Preventing Headaches By Getting A Good Night's Sleep

Try to get a good night's sleep. A good night's sleep is very important to keep away headaches.

Try to keep your mind free from worries. Listening to music or taking a nap is a good way to clear the mind. If you feel stressed out, try to relax. Scented candles, warm baths, and soothing music are often helpful.

"Sleep is one of the most basic and universal activities in which we all engage. Yet, getting to sleep, staying asleep, and waking refreshed can be highly elusive to most of us some of the time, and many of us all of the time.?

The National Sleep Foundation reports (2002) that America is on the verge of a poor sleep epidemic, characterized by the following eye-opening statistics:

* 64% of American adults get less than the eight hours of sleep that experts recommend is required to maintain optimal physical, mental, and emotional health.

* One-third of the US population says they get less sleep now than they did five years ago

* One-half of Americans have experienced insomnia (sleeplessness)

* Drowsiness due to a lack of a proper night of sleep interferes with the daily activities of 37% of all adults.

You need peace and quiet to get enough sleep and so you should take care to see that there are no physical disturbances. Turn the ring tone of your telephone to the lowest possible volume. Do not worry about important calls; if the calls are so important, then the caller will call back later when you have turned up the volume.

Try to cut out other disturbances by wearing ear muffs or eye blinds. Do not read in bed before you sleep, in all likelihood you will drift off to sleep with the lights on and after sometime the same light will wake you up.

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