It’s official, yawning is actually good for you. But why do we yawn? According to sleep experts, it releases the ‘feel good’ hormone serotonin, as well as dopamine, which helps influence mood and ...
Even if you spend the entire night sleeping on your back, (the most doctor-approved sleeping position), you probably wake up feeling a little creaky and stiff. Any prolonged time you spend being ...
Yawning is a phenomenon that has been observed in humans and animals, and, despite its prevalence, it remains poorly understood in humans. Yawning happens reflexively. When you yawn, you take in a ...
Stretching after waking feels so pleasant for the same reason it does for cats, but not everyone enjoys the benefits The stretching you do after waking isn’t really stretching. It is a process ...
“Sidebend your neck to bring your ear to your shoulder. You should feel a gentle pulling sensation along the opposite side of your neck,” says Brown. “You can add overpressure by putting your hand on ...
We do it when we're tired, when we're bored or when we're hungry; parachutists have been seen to do it before a jump, and research has even suggested a link between yawning and sexual arousal. But the ...
Some research suggests that stretching before bed may benefit someone by improving their sleep duration and quality. Stretches a person may wish to try include head rolls and spinal twists. Read on to ...
PARIS (Reuters Life!) - We do it when we're tired, when we're bored or when we're hungry; parachutists have been seen to do it before a jump, and research has even suggested a link between yawning and ...
Growing into a fully formed human being is a long process, and scientists have found that unborn babies not only hiccup, swallow and stretch in the womb, they yawn too. Researchers who studied 4D ...