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The Impact of Pain on Sleep

Sleeping well can refresh your body and mind, but it's tough to do when you're in pain. Learn why pain worsens sleep problems and what you can do about it.

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Comments (6)

Steven Y Park, MD

, Apr 02, 2009 10:55AM

One thing to consider is that poor sleep itself can lower your pain thresholds, waking you up to even slight pain or discomfort. It's a vicious cycle.

PlateletGal, Apr 02, 2009 11:01AM

Good video ! I was just reading this study only yesterday... sent to me through Co-Cure.org

Disturbed sleep and musculoskeletal pain in the bed partner of patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Smith AK, Togeiro SM, Tufik S, Roizenblatt S.

PlateletGal, Apr 02, 2009 11:02AM

link to study:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19303357?dopt=Abstract

deepdiver, Apr 02, 2009 11:22AM

The best bed that I bought was the Sleep Number Bed!!

elwoodsf, Apr 02, 2009 11:34AM

This was a helpful video for me to see. Thank you for the link Plateletgal.

deedee332, Apr 03, 2009 06:34AM

Very helpful for me as well. Thanks PlateletGal

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