Your sleep, your health, your mattress

There is nothing like a good nights’ sleep to help ensure you feel refreshed and ready to take on the world. Investing in a good mattress is just one thing that can help. Few people realise the long term effects of disturbed sleep on the body. Not sleeping properly could lead to a number of long term chronic medical conditions. 

There is nothing like a good nights’ sleep to help ensure you feel refreshed and ready to take on the world. Investing in a good mattress is just one thing that can help. Few people realise the long term effects of disturbed sleep on the body. Not sleeping properly could lead to a number of long term chronic medical conditions. 

Potential impact of disturbed sleep

If your body has no rest, the brain is unable to function correctly as it has also not rested. Your brain can deteriorate quickly. The brain has to work harder when it has not rested and this results in a lack of concentration, decreased focus, more irritability and problems completing tasks. It can even lead to psychiatric problems and cause hallucinations. 

One of the most common conditions caused through continued sleep disturbance is depression, which can be a devastating problem and make people really ill. The increased stress caused through long term sleep deprivation can lead to hypertension or raised blood pressure and there is medical research to show it has a contributing factor in the onset of type 2 diabetes. 

A combination of high blood pressure and being overweight can lead to heart disease and so a disturbed sleep pattern can contribute to some extremely serious problems. Aside from the medical implications, the slower reaction times you'll have if you're not sleeping properly can lead to accidents. Poor posture, including poor sleeping positions, can contribute to musculoskeletal disorders resulting in conditions such as back pain. 

Getting healthy with a good nights’ sleep

Making just a few changes can have a positive impact on sleep patterns. Avoiding caffeine before bedtime and replacing it with a milky drink or herbal tea is one way of preventing sleep disturbance.

Ensuring your bed has a firm and supportive mattress is fundamental in getting all the sleep you can. Using a memory foam mattress can make all the difference as it moulds to your shape. Using your bedroom as a place only for relaxation and sleep is another way of avoiding disturbed sleep patterns (don't take your laptop or work to bed with you!) and going to bed at the same time each night helps get the body into a rhythm and prevents disturbance in sleeping. 

Getting a good nights’ sleep is fundamental in promoting healthy lifestyles and it is simple to make just a few changes to prevent chronic illnesses occurring in future years. 

At Dormeo we care about you and our commitment to you is to help ensure we're doing our bit to ensure you get the sleep you deserve. Please think about all the above and make sure you're giving yourself and your body every opportunity to get a great night's sleep every night. We'll do our but and make sure you're happy with your Dormeo memory foam mattress. We really DO mean it when we say 'try it free 60 nights and if it's not for you, you get all your money back'. 

You deserve a great night's sleep, you deserve Dormeo!