upper body & relieve pain. It can also help decrease tightness and improve overall flexibility.
Tension headaches can cause a lot of pain. Stress is a common cause of tension headaches. Relaxing the muscles around the neck and shoulder area can help decrease the pain caused by tension headaches.
