Bill DanielsOwner/trainer, Beyond Fitness online · Personal Trainer & Pain Science Expert Helping People Move Without Fear

Vestibular exercises and sleep go hand in hand.

30 Jun 2023 · 1 min

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In this short YouTube monologue, Bill from Beyond Fitness Online introduces the emerging connection between the vestibular system and sleep quality. He highlights a recent study in which 20 adults with insomnia received 30 minutes of vestibular stimulation each night for two weeks, resulting in improved sleep patterns for all participants. Bill explains that vestibular inputs project to the brainstem and interact with neural circuits that regulate sleep, suggesting a physiological basis for the observed benefits. He concludes by teasing a forthcoming video that will demonstrate specific vestibular exercises aimed at enhancing sleep, and invites viewers to follow for more tips.

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Hi, I'm Bill from Beyond Fitness Online. Today we're going to talk about sleep. Now we all know that sleep is so important for our health. We know that it improves our mood, our cognitive function, it improves our hormone regulation, so many other things. And now we're starting to see it tied into the vestibular system. There's a study that was recently done, amongst many others, where they did vestibular stimulation to adults with insomnia For 30 minutes prior to bedtime for 14 days, and all, all 20 of these people improved on their sleep patterns. So we are starting to see now, as we study it deeper, that the vestibular system actually goes into the brainstem and interacts with, with other parts of the brain that help us sleep. So that's one more thing that vestibular training can really help us with. So I want to show you in the next video what kind of things you can do to improve your sleep and do vestibular exercises. So follow me for more tips and tricks just like this.