Every day, millions of people spend a lot of hours in front of a screen. A tense, sore neck is inevitable. British scientists pretend to have found out that this unpleasant muscle-tension has a deep influence on our whole organism. Because, the muscles are connected with a brain region that influences the central checkpoint for autonomous functions like blood pressure, breathing and heartbeat. Out of this reason, unusual signals of the musculature like for example tensions or an injury are also having an effect on the blood pressure.
The scientists assume, that a stiff neck might be one of the causes yet undetermined for high blood pressure. Obviously, there is a connection between the neck-muscles and a part of the brain stem, namely the so-called “nucleus tractus solitaries”. Amongst others, this brain stem core is playing a key role in regulation of the heart frequency and the blood pressure. This is, how a tense neck lets rise the blood pressure. Due to this research results the proper sleeping position and especially the rest of the neck gets a total new meaning.
Explanation for high blood pressure after whiplash?
Existing neck tensions may have a negative influence on the heart frequency, so that the blood pressure is increased. This also might be the explanation for the fact, that for example people who suffer under a whiplash often develop a hypertension. Since the neck muscles are completely different strained when lying compared to sitting or standing they are especially suitable for informing the brain about changes in the body positioning.
The anatomically proper pillow helps to relax the neck musculature
The healthy, restful sleep has basis pre-conditions. Out of this reason, the sleep-healthy-concept developed by SAMINA considers all important factors – beginning with the natural material for a dry-warm bedding climate, via orthopaedics of sleep up to large scale body grounding. The therefore used natural materials have a positive effect on relaxation, recovery and sleeping quality. With the proper sleeping system and the anatomically correct pillow, it is possible to avoid or alleviate muscular tensions in the neck-, shoulder- and back-region.
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