“I thought I slept well, but I’m still tired.”
“My body feels heavy even after I wake up.”
Have you ever felt this way?
Sleep is essential for recovering from fatigue, but in fact, “sleeping longer” alone isn’t always enough.
Many factors, such as sleep quality, how you spend your day and your lifestyle habits, are thought to affect recovery.
Sleep duration isn’t the only reason fatigue lingers
Even among people who get enough hours of sleep, those whose fatigue lingers sometimes share certain habits.
For example:
• Looking at a smartphone right up until bedtime
• Having caffeine in the late afternoon or evening
• Sitting for long periods
• Having a lot of stress and little time to unwind
• Sleeping in on days off and throwing off your daily rhythm
Habits like these may affect sleep quality and the body’s recovery.
It’s important to rest not only the body but also the “head”
People today process a lot of information all day long through work, smartphones, social media and more.
As a result, it is not unusual for the head to stay busy even while the body is resting.
In fact, if you feel that:
• Your head feels heavy from the morning
• You can’t stay focused
• You just don’t feel refreshed
• Fatigue remains even after sleeping
then not only your body but also your head may be tired.
Recovery is part of performance
Top athletes spend a great deal of time not only on training but also on recovery.
That is because they know the body recovers through rest, and that this leads to their next performance.
In our everyday lives as well, it is important to balance “time to work hard” with “time to recover.”
In busy daily life, rest is easy to put off, but consciously making time to relax also helps improve your performance at work and at home.
What we value at La HEAD
At La HEAD, drawing on years of hands-on experience and knowledge of the body gained at an osteopathic clinic, we treat not only the head but also the neck, shoulders, back of the head and arms.
We carefully loosen the neck and shoulders, where strain from desk work and smartphone use tends to build up, and we value offering time when you can relax all the way up to your head.
Our guests have told us things like:
“For the first time in a long while, I could spend time without thinking about anything.”
“I woke up feeling great the next morning.”
“My head feels clearer.”
We are grateful to hear comments like these.
To keep doing your best every day
When you feel that “sleep doesn’t relieve my fatigue,” take a look not only at how long you sleep, but also at your daily habits and your time to relax.
Rather than resting only after fatigue has piled up, focusing on building a body that doesn’t accumulate fatigue easily may be the first step toward more comfortable days.