So you are a snorer? Snoring is the butt of many jokes, but it is not that funny when you or even worse, your partner, snores.
The snoring can be soft and short in duration which makes it a small problem, but when it is quite loud, lasting for large parts of the night it can be seriously disruptive. Being continually awakened through the night can have not only both emotional and mental effects by physiological effects as well.
On the market are a variety of methods, pillows, straps to keep your mouth closed etc. to help the snorer and their near ones. The success rate of these contraptions vary a lot. One of the problems is that they do not address WHY the person is snoring, they just try to shut the person up!
Products that aim at correcting the symptom of the problem such as chin straps or mouth pieces do nothing to get to the underlying cause, thus, the snoring will return as soon as the device is not worn.
Then there are other natural means such a doing yoga, breathing exercises, sewing a golf ball into the back of your pajama etc. and these can work to some degree, but we are still not getting to the CAUSE of the snoring.
The important thing for long term success, for nights of quiet and deep sleep is to address the CAUSE. The most common causes for snoring are all related to the tissues and muscles around your airways. A weak soft palate, a tongue lolling back into the throat, stuffy nose, tight muscles around the jaw, are some of the most common causes for you to snore.
This is great news. In the same way, (but much easier) you exercise other muscles for tone, the muscles and tissue around your airways can be toned and strengthened by spending a few minutes per day doing easy and pleasant exercises. With toned muscles in your throat and jaw and tongue, your snoring will only exist in your memory. (And in your partner’s)
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