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Hi folks, I'm Bob Schrupp, Physical Therapist.
- Brad Heineck Physical Therapist.
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Today, we're gonna talk about
how to sleep all night without being awakened
from snoring or dry mouth.
Those are two different issues.
We're gonna go over them separately.
We're also gonna talk about some home remedies.
- Right, absolutely Bob.
If one of you or your family members
or someone in the house
has got problems with snoring or dry mouth,
and both my wife and I have dealt with this.
I don't know if it's the aging process or what,
but it's an issue in our house and we've came up,
you know, I wanna share what we've learned,
but I know we're not the only ones.
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All right Brad.
- Well, first of all, I think what we wanna do,
or what I decided to do is,
'cause it's our show and it's my choice on this one.
I tackle snoring.
- Snoring first.
- Right, I mean-
- Big problem for a lot of people.
- Exactly right, if you don't snore someone in your house,
and either way, it can affect the whole household.
- Right, right.
- Like I was telling you earlier,
my you know, when my daughter was,
you know, before she left the house,
actually, you know, she didn't just leave,
anyways- - She went to the college.
- We kept her awake many nights from our snoring,
not just me, but my wife as well.
And so that's a problem.
So, why do you snore?
It happens because when you fall asleep
the muscles in your throat, they relax
and with open mouth breathing
it starts to get these vibrations.
And you know, it can be like my dad,
we always joked it's a chainsaw, you know?
- Right.
- How many cords of wood did you cut last night Dad?
- Yeah, I had a friend that stayed at our cabin,
it was unreal, it was a phenomenon, I mean.
- Did you hand out earplugs?
- Oh, I mean I had doors shut
and you could hear him, I mean.
(giggling)
I mean, I think the town was complaining.
- Yeah, we don't wanna talk about it
that'll make the news.
What seriously, you can get this looked at by a doctor.
- I think you should.
- You can talk to them.
One thing they might do,
this is we're not doin' this video
to promote this necessarily,
'cause you probably don't need it,
but sometimes a sleep study.
You'll go in and yes you sleep
and they hook you up and look at your heart rate
and monitor you as you sleep.
- Well, I wanted to say this Brad,
it often is a sign of sleep apnea
and sleep apnea is not to be taken lightly.
I mean, it could lead to a lot of medical issues.
- Right, I've heard people say,
I'm not willing to accept this personally yet,
but you know, if I ever need one,
because I don't wanna be hooked up to a thing,
but I know many people say,
once they got a C-PAP they realized-
- How much sleep they were missing out on.
- Well, they wake up in the morning
with so much more energy,
'cause they weren't oxygen deprived
that slight amount for eight hours.
So, that's one possible thing.
Oral devices, they make custom ones
that you can put in your mouth that help.
- Appliances that are custom made for your mouth right?
- Exactly.
Or you know, worst case scenario, surgery.
But we're lookin' at you feel pretty confident.
You're a healthy person, but you got this snoring thing.
You know, maybe you could just try something simple
that the worst it's gonna do is not help.
Help the snoring.
You know, one of the harder things,
you know, if you happened to be a heavier person,
if you lose some weight that can reduce
some of the soft tissue.
- Yeah, we're talkin' about the ones
that are gonna be very difficult to do.
- Yeah, that ones not a-
- We know everybody wants to lose weight-
- Right, stop smoking!
That's a tough one.
- Another tough one.
Y'all know it.
And but a lot of you aren't able to do it.
It's like a monkey on your back quite often.
- Don't worry, we're saving the easy one for last.
So just hang in there folks.
Allergies, if you're dealing with allergies,
if you can get a medication that eliminates that.
- That's an easier one.
- Yeah, that is, but this is the one,
because my wife and I decided to go all the way
to the very easiest one.
A good friend of mine was having problems with this
while he was goin' through a cancer treatment
and his dry mouth was-
- Well, we're talkin' about snoring first.
- Snoring, I'm getting to that, yeah.
But, tape your mouth and you know where he learned it from?
And I found out, this is where you're gonna find
a lot of these tricks is not from a medical doctor,
but from a dentist.
- 'Cause the dentist, this is his area of study
Actually, the oral cavity in the world.
- Hey, that's all they do.
- So, you didn't mention
sleeping on your side though Brad.
- Oh, thank you for reminding me Bob.
- You can try sleeping on your side.
They also have those nasal strips.
You said your wife tried those?
- Exactly, she put those little things,
that they're kind of spring loaded,
you tape 'em down and they're not that expensive.
And then they change and we don't know
for sure- - That it helped?
- Well, what happened was she put those on
as well as taping her mouth.
- Could she breathe?
- Yes, yes, I'm gonna show you in just a little bit here,
but yeah, I slept like a baby,
she was quiet all night long.
I had to wake up a couple of times
to make sure she was alive.
Well, you'd wonder.
- You taped her nose shut and you taped her mouth shut,
yeah, I would wonder if she's alive too.
- Seriously for the tape,
you can just use a little baby
one of those little skinny band-aids
- For you on the podcast,
all he has just a little thin piece of tape.
- It's about a quarter inch wide
and maybe an inch long
and I'm doing this so you can see it.
Actually, she used scotch tape.
- [Bob] Did she really. - Yeah, I've done that too.
I mean, I've done this too 'cause I'm guilty of snoring.
- You may wanna get some tape
that's for the, you know, for the skin
that is hypersensitive, you know?
'Cause you could start to break the skin down-
- Right, see.
'Cause I could talk with this
and I can breathe through here.
So, it doesn't choke you and there's a skinny little tape,
because if something happens where you wanna open it,
you know- - It breaks right open.
- It breaks up very easily.
So, ouch!
(laughing)
That point when we woke up,
we didn't know where my wife's tape was,
"did you swallow it?"
- Ah, Geez.
- It was okay, we found it.
So, anyways, yeah, there you go.
Give it a try.
- Now, do you sleep on your side
or do you sleep on your back a lot?
- A little bit of both.
You know, I can't sleep on my side very long
because my back starts to be uncomfortable.
Then I go back to my back.
But yeah, I'm definitely snoring,
but I have a dry mouth issue.
- Sure, that's the second part,
part two of this video and podcast-
- Of the saga that's goin' on at our house
as well as other houses-
- Brad's world.
- Yeah, so the thing about dry mouth
is the medical term is xerostomia.
- Xerostomia, I know stomia means opening.
- Yeah, and I didn't look up Xero
it's probably a Latin word.
And it's one of those words that's tricky,
because it starts with a X, but it sounds like a Z.
That kind of thing bothers me.
So, if your a English major out there
and you know why they do that,
I want a comment or two explaining that.
So, xerostomia, dry mouth that causes of it.
Now this is different than snoring.
This is something I really think
you should talk to your doctor about
to clarify any problems.
If you're a diabetic,
it may be a problem associated with it.
If you had a stroke,
which you would probably know, that could be it.
Or medication- - Yeah, we see that a lot.
I mean- - Your medications
can cause dry mouth.
Sometimes we have a saliva gland that has a problem.
You want to get that checked out.
So and again, dentist is probably the better source
than a medical doctor.
Unless you got the medications from the medical doctor.
- Right, it's a good one to bring up with the doctor,
either one and see what they think.
- Right, if you're a healthy person you're not taking meds,
in my case, you know, that's the way I feel.
As far as I know, I'm healthy and I keep track of myself,
I sleep with my mouth open and that's why I snore.
But then it's dry in the house,
we don't have a dehumidifier going right now.
Actually we have a-
- You want humidifier?
- Humidifier, right.
So, I've got this dry air goin' in and out of my mouth
and you ever wake up and my mouth feels like sandpaper.
Everything in there.
It's like, the first time it happened,
I felt like, I was afraid, I thought,
I had to learn to talk again.
So we went to the you know-
- What a tragedy that would be.
(giggling)
- Well, I went and I got some water
and it started to saturate like a sponge.
It went back like normal, I felt pretty good.
But anyways, it is a little scary
if you've never had it happen,
it's just dry as can be.
- Interesting. - Yeah.
So anyways, put water by your bed,
the first little home remedy.
So, you just wake up, drink some water and go back to bed.
A humidifier in your bedroom
can be a nice way to help so it doesn't dry up
like the Sahara desert.
And then of course no alcohol or caffeine
within a few hours before you go to bed.
- Right and we also forgot to mention
that's actually for snoring too.
Alcohol can all enhance that.
- So we had to move our happy hour,
you know, from six o'clock until three o'clock
to eliminate that that possibility.
(giggling)
- It's five o'clock somewhere.
- And then again, the same thing and this actually.
- He tried to tape this too.
- I gotta admit that I think it works better for snoring,
'cause you still, I'll have problems
when breathing in this way.
So I get it, not near as bad,
but there's still a little dry mouth issues with this,
but you know, again, it's worth a try.
It may do very well for a lot of people-
- So the obvious joke is Brad, your wife requested
that you wear the tape all day long
and maybe a bigger piece.
I mean, I'm sure that's come across her mind.
- That's pretty funny, yeah, you go to bed, get the tape.
- Yeah, get the tape.
(giggling)
It's time to get the tape in place.
- Yeah, it makes life in the bedroom amazing, so anyways.
- Stuff that you have to do when you get older,
I'll tell ya-
- Sleep well, quietly and enjoy a nice-
- And remember Brad and I can fix just about anything-
- Oh yeah, except for-
- We fixed snoring and everything else,
but we can't fix a broken heart.
- There you go, good luck with this.
We made a little humor out of it, but that's life.