How to Really Overcome Insomnia and Pain No Risk?
Chronic pain is a major cause of sleep loss and is associated with insomnia. For instance, the National Sleep Foundation points out that if you have lower back pain you might experience intense “micro-arousals” throughout the night. Micro-arousals are changes in your sleep state to a lighter stage of sleep, and they often lead to awakenings in people with chronic pain. Less widely known, however, is the fact that getting less sleep may also lead to more pain! According to new research from the University of Haifa, if you have trouble sleeping, you’re 1.5 times more likely to suffer from back pain at some point in your life. Why does lack of sleep increase your risk of chronic pain? There might be a “biological factor” that hasn’t yet been identified, according to the researchers, but they also suggested stress might be involved: “One possible link is stress; people suffering from insomnia generally describe their lives as stressful, so it’s almost certain that they would suffer from chronic restlessness that will increase muscle tension and reduce the number of micro-pauses in muscle activity, which leads to back pain.”