When Sleeping Hurts: 6 Exercises to Help You Slumber Pain Free
Aches and pains are never fun, especially when they go bump in the night. Thankfully, these exercises can put nighttime pain to sleep and help you rest.
Many of the worst aches and pains seem to wait until we’re sleeping to come out and play. We’re trapped between two hard places: Stay put and try to roll, fidget, and squirm away from pain, or get up to try to exercise it away, an act that can bring us to full wakefulness and rob us of sleep for the rest of the night.
Having pain doesn’t make for a good night, but there is something we can do to help prevent the intrusion.
6 Exercises to Deter Hurt From Spending the Night
The following exercises can help decrease your risk of hurting in the night. They can be done in the evening before bed and are also beneficial anytime throughout the day to work out the kinks and tightness that can accumulate and sneak up later, as unwelcome intruders of sleep.
Kevin Shelley
Kevin Shelley is a licensed occupational therapist with over 30 years of experience in major health care settings. He is a health columnist for The Epoch Times.
