If you're like us, you dread it when Daylight Saving Time rolls around each March. You have to set your clocks forward and lose an hour of sleep.
Like us, you don't like the groggy feeling we have on Sunday and even for a few days afterward.
So, what can you do about it? We have some tips for surviving those first few days and feeling rested and alert!
This article looks at tips for surviving Daylight Saving Time in a hot tub and out.
Ease the Adjustment in a hot tub
You may know about the many benefits of a hot tub, including relief from sore muscles, relaxation, and less stress. But did you know a hot tub can also help you sleep better?
Hot tubs and warm water immersion can not only help you fall asleep earlier, but they can help you stay asleep longer. This is key when your sleep is disrupted with Daylight Saving Time.
A hot tub can help you adjust to your new sleep schedule, which includes the lighter nights and darker mornings that affect your sleep.
How Hot Tubs Help With Sleep
Soaking in a warm water massage in your hot tub prepares you for bed. As your body temperature rises, your blood vessels dilate. This helps improve your circulation while relaxing your muscles and reducing any tension. Overall, this helps you drift off to sleep easier.
A simple 15-minute soak in your spa about an hour or so before bedtime helps relax your muscles and relieve muscle tension. It also calms your mind and helps prepare your body for a good night’s sleep.
As your body temperature changes, you give your body the signal that sleep is near. When you’re awake, your body temperature is higher. As it drops, you feel more drowsy, and the hot tub helps you with this temperature decline.
When you leave the spa, your body naturally cools down, preparing you for sleep. Ultimately, this helps you not only fall asleep faster but stay asleep.
Final Thoughts on Surviving Daylight Saving Time
Before we conclude, here are a few more tips on dealing with the loss of an hour of sleep.
- Along with your hot tub soak, adjust the lighting in your bedroom. Since it will be brighter in the morning, add some heavier blinds or curtains or wear a sleep mask. Do this for the first week so you aren’t getting up way too early.
- Try to stick to the same sleep schedule. For example, don’t stay up an hour later on Saturday or go to bed an hour earlier.
- Make sure you go to bed and get up at the same time every day. This will definitely help with your transition.
- Soak in your hot tub every day over the next week about an hour and a half before bedtime to help regulate your sleep naturally.
- Avoid caffeine.
- Turn off all digital screens at least an hour before bedtime.
Hot tubs are proven tools in the fight to get more sleep. The best thing you can do in the lead-up to and week after Daylight Saving Time is to use your hot tub! You'll find you like this so much you'll start soaking every day.
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