There are a lot of tips to help you maintain a better sleep schedule. You can consider changing your diet, set a strict sleep schedule, reduce your use of devices with bright blue light during the night, and maintain a routine that encourages relaxation and quiet before bedtime every night. These tips are common suggestions to help you not only fall asleep but stay asleep throughout the night.
Another important component of gaining and keeping a better sleep schedule is much easier said than done. That’s simply to relax. Relaxation is one of the best ways to “turn off” your brain and let your natural sleep schedule set in. In a lot of ways, that’s easier said than done. Massages are a great way to encourage relaxation which, in turn, can encourage better sleep. There are more ways than just relaxation that massages can encourage better sleep, though!
In fact, here are four ways that massage therapy can encourage better sleep this May.
1. Massages increase the production of sleep hormones.
A good massage helps relax your body, which encourages your body to produce serotonin. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that does a lot of different things for your body including improving your mood, digestion, healing, bone health, and blood clotting. The most important part when it comes to this month’s observance, though, is how it helps you fall asleep and stay asleep at night. Serotonin directly contributes to the production of melatonin, which prepares your body to sleep each night and helps you stay asleep throughout it. These are the “sleep hormones” that are important for your body to sleep well each night.
2. Massages reduce stress.
Stress is a real sleep killer. One of the main reasons people report insomnia is due to being kept awake with thoughts and worries throughout the night. Reducing your stress is one of the better ways to help encourage better sleep. Massages are a fantastic way to help your body and mind relax, which helps reduce your stress too. By releasing your stress, you can help your health in more ways than just better sleep. Reducing your stress also reduces your chances of developing heart issues and other common illnesses and conditions that arise with prolonged stress levels. Protect your sleep and your health by reducing your stress through massage therapy.
3. Massages encourage proper blood circulation.
Massages help your blood circulation by moving your blood through congested areas and releasing pressure that slows your blood flow. Increased blood flow moves waste products out of your brain, which helps your brain free up the space it needs to produce the hormones and chemicals that maintain proper a natural sleep schedule. On top of that, better blood flow also helps to reduce your risk of deteriorating brain issues a such dementia and Alzheimer’s too.
4. Massages decrease aches and pains.
Another leading reason that people often suffer from insomnia has to do with aches and pains keeping them awake at night. These aches and pains can be reduced by manipulating your body through massage therapy. Massages work through tension in your joints, muscles, and tendons. This tension is what contributes to consistent back and joint pain. By getting regular massages, you can reduce the pain in your body overall and then have less issues going to sleep at night.
Better sleep is essential for better health. Sleep gives your body time to recover and refresh each day, which makes it an important day of your daily, or nightly, routine. While massages aren’t the only thing that can encourage better sleep, there are many benefits to choosing massage therapy as part of your regular routine.
To schedule your own massage therapy session, contact The Brickhouse today!
