The figures speak for themselves: a study carried out by the Federal Statistical Office in 2017 indicates that in Switzerland one third of the adult population sleeps poorly.
For example, specialists claim that a good environment is necessary to promote sleep and that this involves the comfort of one’s bed.
Find below the 9 tips for sleeping well from Doctor José Haba-Rubio, co-medical director of the Florimont sleep center.
1
Set by natural light
« Our biological clock is governed by a nerve centre, the suprachiasmatic nucleus, located behind the eyes and timed by information from the retina. When it sees the light in the morning, the body clock goes into wake-up mode. »
2
Find comfort
« You need a good environment to promote quality sleep. The comfort of your bed, pleasant temperatures in the bedroom and making sure that there are no noises or light streaming into the room should all be considered. »
3
Wake up at the same time every day
« The first piece of advice, at all times and perhaps even more so during a pandemic, is to cultivate and maintain a regular sleep pattern. The risk, Those who lose their jobs or who work reduced hours are at risk to not get up every day at the same time to go to work. To lose this rhythm is to risk disrupting your body clock. The most important thing to do is get up at the same time every day. »
4
Learn to relax
« Sleeplessness is a common response to all kinds of psychological stresses. Developing relaxing habits can help to calm this state of over-arousal. »
5
Get up if you can’t sleep
« If you wake up during the night and can’t get back to sleep, you should avoid staying in bed. Staying in bed without sleeping maintains the sleep disorder; the brain really needs to know that the bed is the place to sleep »
6
Go to bed when you are tired
« Don’t go to bed at the same time every day if you’re spending time struggling to fall asleep and stressing when you can’t. It is better to go to bed when we are sleepy and ready to sleep. »
7
Avoid excitement
« Avoid coffee, black tea or Coke. »
8
Avoid axcess blue light from screens & devices
« In order to not disturb the biologi cal clock, we must avoid too much exposure to the blue light of our many screens at night. This particular light suppresses the secretion of melatonin – a substance that enables the commu nication between the body clock and the sleep mechanism – and therefore delays falling asleep. »
9
Practice regular physical exercise
« There is nothing like physical activity to make you tired and prepared for bed. »
The comfort of an Elite mattress is undoubtedly a first step to put all the chances on your side.
One of its peculiarities is to adapt to your morphology and not the other way around. Supporting the body point by point, it allows optimal alignment of the spine and thus avoids lumbar or dorsal pain. In fact, the pressure points disappear (shoulders, hips). They are the ones that cause neck pain or pins and needles and inflammations up to polyarthritis.
As for the natural padding of the mattress, it offers thermoregulation. Wool, for example, absorbs up to one-third of its weight in water without creating a sensation of moisture. An interesting advantage when you know that you lose about half a liter of water per night.
An Elite mattress offers you the comfort that will allow you to reach and stay longer in the most restorative sleep cycle: that of deep sleep.
