Insomnia - Are You Getting Enough Sleep?
More Sleep Equals Less Pain
The study included 18 healthy adults aged 21 to 35 who did not have any pain. Half spent 10 hours in bed for four nights, and the others kept to their usual nighttime bed schedules. People in the extended sleep group raked in close to two hours more sleep per night due to their new bedtime ritual, an average of 8.9 hours per night vs. 7.14 hours per night among those who kept their own schedule.
The researchers measured pain by how long participants could keep a finger held to a heat source. The amount increased by 25% in those in the extended sleep group after just four days. Previous research suggests this is comparable to taking a 60-mg dose twice a day of the painkiller codeine.
‘Exactly how more sleep can help improve pain is not fully understood. We think that sleep loss and pain both increase levels of inflammatory markers, but getting more sleep may help decrease this inflammation,’ Roth says.
‘The next step is to look at people getting ready for surgery to see if treating any underlying sleep issues can affect their pain sensitivity and the amount of painkillers they require’ Roth says.
The Findings Appear In December Issue Of Sleep
‘When they extended their sleep, participants were able to withstand a greater time before they withdrew their fingers form heat,’ says Harley Greenberg, MD. He is the medical director of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Sleep Disorders Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y. But ‘it is a big jump to apply this to patients with chronic pain syndrome’
‘The study period was brief, and getting more sleep on a regular basis may have even more pronounced effects on pain’ he says.
‘A relatively short-lived increase in sleep time in healthy adults reduces pain sensitivity’ says Roger B. Fillingim, PhD. He is the director of the University of Florida Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence in Gainesville. ‘This is among the first studies I have seen to show that a modest sleep improvement reduces pain sensitivity’
Sleep expert Michael Breus, PhD, says that sleep and pain are intimately connected. ‘When you are sleepy, you are cranky, moody, depressed, and anxious’ he says. ‘Every injury or type of pain gets worse with less sleep’
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