How does the pelvic floor influence your pre-bedtime and sleeping habits? Not by much, but I am confident I will find the connection.
As a pelvic floor physical therapist, I teach that waking up in the middle of the night to urinate is not a good sign.
When a patient admits to waking up once, twice, or three times a night to use the restroom, I educate them on bladder irritants, the importance of staying hydrated before bed, and how to “retrain” their bladder with habits.
All of these things are important to remember, but there’s another reason we shouldn’t wake up in the middle of the night to use the restroom: it means we’re not entering the critical REM (rapid eye movement) period!
During REM, our bodies undergo a variety of fascinating processes. It’s an important sleep stage that influences mood, memory, and learning.
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