Thursday, January 29, 2009

Can Anti-Snore Exercises Really Stop Snoring?

By Christian Goodman

Do you and your spouse suffer from your snoring? Don't feel bad, over 23% of marrieds suffer from this terrible condition. It isn't just the irritation of keeping someone else awake the whole night or suffering their elbow all night long, but not getting enough sleep can also be life threatening.

If you happen to lose focus when driving your vehicle your life could be jeopardized. Losing focus for just seconds can lead to a life threatening accident. Lack of sleep also affects your physical and emotional well being. This can lead to stroke, heart attack or nervous breakdown.

Don't go blaming your partner or yourself. I'm sure you've tried many things to reduce the snoring but nothing was totally effective. Many people have had dangerous, expensive surgery with no positive result. Some were even worse off after the surgery.

Knowing the cause of snoring is necessary before you can expect to cure it. Some type of blockage in your breathing passageways is the cause. Blockage of the airways causes irregular airflow which prevents your breathing from being smooth like normal. When the airflow is restricted it slams the soft tissues around like a screen door in a windstorm. Your throat and mouth act like speakers hooked to a powerful amplifier keeping the whole house awake while you sleep.

The soft palate is the soft part of the back of the roof of the mouth and it can vibrate and really make a horrendous racket. When it is weak, the tip of it can bang down on the back of the tongue much like a bongo drum. Of course, the tongue may also be dropping into the throat at the same time which also blocks airflow.

Curing snoring can be very difficult regardless of the fact that there is only one cause. This is because the blockages vary so widely and to top it all off, many people have more than one type of block causing their snoring.

Here are just few examples of what can cause your snoring:

1) Weak tongue also falls into the throat and blocks it. This is very common if you sleep on your back but can also happen when sleeping on your side.

2) Tense jaw muscles put pressure on the breathing passages. This is what many dentist try to deal with by putting in dental implants. An easier way to avoid this is loosening up and relaxing the jaw muscles.

3) I mentioned the soft palate before. If it is weak, then it will flap around more easily and make the snoring sound. Notice that most of the time the soft palate is not too big. Its too weak.

4) The Soft palate may be too weak and not firm enough and will lay too close to the tongue, making it very easy to flap around and make the irritating snoring sounds.

5) Finally, anything that builds up in your throat will work as a dam for your breathing passages. The most common dams are fat or cigarette tars in the throat or allergy in the sinuses.

Can you get rid of the blocks that cause you to snore?

It appears to be common sense. It is possible to train this part of your body much like you do any other part. Kind of like taking the breathing passages to the gym. With a few simple exercises focused on the area in and around the throat, you can relieve any block you may have. It doesn't matter what is causing your snoring the beautiful part is that a few simple exercises can solve all your problems.

Prevent the tongue from falling into your throat while you sleep by strengthening it.

Using the jaw exercises to loosen it up removes tension from it. Don't be surprised at how much easier you breath after a few sessions of the jaw exercises.

To prevent the throat from closing when you are asleep you can do throat exercises which also strengthen and lift the soft palate keeping it from flapping any more.

Its about working smart not hard. You make the choice how many minutes a day you want to train. The minimal time is only three minutes. How long you exercise every day is up to you. You can train for as little as three minutes a day. For quick permanent results, I recommend taking the program that requires ten minutes a day commitment.

It varies a lot between people how quickly the exercises work. It is recommended that you be ready to work the program for two months. The program will most likely stop your snoring quicker than that. But if youre ready to give it full blast for two months, youre guaranteed to cure your self. And you should be ready to commit for about two months to permanently cure your snoring. Although most likely you will have quiet nights long before those two months are up.

I'm looking forward to receiving your success stories. Nothing is more encouraging than opening email and reading how people healed themselves using the exercise programs.

Snoring is putting such a strain on many relationships. Many people have been forced to sleep separately. Other have learned to live with it but there is always a hidden resentment. I hope you give the exercises a try. I hope you give me the benefit of the doubt and commit to working the exercises for few weeks. And I promise you, there will be nothing but quiet, restful nights in your future. - 16650

About the Author: