All people sleep differently, some sleep on their backs, others sleep on their sides, but there are others who can only fall asleep on their stomachs. Can I sleep on my stomach? This question was turned to the Spanish doctors, and they warned that it was harmful to sleep on the stomach. This habit can affect both sexual life and appearance.
Can I sleep on my stomach?
Laying down on the stomach, pressure is created on important internal organs. Difficulty breathing, stagnation occurs, and this has a bad effect on health. This pose is dangerous for pregnant women. And then, a dream on the abdomen contributes to the appearance of wrinkles on the chest, face and neck. You need to train yourself to sleep on your side or on your back.
When you fall asleep, you are immersed in a state of rest, pleasant sensations and illusions. Everyone sleeps differently, someone spreads his arms up like a frog, someone sleeps in a fetal position, someone sleeps like a tin soldier, on a string, and others prefer to sleep on their stomachs. We will think how safe the posture on the stomach is, there are many opinions both against and for it.
How to sleep properly?
The third part of his life a person spends on a dream, during this time the body is restored. But that the dream was really healing, you need to follow certain rules.
Down with featherbeds
Useful sleep on a hard bed. It is necessary to use a medium softness roller, its thickness should be with the arm, instead of the pillow. The roller supports the cervical spine and completely relaxes the body.
Night Cape
In the night clothes there should be no gum and belts that would squeeze the blood vessels. It is more useful to sleep without clothes. Headgear is another matter, but for a long time we have not put on hats and cap for the night, as our ancestors did. In a dream, the temperature of the body decreases and it is easy to catch a cold. Even a strip of woolen fabric, which wraps around the forehead and head, can well protect from sinus and rhinitis.
Manual therapists recommend sleeping on the abdomen, then there is an opportunity to crack the intervertebral cartilage. In this position, the internal organs do not press on the kidneys, and they better wash the slag and purify the body. Gastroenterologists agree that it is useful to sleep on the stomach on an empty stomach. Supper need 4 hours before bedtime. Well, if you can not comply with this rule, then you need to lie down after lying down on your right side to sleep. In this position, the stomach is protected from getting bile in it. Some parents teach their child to sleep on their right side, putting their hands under their right cheeks. And this is correct, there is an opinion that the hands thus closed soothe the child, relieve the excitement.
Is sleep on the stomach bad?
Some doctors believe that if discomfort is in the digestive organs, it is useful to sleep on the stomach. This pose reduces discomfort with bloating, gas, colic. On the stomach recommend to lay out small children who suffer from colic.
And other doctors say that when lying on the stomach, the internal organs are squeezed, which leads to sexual problems and to disorders of the reproductive system.
Contraindicated to breastfeeding mothers and during pregnancy. The child in this position feels uncomfortable, and it is uncomfortable to sleep on the stomach. Breastfeeding mothers should not sleep on their stomachs, mammary glands contract, milk leak and this may be the cause of mastitis. Doctors do not advise to sleep on the stomach to people who have problems with the spine, this aggravates the disease.
And from the cosmetology side, this posture is not useful. If a person often turns his head in a certain direction during sleep, then on this side of the face wrinkles will develop over time, which will become more noticeable and deeper. Sleeping on the back is not the best way to "restore" the body.
In conclusion, we add that you can sleep on your stomach, but not all. Sleep is normal for 8 hours. And if you can sleep both day and night, then try and take advantage of this opportunity. In countries where daytime sleep (siesta) is taken, the number of cardiovascular diseases is lower.