Wendie Trubow, MD, MBA, IFMCPPresident at Five Journeys, Functional Medicine & Wellness Provider, Best Selling Author, Passionate Champion for Health

The Effects of Using Weighted Blanket

3 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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Dr. Wendie Trubow tested a weighted blanket over 4 nights and tracked the results. Sleep efficiency jumped to 92%, deep sleep increased by 10%, and she fell asleep 27% faster. She also used an audio CBT tool called a 'friends band' as part of the experiment.

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Increased by 10%

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Improved by 10%

Four nights total

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The first thing was that sleep efficiency, which is measuring how long you sleep versus how often you wake up in your sleep, increased to 92%, which is very good. Deep sleep duration increased by 10%, and the time it took to fall asleep improved by 27%. And then, last but not least, my favorite is what we call the Physical Recovery Readiness Score. So that is when you wake up, how physically and mentally and emotionally ready do you feel to start your day? That improved by 10%. That's great. You did it for. Was it for one night or was it ongoing? We only did three nights, but we had the blanket on, off, and then using the friends band with their audio CBT training going at the same time because that's also a sleep optimization tool. I'm sorry, I misspoke. It was for four nights total.