Pain and sleep correlate on so many levels. Chronic pain sufferers experience less deep sleep, more arousals and disruptions, and less efficient sleep. A poor quality of sleep mixed with waking pain creates a vicious cycle that affects mood, energy, behavior, and safety. Pain with sleep sufferers are hardly ever at the top of their game. A full night’s sleep leaves a person’s mood, energy, and behavior at their maximum potential.

Back pain is the most common type of pain-related sleeplessness. Eighty percent of Americans at some point report having been affected by back pain. One in fifty American workers suffers a back injury and low back pain. Back pain disables some 5.4 million Americans every year. The more severe the pain the more sleep disruption occurs. Sleep disruption seems to make the pain feel worse. So what can be done to stop the madness?

Headaches are the second most common type of pain. Migraines can occur following a period of sleep deprivation or too much sleep. Headaches are also associated with sleep apnea which is defined as frequent pauses in breathing along with loud snoring during sleep. Cluster headaches are even worse and can impair a good night’s sleep as well.

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