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Weekly Wellness Tip FROM SMITH CHIROPRACTIC Volume 1 Issue 3

Health & Technology Wellness Tips

Technology is everywhere, helping us with our everyday lives and sometimes hurting us. For this reason, we chose Health & Technology as the topic for our first series of Wellness Tips at Smith Chiropractic. Every week, we will be providing advice on health problems caused by the use of technology. Our Weekly Wellness Tips can be found at: • Smith Chiropractic

Website: www.drpatricksmith.com

• Smith Chiropractic Facebook Page: DrPatrickRSmith

• Our office for printouts

IS YOUR SMARTPHONE KEEPING YOU UP AT NIGHT?

Smartphone-induced Insomnia

Smartphones have the profound ability of keeping us up-to-date on all of the information concerning the great wide world we live in. But can having all this knowledge at your fingertips be detrimental to healthy sleeping patterns? A recent survey found that four in ten smartphone users would check their phone at night, if it woke them up. This can be a huge problem as the blue light emitted from smartphones can suppress the production of the sleep-regulating hormone know as melatonin. A reduction in melatonin production can interfere with getting a good night’s sleep.

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VOLUME 1 ISSUE 3 WEEKLY WELLNESS TIP

Keep Your Bedroom Tech-free

To avoid smartphone-induced insomnia, turn your bedroom into a tech-free zone, to help promote healthy sleep patterns. Another solution is to turn off your mobile device 60 to 90 minutes before bed to help your mind wind down. This will also make sure that the melatonin levels in your brain are not being disrupted. We all know how critical it is to get a healthy amount of sleep nightly in order to be well rested the next day. So follow these simple solutions to make it easier to doze off into dreamland and feel well rested when you wake up in the morning.

If you continue to experience sleep problems, please talk to us. There are may an underlying health issue that needs to be addressed. We can discuss whether melatonin or other nutritional supplements may be options to help your sleep patterns return to normal. Simply changing your pillow to provide better cervical support may also be a consideration to give you a better night’s sleep. Remember, we’re here to help support your overall wellbeing and offer proven solutions to help you stay healthy.

Natural Solutions to Sleepless Nights

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