7 Ways Showering at Night Could Improve Your Sleep
Relieves Tension
A warm shower dilates your blood vessels and improves your circulation, relaxing and soothing your muscles and joints. The increased blood and oxygen flowing through your body helps relieve you of any tension, such as shoulder pain or a stiff neck, that you may have after a long day. A warm shower also helps to relieve tension headaches.
Clears Lungs
The steam from a warm shower can help decongest your lungs and nasal passages. Steam helps clear your lungs, open sinuses and drain mucus from your nose. This is especially helpful for a good night of rest if you’re suffering from a respiratory sickness or experiencing an unpleasant cold.
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Drops Body Temperature
Have you ever gotten cozy and drowsy in a car while the heat was running full blast on a very cold day or fallen asleep while tanning under the warm relaxing sun? The smallest changes in body temperature can send very powerful messages to the body. When the body temperature drops, metabolic functions such as your breathing and heart rate slow down and naturally make you feel tired and drowsy. When you step out of the shower and your body temperature drops, your body will then begin to prepare for sleep by increasing melatonin production. This is one of the main reasons a nice warm shower will make you want to crawl right into bed.
Moisturizes Skin
By taking a nourishing shower then applying lotion to the skin, those who suffer from dry skin can find immediate relief that will help them sleep much more comfortably. Dry itchy skin can be extremely uncomfortable and the steam from a warm shower will open pores and allow for lotion to be better absorbed. Itchy dry dehydrated skin to soft smooth replenished skin can make all the difference in a good night’s sleep.
Taking a warm shower at night can help you experience significantly better sleep and since you won’t have to take one first thing in the morning- a longer night’s sleep as well. So indulge in a nice warm sleep-inducing shower, get some restful sleep and enjoy sleeping that extra fifteen minutes you long for every morning.