Is Poor Sleep Making My Pain Worse?

Chronic pain and pain sensitivity is a thoroughly researched area of medical science. One of the strongest factors that correlate with increased pain may surprise you – poor sleep patterns. And the relationship is quite interesting.
It might seem obvious that if you have pain you are more likely to have poor sleep, but the relationship also goes the other way. Poor sleep patterns have been found to increase pain sensitivity and even decrease the effectiveness of pain relieving medications.
This is just one more reason that it’s so important to get your 8 hours.
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