Rec Research: back, neck, or shoulder pain keeping you up?
Are your back, neck, and shoulder pain keeping you up at night, or is your lack of sleep causing these pains? 🛌😣 Lack of sleep quality has been shown to potentially be a significant factor in chronic muscle pain. 🌙 A comprehensive study involving 26,896 men and women without chronic pain or physical impairments was conducted over 10 years. The findings were: 1. 🌟 Compared with those who ‘never’ experienced sleep problems: - Women and men who ‘sometimes’ experienced sleep problems had a 23–32% increased risk of chronic pain. - Women and men who ‘often/always’ experienced sleep problems had a staggering 51–66% increased risk of developing chronic pain in their back, neck, and shoulders. Why does this happen? A possible mechanism might be that poor sleep induces a state of low-level systemic inflammation, which contributes to sensitizing the nociceptive system – the part of our body responsible for detecting painful stimuli. But the research also offered some encouraging insights: 2