Sleep Hygiene – Sleep Optimization

Sleep hygiene is the term used to describe what we can do to optimize our quality of sleep. Consider hygienic sleep as sleep optimization.

The next few blog entries will focus on sleep hygiene issues.

#1. Make sure your life has adequate time for sleep! Most adults require 7-8 hours of sleep. Kids require more and teenagers… well they never seem to get enough!

#2. Try and make your sleep schedule regular. Not late to bed and late to wake one night and early to bed early to wake the next. This can be a challenge for swing shift and night workers. We all have biologic clocks and they function better with regular schedules.

More to come…