Let’s Talk Sleep
Rest well knowing you’ve found experienced, qualified and caring experts to help you obtain better quality of sleep, bringing you a healthier quality of life.
Sleep-ology
Snoring
- Not all who snore have sleep apnea
- Not all who have sleep apnea snore
- Know what to look for
Sleep Apnea
- Sleep-related breathing disorders lead to interrupted breathing, fragmented sleep and restless nights resulting in the disruption of restful and restorative sleep.
CPAP
- CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) is the Gold Standard for treating sleep apnea
- Efficacy of CPAP is very high while its effectiveness significantly tapers off due to the low compliance with this therapy
Oral Sleep Appliance Therapy (OAT)
- OAT has a higher compliance than CPAP resulting in greater effectiveness over time
- Perfect for travel, backcountry adventures, camping, hunting or whatever takes you off the grid
Inspire® Therapy
- FDA-approved obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) therapy that works inside your body.
- Not all OSA patients are candidates for Inspire therapy
- Requires surgery to implant device
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Let’s Talk Sleep: Airway Health and its Connection to Overall Health
The three pillars of health are nutrition, physical exercise and sleep. While we can be attentive to what we eat or how much we exercise each day, many of us do not pay as close attention to our sleep hygiene. Yet, it is vital that we give our bodies the best quality of sleep we can. Sleep is the foundation of our overall well being. It is not necessarily measured in the quantity of sleep we get nightly, but the quality of our sleep.
Quality or restorative sleep is when you sleep well and feel rested in the morning. It’s the type of sleep that allows your body and mind to repair and replenish after being active all day. Restorative sleep is critical for brain and emotional health, immune system function, hormonal balance, tissue repair and growth and energy restoration. Deep sleep and REM (dream) sleep are essential components of restorative sleep. Sleep apnea, whether mild or severe, disrupts our body’s ability to enter or remain in these important sleep stages, thereby, negatively impacting the restorative sleep we need.
Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when the muscles in a person’s airway relax causing a narrowing or complete closure of the airway. This collapsed airway leads to a disruption in the normal flow of air into the lungs resulting in sleep disordered breathing. This gives rise to a fragmented sleep pattern which disrupts the body’s natural hormone balance throughout the night affecting multiple organ systems.
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