WHY YOU NEED 7-9 HOURS OF SLEEP
There is a big difference between the amount of sleep you can get by on and the amount you need to function optimally. According to the National Institutes of Health, the average adult sleeps less than 7 hours per night. In today’s fast-paced society, six or seven hours of sleep may sound pretty good. In reality, though, it’s a recipe for chronic sleep deprivation. Just because you’re able to operate on six or seven hours of sleep doesn’t mean you wouldn’t feel a lot better and get more done if you spent an extra hour or two in bed. While sleep requirements vary slightly from person to person, most healthy adults need between 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night to function at their best. Children and teens need even more. And despite the notion that our sleep needs decrease with age, most older people still need at least 7 hours of sleep. Since older adults often have trouble sleeping this long at night, daytime naps can help fill in the gap. Signs that you’renot getting enough sleep. If you’re getting less than eight hours of sleep each night, chances are you’re sleep deprived. What’s more, you probably have no idea just how much lack of sleep is affecting you. How is it possible to be sleep deprived without knowing it? Most of the signs of sleep deprivation are much more subtle than falling face
first into your dinner plate. Furthermore, if you’ve made a habit of skimping on sleep, you may not even remember what it feels like to be truly wide-awake, fully alert, and firing on all cylinders. Maybe it feels normal to get sleepy when you’re in a boring meeting, struggling through the afternoon slump, or dozing off after dinner, but the truth is that it’s only “normal” if you’re sleep deprived. You may be sleep deprived if you: • Need an alarm clock in order to wake up on time • Rely on the snooze button • Have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning • Feel sluggish in the afternoon • Get sleepy in meetings, lectures, or warm rooms • Get drowsy after heavy meals or when driving • Need to nap to get through the day • Fall asleep while watching TV or relaxing in the evening • Feel the need to sleep in on weekends • Fall asleep within five minutes of going to bed GETTING CUSTOM ORTHOTICS HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER PhysioWorks is proud to announce they are now using Go 4-D’s 3D printing in their clinic for custom orthotics. Go 4-D has partnered with HP Inc. to provide a FitStation that combines medical-grade 3D foot scanners, gait analysis, and prescriptive 3D printed custom orthotics. This new technology has evidence- based diagnostic scanning and is bio-compatible and non-toxic. Patients no longer have to deal with a plaster casting, but instead are able to walk on a pressure plate that collects data and is transmitted to a software program that creates digital images of their feet. Our physical therapists are able to use this information to then recommend a custom prescription for orthotics. The process is very interactive and allows our physical therapists the tools needed to prescribe orthotics based on each person’s biomechanics. Through the use of nine laser-powered cameras inside the scanner, our physical therapists are able to see 3D images of 10 distinct areas from the foot up to the ankle. Once our physical therapist prescribes a custom orthotics, we send that prescription to Go 4-D who then uses a 3D printed to create the orthotics. The process takes about two weeks for patients to receive them.
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