A lousy night of sleep, a stressful day at work, or everyday aches and pains from exercise or yardwork can easily disrupt your routine. But have you ever considered how intertwined each of these occurrences are? Understanding how pain, sleep, and stress symptoms are connected can be important for achieving a well-balanced life.

Struggling to Sleep?

If pain sometimes keeps you up at night, rest assured you are not alone. One out of every two people with acute pain have trouble sleeping. Pain — especially backaches — may also limit your ability to find a comfortable sleep position. This can make it harder to fall asleep or cause you to wake up frequently. And the relationship between pain and sleep is reciprocal. Evidence reveals a bad night’s sleep can even heighten your sensitivity to pain.

Pain’s Impact on Stress

Pain doesn’t stop at disrupting your sleep; it can also impact daytime symptoms of stress. Stress tends to manifest in tense muscles, especially in the neck, shoulders, and stomach, which can worsen pain or cause discomfort in other areas of the body. But, like with sleep, pain can also add to stress, causing worries about completing tasks or concerns of worsening pain. This creates a cycle where pain and stress feed into each other.

How Pain, Sleep, and Stress Intertwine

To complicate matters, the relationship between pain, sleep, and stress is all interconnected. Experiencing any one of these symptoms can disrupt the delicate balance of the others. For example, stress interferes with sleep by keeping you awake with worry. The resulting lack of sleep can trigger the body’s stress response, causing you to become more aware of pain and feelings of stress. However, good quality sleep can also drastically alleviate stress symptoms and having less stress makes it easier to sleep. Homeopathic medicines are one way to help restore your well-being. Boiron’s new Arnicare & SleepCalm Wellness Kit and Arnicare & StressCalm Wellness Kit offer relief of muscle pain and muscle stiffness* with your choice of SleepCalm or StressCalm Tablets. As a melatonin-free sleep aid, SleepCalm can help transform your bedtime routine by providing relief from occasional sleeplessness, restless sleep, and intermittent awakening.* Use StressCalm for daytime relief from occasional nervous tension, irritability, hypersensitivity, and fatigue due to everyday stress.* For a limited time, get 25% off the new Arnicare Wellness Kits when you order on BoironUSA.com. *Claims based on traditional homeopathic practice, not accepted medical evidence. Not FDA evaluated.