How to Stop Snoring Naturally

Are you exhausted from uncontrollable snoring, not to mention the shame of keeping your partner, children, pets, visitors or roommates awake?

Snoring is natural and most of us will experience a noisy night’s sleep after a big night out or when sick with a blocked nose. But sometimes, for frequent snorers, it can be a sign of something more severe.

The good news is that our team at Statewide Home Health Care have conducted research on how you can conquer snoring naturally.

What is snoring?

To explain snoring is actually pretty easy: Snoring occurs whenever you sleep without air flowing through your airways. When air is forced through your airways, it reverberates against the tissues in your nose and throat creating a snoring sound.

Figure 1. Snoring explained (snoringdevicesaustralia.com, 2019)

Why do YOU snore?

The first step is to understand why YOU snore so you can select the most suitable therapy route.

1. Obesity – When you’re overweight or out of shape, it is more likely that fatty tissues will obstruct your throat and trigger snoring. In general, even if you are not overweight, excess weight around your throat or neck can cause snoring. Sometimes it can be as simple as exercising and losing weight to get a quiet night’s sleep.
2. Age – Interestingly, our throat becomes smaller as we grow older, and the muscle tone reduces with it. This is a common and natural aging condition which leads to snoring.
3. The way that you’re built - Men are almost twice as likely to snore as females, this is because although men have a larger airway, their larynxes are positioned lower in their neck, leaving more space in their throat.
4. Nasal or Sinus Problems - Blocked airways or a stuffy nose make it more difficult to inhale and generate a gap in the throat, results in snoring.
5. High consumption of alcohol and smoking - Like some medicines, alcohol is a depressant that has a sedative impact on the body, relaxing the muscles of the breath and causing snoring.
6. The way you sleep - If you sleep flat on your back, your throat flesh will relax and block the airway. Shifting the position of your sleep can assist.

While you don’t have control over your body build or gender, it is easier to stop snoring with the correct lifestyle changes, proper bedtime routines and exercising your throat daily.

However, if you or your sleeping partner have noticed any of the following red flags, please visit your nearest GP.

• You snore deeply and loudly and during the day you feel very tired.
• During sleep, you stop breathing, are panting, or shaking.
• You fall asleep at awkward times, like during a discussion or when having a meal.

How to stop snoring?

Different techniques will be more efficient in preventing your snoring, or at least reducing the intensity, depending on the cause.

1. Change your sleeping position. Elevating your head four inches can ease breathing and facilitate the movement of your tongue and jaw forward. Specific pillows are available to assist by ensuring that your neck muscles are not tightened.

2. Sleep on your side instead of your back – Try to fasten a tennis ball to the back of your pajama top. If you roll over onto your back, the tennis ball will wake you up and encourage you to sleep back on your side. Alternatively, you can place a wedge pillow behind your back to help stop snoring.

There are a few types of anti-snoring pillows at Statewide Home Health Care, including:

• Wedge
• Memory Foam
• Therapeutic Pillows

3. Clear nasal passages before bed. - Rinse sinuses with saline before bed if you have a stuffy nose. Using a nasal decongestant or nasal strip can also assist you breathe easier as you sleep.

4. Keep your bedroom air moist - Dry air in the nose and throat can irritate the membranes, so if the issue is swollen nasal tissues, an air humidifier can assist. Check out our range of humidifiers here --à Air Humidifier

5. Follow these anti-snoring throat exercises. Watch Now!

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