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Studies Show the Sleep Number® Bed Relieves Back Pain and Improves Sleep Quality!

5 Ways the Sleep Number Bed Proves It

1. Clinical results prove back pain relief
For over 15 years, Select Comfort has been helping people sleep better than they ever thought possible. There's simply no reason amazing 93% reported back pain relief while 90% said other aches and pains were reduced.

2. Studies show significant sleep improvement
Research conducted at Stanford and Duke Universities found that 87% of participants who slept on a Sleep Number bed fell asleep faster and experienced better quality sleep than they did on an innerspring mattress. In fact in a recent survey of owners, over 50% reported they enjoyed more comfortable sleep and a full 32% said that they tossed and turned less on a Sleep Number bed.

3. Research reveals deeper, more restorative sleep
It's widely known that achieving REM sleep is important to your physical and mental well being. Ground breaking clinical research conducted at Stanford University showed that a full 87% of those who slept on a Sleep Number bed experienced a greater percentage of REM sleep with fewer sleep disturbances than they did on an innerspring mattress.

4. Owners report improved energy and well being
Imagine feeling more healthy and energetic from the moment you wake up every morning. After sleeping on a Sleep Number bed for just 90 days, owners reported 26% fewer visits to the doctor for back or neck pain. In clinical research, 77% of participants reported increased energy and 67% indicated reduced daytime sleepiness.

5. Testing shows 20 years of durability
The Sleep Number bed is more than twice as durable as a typical innerspring mattress. In product abuse tests simulating 20 years of wear, the Sleep Number bed consistently preformed over twice the industry standard.

12 Ways to Improve the Quality of your Sleep!

1. Make sleep a priority! Make sleep a priority of the same nature as diet and exercise. If you have trouble falling or staying asleep, curtailing the time in bed seems to solidify sleep; excessively long times in bed seem related to fragmented and shallow sleep.

2. Sleep on a schedule! A regular wake up time in the morning strengthens our internal clock and helps establish consistent, regular times of sleep onset. Follow a nighttime routine---same times, same order! Such a routine cues your body that it's bedtime.

3. Exercise regularly! Studies indicate that regular, daily exercise deepens sleep. Occasional exercise does not necessarily improve the sleep the following night. Don't exercise right before bedtime.

4. Moderate the temperature. Excessively warm rooms (above 75 degrees) disturb sleep (less REM Delta sleep, more awakenings). However, excessively cold rooms do not solidify sleep. 68-72 degrees is considered ideal.

5. Eat right! Hunger tends to disturb sleep. A light snack tends to help sleep. Heavy meals right before bedtime tend to interfere with sleep.

6. Avoid excessive use of sleeping medications. An occasional sleeping pill may be of some benefit, but chronic use has little long-term effect. Tolerance builds up and dependency may result.

7. Limit caffeine intake. Caffeine in the evening disturbs sleep---even in those who feel it does not! (Cola, chocolate, coffee, tea, etc.)

8. Limit alcohol intake. While alcohol may help people fall asleep more easily, the ensuing sleep is disrupted when its effects wear off.

9. Unwind! Anger, frustration, worry and sleep do not mix! A planned worry session a couple of hours before bedtime does wonders. If you can't sleep because of emotions, get up and do something else.

10. Mask excessive, occasional loud noises. Homes near airports, trains or highways can experience loud noises that disturb sleep even in people who are not awakened by noises, and cannot remember them in the morning. Sound insulation, or even "noise screening" with a fan helps.

11. Chronic use of tobacco disturbs sleep.

12. Sleep in Comfort. Choose a bed that contours to your unique body type, provides proper spinal support and reduces uncomfortable pressure points.

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