The Relationship Between Snoring And Exercise
After many years of being the butt of jokes, snoring is starting to be recognized as a serious health disorder that deserves ample research and attention. Snoring sufferers often have other health problems because of their insomnia and sleep apnea. Moreover, snorers who have partners cause another person, who may not have a snoring problem, to suffer from insomnia, not to mention stress and frustration.
Anti-Snoring Exercises
While their effectiveness is unproven, some snorers have found relief by vigorous snoring exercises of the mouth, tongue and lips. Do these anti-snoring exercises in the evening before you go to bed, and repeat each one five times.
>Pucker your lips, count to ten then relax the lips. Repeat ten times.
>Hold your jaw wide open and try to pucker your lips. Again, hold the pucker for a count of ten.
>Inhale deeply and, as you slowly release the breath through your mouth, make a low-pitched vowel sound (O is usually best). Raise the pitch slightly for each successive sound.
>Extend your tongue as far as possible and hold for ten seconds. Relax. Repeat, extending the tongue just a little bit further with each successive stretch.
More Exercises To Prevent Snoring
Perhaps the best exercise you can do to prevent snoring is good old-fashioned cardiovascular exercise like walking, running or working out. There is a definite link between snoring and obesity, which is not surprising when you consider that the noise of snoring is caused by air passing through a compressed tube - your throat - and that fat can compress your airway even further. By adopting a program of regular cardiovascular exercise, like simply walking, you can lose weight and improve your snoring.
A friend who works for Weight Watchers told me that about a year ago she noticed a large, overweight man walking around town. She would see him walking when she drove to the mall, when she ran her kids back and forth to school, when she drove to church, when she went to Weight Watchers meetings - it seemed every time she went somewhere in her car, she would see this man strolling leisurely down the sidewalk, wearing a T shirt and a pair of jeans.
As time passed, she noticed that the man was shrinking before her eyes. At first she thought it was a different man, but by then she recognized his face, his clothing (don't most walkers wear sweats or shorts?) and his stride. And still she saw him walking all over town.
My friend finally pulled her car over behind him one day a few weeks ago and walked a short way with him. She told him what she did for a living and asked about his story. He told her he had lost 187 pounds by walking twelve to twenty miles every day.
You don't need to take such drastic measures to exercise enough for snoring to stop being an issue in you life. Start with thirty minutes of walking a day. Before you know it, the pounds will drop and you will find your snoring improving.
