FOR GOOD. THAT IS, IF THEY DON’T GET SOME RESOURCES FROM COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH. WHAT
THEY’RE ASKING FOR COMING RIGHT
UP. ALL RIGHT, VICTOR. WE SPEND
NEARLY ONE THIRD OF OUR LIVES
DOING IT. AND FOR MOST PEOPLE,
IT IS USUALLY IN THE SAME
CONFIGURATION. LET’S SAY WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT SLEEP, AND YOUR
SLEEPING POSITION CAN HAVE AN
IMPORTANT IMPACT ON YOUR HEALTH,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU SUFFER FROM
CERTAIN AILMENTS. DR. FRANK
MCGEORGE JOINS US LIVE FROM
SAINT CLAIR SHORES TO SHED SOME
LIGHT ON THIS SLEEP SCIENCE,
DOC. LOOK AT YOU, YOU KNOW,
GENERALLY, PEOPLE CHOOSE THEIR
SLEEP POSITION BASED ON WHAT’S
MOST COMFORTABLE AND SOMETIMES
THAT ALSO NATURALLY MATCHES WITH
WHAT’S AILING YOU. FOR EXAMPLE,
IF YOU HAVE A BAD SHOULDER, YOU
MIGHT AUTOMATICALLY TAKE
PRESSURE OFF OF IT. BUT IN SOME
CASES, YOUR SLEEP POSITION MIGHT
NOT NATURALLY ALIGNED WITH
WHAT’S HEALTHIEST FOR YOU. I
SLEEP ALL OVER THE PLACE THAT
ROLL AROUND LIKE A DOG WHEN I
SLEEP. YOUNGER PEOPLE DO CHANGE
POSITION MORE OFTEN AND WERE
ASLEEP. BUT WE SETTLE DOWN WITH
AGE AND THE POSITION YOU FALL
ASLEEP IN WILL MORE FREQUENTLY
BE THE POSITION YOU STAY IN. SO
WHAT’S THE BEST POSITION OVERALL
ON MY BACK? WHY I FEEL LIKE I
GET A DEEPER SLEEP IF I SLEEP ON
MY BACK MY STUFF ME. AND WHY DO
YOU SLEEP ON YOUR STOMACH?
BECAUSE COMFORTABLE, YOU SLEEP
ON YOUR SIDE, YOUR BACK OR YOUR
FACE MY SIDE. WHY? BECAUSE THEY
SAID, THAT’S THE HEALTHIEST WAY
TO SLEEP. SLEEPING ON OUR SIDE
IS THE BEST POSITION. FOR
ASLEEP. IF WE GOT IF WE CAN DO
IT, DR. LUISA BAZAN IS DIVISION
HEAD OF SLEEP MEDICINE AND HENRY
FORD HEALTH, SHE SAYS SIDE
SLEEPING IS ALSO THE MOST COMMON
POSITION. PATIENTS ARE GOING TO
SLEEP ON THEIR SIDE. AH 10% OR
SO ON THEIR BACK AND THAT IT
WILL LESS THAN THAT UNDERBELLY
SIDE WHY I PREFER BECAUSE IT’S
MORE COMFORTABLE AND THERE ARE
EXTRA HEALTH BENEFITS FOR SIDE
SLEEPERS. IF YOU SUFFER FROM
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX OR
HEARTBURN FROM YOUR DINNER AND
STOMACH ACID GURGLING UP AT
NIGHT, DR BASIN HAS SOME ADVICE
SOLUTION WILL BE TO SLEEP ON
THEIR LEFT SIDE. THEY’RE HAVING
A STUDY RECENTLY THAT SHOWED
THAT WHEN THE PATIENT’S ASLEEP
ON THE LEFT SIDE. THEY HAVE LESS
EVENTS OF AS HE’S GOING INTO THE
UPPER PART OF YOURSELF. ANOTHER
CONDITION THAT BENEFITS FROM
LEFT SIDE SLEEPING IS PREGNANCY
WHEN WE HAVE A BEIJING WAS
PREGNANT, WE NORMALLY RECOMMEND
TO SLEEP ON THEIR LEFT SIDE IS
VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE WELL
BEING OF THE MOTHER AND THE BABY
SLEEPING ON THE LEFT SIDE TAKES
PRESSURE OFF IMPORTANT BLOOD
VESSELS THAT RUN BEHIND THE
GROWING UTERUS. NOW FOR PEOPLE
WITH HEART DISEASE SIDE SLEEPING
IS ALSO RECOMMENDED. BUT NOW
IT’S SLEEPING ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE
. THAT HELPS CAN HELP INCREASE
THE CONGESTION OF THE HEART
SLEEPING ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
RIGHT SIDE LEFT SIDE IN OTHER
SITUATIONS. WHICH SIDE DOESN’T
MATTER? IT’S JUST HELPFUL TO BE
ON YOUR SIDE. IF YOU HAVE SLEEP
APNEA, SLEEPING ON YOUR BACK IS
THE WORST POSITION WHEN WE’RE ON
OUR BACK. OUR TONGUE FALLS
BACKWARDS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT
PRODUCES MORE OCCLUSION AND MORE
CLOSURE OF THE UPPER AIRWAY OR
SO WE NORMALLY RECOMMEND THAT
PATIENTS TO SLEEP ON THEIR SIDE
TO TRY TO KEEP THE AIRWAY, THE
AIRWAY OR THE UPPER PART OF THE
AIR PIPE. OPEN ONE DOWNSIDE OF
SIDE SLEEPING WRINKLES SLEEPING
IN THAT POSITION FOR YOU WERE
LUCKY 25 TO 30% OF OUR LIFE IS
GOING TO PRODUCE AT SOME POINT
THERE WRINKLES IN THAT IN THAT
DIRECT IN THAT DIRECTION, WHICH
IS KIND OF MORE. HORACE PARALLEL
TO THE TIME TO THE POSITION THAT
YOU’RE ON. WHEN YOU’RE ON YOUR
SIDE, YOUR FACE GETS SMUSHED AND
SOME OF THOSE LINES CAN BECOME
PERMANENT AS WE AGE. ANOTHER
ISSUE IS ACNE. THE MAIN REASON
WHY ACNE CAN BE PRODUCED WHILE
WE’RE SLEEPING IS THE CONSTANT,
UH, CONTACT WITH THE PILLOWCASE
. THE DEBRIS IN OILS FROM YOUR
FACE CAN ACCUMULATE ON THE
PILLOWCASE. IF YOU DON’T CHANGE
IT OFTEN ENOUGH IN THE CASE OF
BOTH ACNE AND WRINKLES. IF
YOU’RE A BACK SLEEPER, YOU’RE IN
LUCK. NOW BY NOW, YOU’RE
PROBABLY WONDERING ABOUT THE
MOST COMMON PROBLEM PEOPLE HAVE
WHEN THEY SLEEP BACK PAIN. WELL
THERE IS NO BEST POSITION FOR
EVERYONE. BUT IF YOU SLEEP ON
YOUR BACK HAVING A PILLOW OR TWO
BEHIND YOUR KNEES TO KEEP THEM
BENT CAN HELP THE CURVATURE OF
YOUR SPINE AND FOR SIDE SLEEPERS
, PATIENTS NEED TO LAY ON YOUR
SIDE BECAUSE THAT’S MORE
COMFORTABLE FOR THEIR BACK PAIN.
PUTTING A PILLOW IN BETWEEN
THEIR LEGS SO THEY CAN KEEP YOU
KNOW SOME OF THE CURVATURE OFF
AND DECREASE THE PRESSURE ON THE
BACK WILL BE GOOD. NOW FOR YOU
STOMACH SLEEPERS OUT THERE.
MEDICALLY SPEAKING. THERE IS NO
CONDITION WHERE YOU WOULD REALLY
BENEFIT EXCEPT PERHAPS VERY MILD
SLEEP APNEA, SINCE IT CAN HELP
MOVE YOUR TONGUE FORWARD AND
REDUCE SNORING, BUT AS FAR AS
SPINE ALIGNMENT, WRINKLES AND
ACNE SLEEPING ON YOUR STOMACH
CAN MAKE ALL OF THEM WORSE. BUT
IF YOU’RE COMFORTABLE, OF
COURSE, AND YOU GET A RESTFUL
NIGHT’S SLEEP ON YOUR STOMACH,
THAT’S REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IN THE END. I DON’T KNOW
HOW I’M GOING TO KEEP ALL THIS
STRAIGHT, FRANK. OKAY THE LEFT
SIDE IF YOU’VE GOT GERD, THE
RIGHT SIDE IF YOU’RE WORRIED
ABOUT HEART OKAY, UM, HEALTH
IMPACTS. WE’VE COVERED THAT PART
. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN
LEARN FROM OUR PREFERRED SLEEP
POSITION, AND YOU LOOK SO
COMFORTABLE BY THE WAY. WELL
THANKS. YEAH THIS IS PROBABLY
THE MOST COMFORTABLE. I’VE BEEN
ON TELEVISION IN A WHILE,
ACTUALLY. SO YOU KNOW, THE
SCIENCE IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE
SOFTER ON ALL OF THAT. BUT THERE
IS SOME RESEARCH THAT SUGGESTS
SLEEP POSITION CAN IMPACT WHAT
YOU DREAM ABOUT, AND EVEN REVEAL
THINGS ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY,
AND WE’RE GOING TO DIVE INTO
THAT TOMORROW AT SIX. A.M. AND I
WILL SAY IT’S ACTUALLY PRETTY
FASCINATING STUFF TO CONSIDER
CANNOT WAIT TO HEAR THAT PART OF
THE STORY. OKAY DOCTOR MCGEORGE.
WE APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. THEY
SOUND LIKE GREAT TRUST. BUT CAN
YOU REALLY CONVINCE YOURSELF TO
SLEEP A CERTAIN WAY ON THE SIDE
THAT EVERYBODY I KNOW I DON’T
KNOW HOW I END UP UNIVERSES
SPINNING YOU AROUND THE WAY YOU
WANT TO BE. I THINK YOU HAVE A
KID IN YOUR BED. THEY SLEEP LIKE
THE HANDS OF THE CLOCK WHERE