Sleep Problems, Insomnia and Pain

Many people suffering from pain and ongoing, chronic pain experience insomnia and sleeping problems.

As many as 80% of people suffering with chronic pain have ongoing sleep difficulties also.

It effects so many people in the Texarkana area, reducing their quality of life and ability to perform as well as they could with a good night’s rest.

This is a complex relationship.

The cause of the sleep problem and the chronic pain can be the same.

Complicating the matter though is that pain interferes with sleep while loss of sleep increases your risk of more pain.

It sets up a viscous cycle where one worsens the other in an endless loop.

Back Pain and Sleep

Back pain is the most common type of chronic pain problem that people experience.

More than half of individuals with back pain frequently report significant interference with sleep with the greater the pain, the greater the sleep loss on average.

Pain Is the Most Common Cause of Insomnia

Insomnia includes all types of sleeping problems ranging from difficulty falling asleep to difficulty staying asleep, and waking up too early.

Pain is considered the most common cause of insomnia.

Chiropractic Can Help Pain Sufferers!

Chiropractic has been repeatedly shown to help people with many types of pain and chronic pain.

Chiropractors are able to improve the function of the neuro-musculoskeletal system so that it is able to function better thereby often dramatically improving pain/chronic pain from a variety of conditions ranging from headaches, arthritis, disc injuries, neck pain, shoulder area pain, back pain, and much more.

If pain is causing your insomnia, when Chiropractic Care improves your pain – you can sleep better!

 

References:

Assessing and Managing Sleep Disturbance in Patients with Chronic Pain. Anesthesiol Clin. 2016 Jun;34(2):379-93. doi: 10.1016/j.anclin.2016.01.007. Cheatle MD1, Foster S2, Pinkett A3, Lesneski M4, Qu D5, Dhingra L6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27208716

Prevalence of sleep disturbance in patients with low back pain. Eur Spine J. 2011 May;20(5):737-43. doi: 10.1007/s00586-010-1661-x. Epub 2010 Dec 29. Alsaadi SM1, McAuley JH, Hush JM, Maher CG. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21190045