Sleep – A Necessity For Fighting Chronic Pain

Pain and sleep have a strange and vicious relationship. Since pain and lack of sleep reinforce each other, this can wreak havoc on the lives of people who suffer from chronic pain. Previously, what sort of influence the existence of pain has on sleep was relatively unknown. While researchers and doctors routinely faced people in pain who have trouble falling asleep, they were unable to fully understand the relationship between the two factors.

Now researchers at the University of Warwick have discovered that the perception of pain has enormous influence on the degree of sleeplessness among people suffering from chronic pain-related issues.

The study

Researchers divided participants into 4 groups based on their perception of the pain. The participants were asked to report the level of pain they perceived and the amount of sleep they were able to have each night.

The findings

The researchers found that people who had higher pain perception were less likely to sleep well at night. This shows that while pain is an important factor, how patients dealt with the sensation of pain was vital in ensuring proper and restful sleep.

Coping with pain – 5 simple techniques

1. Learn to meditate: Deep breathing meditation techniques can help your body as a whole to calm down. This may decrease the sensation of pain. Try to meditate for just 15 minutes after waking up in the morning and before going to bed at night.

2. Control stress: Stress is known to intensify chronic pain. Negative feelings like depression, anger and anxiety can increase the body’s sensitivity to pain. If you can control stress, you can gradually manage the pain as well. This will help you get much needed rest.

3. Exercise regularly: Exercise helps to release endorphins. These help to improve your mood while blocking out the sensation of pain. Exercise helps to strengthen the bones and the muscles, which in turn reduces the risk of injury. By burning excess calories, exercise improves the depth and duration of sleep. 

4. Join a support group: A support group will give you access to the experience of other people facing the same problem. This will help to put your own troubles in proper perspective. You are less likely to feel estranged or overwhelmed by your own pain if you have the experience of other fellow sufferers as a reference point.

5. Avoid alcohol: Drinking alcohol aggravates the impact of chronic pain on your sleep pattern. People who resort to alcohol may experience temporary relief from pain, but it disrupts the body’s circadian rhythm, thus making it harder to get a good night’s sleep.

By Dr. Shabtab Khalid

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