Sleep with your arms raised above your head

People sleep in all kinds of different positions, and each position has its own advantages and disadvantages. Some people often raise their arms above their heads when they sleep. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this sleeping posture? Comprehensively considered, is it a healthy sleeping posture? If not, what is a healthy sleeping posture like? In addition, this article will briefly talk about the latest views on sleeping posture.

Sleeping posture is a posture, which is the body language during sleep. It is a subconscious movement with very little conscious control. Therefore, the information it conveys is rarely deceptive and can truly reflect a person's psychological state.

There are advantages and disadvantages to any sleeping position.

Studies have shown that if you raise your arms while sleeping, the abdominal pressure will increase due to muscle pulling and displacement of the diaphragm, especially for those who eat too much before going to bed, the elderly and those who are pregnant in late stages. Sleeping with your arms raised above your head for a long time will cause "reflux esophagitis."

In addition, when you sleep with your arms raised high, due to the pulling of the muscles, the external intercostal muscles, diaphragm, abdominal wall muscles and the anterior-posterior diameter of the thorax cannot naturally pull back and relax, which will also affect the natural breathing of the lungs and easily cause chest tightness and fatigue. Therefore, those who are used to keeping their hands up when sleeping should change this.

Healthy posture

Studies have shown that sleeping posture is closely related to personality and disease prevention. For health reasons, you should train yourself in the sleeping position that suits you best as early as possible.

Fetal Pose

Curled up like a fetus in the mother's womb, because in this posture, not only are all the muscles relaxed instead of tense, but the brain is also fully relaxed. This is why people squat as much as possible when they are tired, because this is the closest to the fetal position.

The reason why the fetus maintains this posture is that the cerebral cortex at that time is not fully developed and has insufficient ability to control the muscles. The muscles naturally adopt the most relaxed and original posture. If you can return to your original state during sleep and maintain this state, it actually ensures that your brain can relax in a fully "off-duty" state. The best quality of sleep is to sleep like a baby, with a pacifier in the mouth, no distractions, and not being bothered by worldly affairs. Relaxation is one of the most important conditions for getting rid of insomnia.

Because of the different metabolic and developmental states, young people sleep mainly to relieve nervous fatigue. On the contrary, older people sleep mainly to relieve muscle fatigue (it is difficult to fall asleep).

The sleeping position is like a fetal position, with the body curled up and the hand on the pillow. Health Tips: Lying on the left side helps stomach acid to be discharged into the digestive tract. If you eat too much at dinner, it is best to lie on the left side. Sleeping on the right side will not compress the heart and is suitable for people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Soldier Pose

Sleep on your back with your limbs stretched out. Health Tips: It can keep the blood circulation undisturbed and the facial muscles in the best relaxed state. This sleeping position does not compress the internal organs and is suitable for patients with cerebral arteriosclerosis and hypertension. For men, the best sleeping position is lying on your back with your legs apart, while lying on your stomach or side may have adverse effects on the male reproductive system. If a man is obese and snores when sleeping on his back, he may want to tilt his head slightly to one side when sleeping on his back.

Free Fall

Sleep on your stomach with your hands extended over your shoulders. Health Tips: This sleeping position is beneficial to digestion and is suitable for people with poor gastrointestinal function. It is also best for patients with lumbar disease to adopt this sleeping position. However, this sleeping position will compress the heart and lungs and affect breathing. Therefore, patients with heart disease, high blood pressure, and cerebral thrombosis should not choose this sleeping position.

Basic data survey

60% of people sleep on their backs, 35% sleep on their sides, and 5% sleep on their stomachs.

Among them, Chinese medicine believes that sleeping on the right side is healthier.

The average person changes sleeping positions about twenty times a night. A supportive pillow and mattress that is not too hard or too soft can help reduce the number of times you change sleeping positions, thereby improving the quality of your sleep.

It needs to be clarified that, in fact, for healthy people, the requirements for sleeping posture may not be very high, but for some patients, such as those with cervical spondylosis, it is quite necessary to adopt the correct sleeping posture. Any sleeping position is not suitable for long-term use and should be changed frequently. In addition, the choice of bedding, such as cervical health pillows and mattresses, is also related to sleep health.

New ideas

It seems that there is no absolutely good or bad sleeping position. Except for people who are sick or who are suitable or not suitable for a certain sleeping position, most people can just let it go to sleep naturally. There is no need to deliberately pursue a certain posture, as long as it can relax the body's joints and muscles. A comfortable sleeping position can help people fall asleep as quickly as possible. In a word, sleep however you feel comfortable!