Insomnia from back pain affects about two-thirds of people who experience back related pain during the daytime. Insomnia includes the inability to fall asleep as well as the incapacity to remain asleep for an appropriate amount of time. Back pain can be relieved using heat therapy to help relax muscles and to advance the healing process.
Back pain is often able to be ignored during the day when distractions are available but when night falls and all distractions are removed, the pain seems amplified. It’s important to quiet the environment in your house before bed as it is also important to quiet your back pain in order to create the proper sleep environment that you need. Delaying relief of the back pain in the form of heat therapy will only delay deep sleep.
Non-restorative sleep can worsen back pain by not allowing enough time for muscles in the back to rest and heal. Going to bed with back pain and spending a sleepless night in pain creates a cycle that is hard to break. Prolonging the healing time will only make the insomnia related back pain worse. Heat therapy applied for approximately 30 minutes before bedtime will improve circulation to the affected areas in the back and it will be easier to fall asleep and stay asleep. For more extensive injuries, multiple applications of heat therapy may be necessary.
Insomnia from back pain can be relieved with heat therapy because of its extensive healing properties. Improving circulation to the parts of the back that are in pain will improve circulation, flexibility and reduce pain signals that are being sent to the brain while you try to fall asleep. While you relax before bed you can use a heat pad as an inexpensive and effective method of treatment.
High quality heat therapy pads will maintain their temperature for the amount of time required to help relieve back pain. Thermal-Aid treatment packs are 100% natural and you can easily clean them using soap and water, making them reusable for many applications. If insomnia from back pain is occurring from a new injury, Thermal-Aid treatment packs can also be used as cooling packs to reduce initial swelling and inflammation. Heat therapy can then be applied in the future to bring about additional comfort.