1 . Consider how you sleep. The quality, amount, and position of your sleep can have a big impact on the amount of neck and shoulder pain you experience. While this likely goes without saying, sleep is important! Recent research confirms that sleep is critical for proper memory, mood, performance, and affects your healing processes, muscle recovery and many other health factors. Inflammation is often increased or unbalanced in individuals with sleep-related disorders including insomnia, sleep apnea, and restless legs syndrome. While everyone varies to some degree, most adults over 26 years old need 7-9 hours sleep and the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention states that 30% of us are getting less than 6 hours. If you are struggling with neck and shoulder pain, make sure you address this issue.
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