How To Stop Snoring

Chronic snoring is a huge medical problem in the United States, but many people don’t take it seriously.
It has long been the subject matter for jokes, and continues to be even today. But it’s no laughing matter. Now, we should make clear that we’re not talking about occasional, light snoring.

Virtually everyone does that from time to time, and it’s not a problem. Usually when they roll over or change position, light snoring will stop. Every married person has at one time or another nudged their spouse for this very reason.

No, we’re talking about heavy snoring, done on a regular basis. Heavy snoring is not something to be taken lightly. But by using a snore pillow, the sufferer can alleviate the problem. At least as long as they sleep on that pillow.

And it’s not just the serious health problems that the snore pillow addresses. Heavy snoring has ruined many a marriage, and seriously damaged many more. It’s no fun having to sleep in separate bedrooms because of your spouse’s snoring. It kills romance, causes resentment, and strains the bond that unites a married couple.

It’s no joke - there are many cases of people divorcing a spouse because it’s impossible to sleep with them snoring, even in another room. And there are countless cases that never reach that stage, but have reduced the marriage to two people simply sharing a TV, kitchen, and bathroom. So it’s fair to say that snore pillows, when they work, besides being health savers, can also be marriage savers.

Are snore pillows expensive? No, not at all. Especially when you compare the trivial cost of one with the cost of surgery to reduce snoring, or hospital stays from the effects of snoring. And there’s no way to put a price tag on a strained or ruined marriage. Which means that snore pillows are truly a bargain. But if they don’t work it doesn’t matter if they are a bargain.

The one treatment with a 97% satisfaction from users is the well known program with simple exercises to stop snoring developed by an Icelandic therapist. If the pillow does not help, the well known exercise program has shown to be very effective.

The only problem is that snore pillows don’t work for everyone. In that case, you’ll need to look at alternative treatments if you want to stay healthy, avoid surgery, and keep your marriage happy. Snoring exercises have worked for a lot of folks who got no help from the snore pillow.

If you snore, stop burying your head in the sand about your problem. It’s easy to make jokes about, but it’s far from a laughing matter.

Snoring is an extremely serious condition that can have extremely negative impacts on your health. For one thing, if you snore heavily and regularly, you’re not really getting a good night’s sleep.

This is not just speculation; it’s been medically proven. Heavy snorers wake up repeatedly each night for a second or two, but it’s so fast that they don’t realize it. You may think you’ve slept through the night, but you actually haven’t.

Just think of the the difference this alone would make. You now interrupt your sleep several times a night when you snore. Stop Snoring, and you’ll get much better sleep and have more energy immediately.

And if you snore, stop searching for the latest fad or gimmick to treat the problem. You’ve seen the ads for sprays, pills, tablets, capsules, strips, etc. Do you really think a pill or capsule is going to cure your snoring?

There’s not much scientific evidence for such a view. Keep in mind that anyone can put up a website with any number of “testimonials”. That doesn’t mean that every single product is a scam. But use your common sense and retain a healthy dose of skepticism.

A lot of these products are on the market because they know that the vast majority of people won’t take the time to ask for their money back. Make no mistake - there’s really only one guaranteed way to Stop Snoring long term, and that’s to change your body.

It’s the muscles in the back of your mouth and throat that are causing your snoring problem. It’s hard to see how a pill or spray would do much about that.

There are only two ways of changing your body to cure snoring. One is surgery, and the other is exercises designed for the muscles involved in snoring. Don’t be fooled by fads and gimmicks.

Millions of people are looking for a solution to their snoring problem, or a loved one’s snoring habit. It’s good news that more people are taking snoring seriously, because it can have devastating health consequences, both short and long term.

It can also affect relationships, driving one partner out of the bedroom in search of peace and quiet. And there are a great number of snoring remedies on the market, all promising relief. One of the most popular are the no snore sprays you see advertised in magazines, on TV and all over the internet. Are they effective? Well, the answer is mixed.

No snore sprays are applied to the back of the tongue and throat area before retiring for the evening. The theory behind them is that by applying the substance in the spray, it causes the palate and the back of the tongue to vibrate less. This vibration is what causes the loud snoring. And, for some people, these no snore sprays do give some relief.

But they don’t work for everyone, and even for many of the people that find some success with these products, they’re far from 100 percent effective.

One of the problems with these sprays is that during the night they wear off. The saliva in a person’s mouth contains chemicals that begin breaking down substances for the digestive process, and these sprays are no different. So the effect wears off quickly.

Also, they seem to work better on people whose snoring is closer to being light than heavy. So, yes, these sprays can work for light snorers, many people have reported some success. But they generally won’t work all night long.

Many users also report that after using the spray for several nights, the effect gradually becomes less and less, until finally they’re snoring as heavily as they ever did. So, for long term relief, the prospects aren’t good. There are better alternatives when it comes to snoring remedies.

Does someone in your family have a snoring problem? If so, you know how trying it can be to live with a snorer. Getting a good night’s sleep is virtually impossible if you sleep in the same room as a heavy snorer, and some people snore so loudly that even moving to another room doesn’t help much. Not only does it drive you up the wall, it’s also unhealthy, for both people involved.

There are serious health risks associated with heavy snoring, but the person who has to put up with also suffers from sleep deprivation and stress, which can devastate a person’s health. It’s no joke, and the sooner you find snoring relief, the better, for all concerned.

What are the options for snoring relief? Well, the big one is surgery, where a surgeon goes in and removes some of the soft tissue at the back of the throat. It goes without saying that this should be a last resort for anyone, given the risks of even minor surgery. And this is to say nothing of the cost.

If you’ve tried everything, and nothing has worked, then certainly you shouldn’t rule out surgery. But it should never be your first or even second choice.

There are a variety of products that promise relief from snoring. One is a specially made “snore pillow” which forces you to sleep in a way that the position of your throat area is less conducive to snoring. These have worked for some folks, but they can be tough to get used to and as soon as you do not sleep on that pillow, your snoring is back.

Sprays, and nasal strips are two more snoring products that are popular. There seems to be a lot of products in this segment, and many users report that they only work for light snoring, or the effects wear off. So caveat emptor.

The best non-surgical way to treat snoring seems to be with exercises designed specifically to address that.

It’s your body causing the snoring, and if you can change your body, you can find snoring relief.

So you snore, or worse, your partner does. And you don’t know what to do about it, but you know you just have to cure that snoring.
There are tons of gimmicks and products to chose from, not to mention going under the scalpel. Ouch!

Finding a cure for you snoring can be as simple as not sleeping on your back any more. Or consuming alcohol. That is if you have a light, maybe intermittent case of snoring. But for the millions of snoring Americans (not to mention all those snoring in the rest of the world!) many need something more powerful to cure their snoring.

You cure snoring by affecting the tissues that vibrate or in some other way partially obstruct the airways as you sleep.

That is the basis for all products selling snoring cures, including the surgical option. The airways can get partially obstructed from your nasal passages, the back of your mouth and tongue, the palate and down through your throat area. Tightness in the jaw and neck and shoulders can also affect your snoring.

The problem with most devices is that they will target only one of these areas. They will also not work if not used or worn, and let’s face it, they are not all that comfortable. While some of the devices do have some effect, it can be a bit of a hit or miss to find something that works in your case.

Chronic snorer Christian Goodman, an Icelandic therapist, discovered that when he did some simple exercises to target muscles and tissues around his nose, mouth, and throat areas his snoring went away completely. For anyone with a bit of understanding of physiology that makes a lot of sense.

He discovered that with just a few minutes per day of specific snoring exercises, the tissue surrounding the airways became toned and strong enough to not vibrate and cause those sounds we know of as snoring. One of the many advantages of his best selling program is that not only is it inexpensive and easy to use, it targets the entire airway, covering all the common causes for snoring.

There are plenty of snoring devices available.

Let’s see….

Mouth pieces.

Nose pieces.

Pillows.

Snore Wizards.

Chin straps

Nose strips

Herbal Lozenges

Throat Sprays

And on and on……

Snoring always involves tissue constricting your airways. That’s it.

Devices attempt to somehow holding the tissue, pushing it, shrinking it etc. The problem with that is, provided you found the correct tissue that needed correction, that these devices are temporary at best. And that is IF you found the right device to treat YOUR problem.

Devises, no matter how attractive they seem, “Just put this in or on your nose and your problem is gone forever” do not have any effect on < what is causing the snoring. Meaning that IF you are lucky enough to spend money on a devise that happens to target your specific cause of snoring, (and there are many causes) it will only work when you use it. Sometimes using it means you have to sacrifice comfort which may keep you sleepless in order to “fix” your snoring.

Remember, snoring is caused by a partial obstruction of your airways. The obstruction is caused by parts of you that have either lack of tone, such as your tongue for example. Lying on your back with a tongue that lacks tone can allow the tongue to fall back into your throat, and, presto, you are snoring. The same is the case with the soft palate. When it lacks tone it can vibrate when you breathe and thus cause the passing of air to create a sound. You recognize, I’m sure, the feeling you have in your throat if you wake up from your own snoring. Or pay attention next time it happens.

The opposite is true as well that tissue that is too tight can press on the airways which can result in the same result: Snoring.

When getting a snoring device it is best to try to understand where your snoring is coming from.

Snoring treatments are a plenty….When there is a need there are always plenty of solutions. Especially if there is money to be made Nothing wrong with that, but let’s look at what’s available for the sufferer of a snorer, or the snorer him (or her) self.

First, it is important to understand what causes snoring.

Snoring is caused when the airways are partially obstructed.

No more, and no less.

Now, there are a few different reasons WHY the airways are obstructed and herein lies the problem with most available products, AND available surgeries.

Most snoring treatments will focus on ONE possible cause, out of many, and make a product to correct that. Not only may what you buy something to correct something you do not have, it will only correct it as long as you either wear it, put it into your mouth, *gag* or your nose.

Then we have surgery in the hopes to cure snoring. We have to admit to being very biased against surgery. Not only is it expensive, the results are unpredictable and may come with a high price, such as problems swallowing, changes to your voice, and chronically dry mouth, just to mention a few. No small matters…

But let’s get back to the cause.

Snoring is caused when the airways are partially obstructed.

The obstruction can be in a variety of places. The obstruction always involves soft tissues such as muscles, tongue etc. Sometimes the obstruction is due to swelling of the tissues in the case of allergies.

The truth is when the tissues or muscles surrounding the airways are well toned, the airways will be open as you sleep, and you will not snore. That’s right.

Most snoring treatments introduce artificial and uncomfortable devices to keep your body, or body parts, in a position to discourage snoring. That is a band aid at best, and frequently ineffective. Not only do they use only when used or worn, if they do not target your specific cause for your snoring problem, they are utterly ineffective.

Correcting the lack of tone in the tissues surrounding the airways is not only very effective and easy, the exercises target most causes of snoring, making it not only the most non-invasive and comfortable snoring treatment, but one of the least expensive as well.

Imagine, you could do these exercises and stop snoring, or do a snoring surgery where you risk future changes in your voice and swallowing problems.

Anyone afflicted with a snoring problem, or anyone who’s partner snores can vouch for the sense of desperation to make the snoring go away.

Of the variety of effective options available on the market today, including the very effective Snore Exercise Procedure, surgery should probably be the last resort, used only when all other options have failed.

Let’s look at some of the pros and cons.

While surgery can eliminate suffering in untold humans, surgery to end snoring can be not only expensive but also not very effective.

Snoring Surgeries Performed

CAPSO (Cautery guided Palatal Stiffening Operation)

This surgery will burn your palate to make it stiff in order to not vibrate. It also removes the tissue around the uvula.

• This operation is not only expensive but it is:
• Success rate is unpredictable..
• Not only is it in an experimental stage, it also tends to cause:
• Post operative pain and discomfort.

LAUP (Laser Assisted UvuloPlasty)
This surgery removes your uvula and other tissue that may or may not, be obstructive.
Some of the cons here are:

• Dry mouth,
• Changes to your voice (!!)
• Pain in ears.
• This surgery can mask deeper problems or lead to new complications.
• The success rate is unpredictable.

UPPP (Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty)
This surgery attempts to expand you airways. As the name implies, your uvula, palate, and pharynx are all the target for this surgery.
Some of the cons:

• This procedure have higher than normal risks for hemorrhaging, and there is the post op. infection risk.
• This surgery carries the risk of speech defects. (!!)
• and swallowing problems.
• It is also expensive,
• and if your problem is sleep apnea it will not help.

Before using such drastic and irreversible measures such as surgery to attempt to cure your snoring, much research should be done. Especially when there are low cost, safe and effective snore exercises with an exceedingly high cure rate.

Stopping the snores from disrupting the quiet of the night, and even causing disruptions in ones marriage can be top priority for a snorer. And it should be. Not only is snoring annoying, sometimes downright irritating, it has effects in many areas. Some who snore have to sleep alone in order to not cause sleep deprivation in their partner. That can have less than positive effects for ones relationship.

The market place is full of all sorts of devices and gadgets to help people to stop snoring. Look at the plethora of mouth pieces supposedly designed to keep your mouth in the right position. (Who could even sleep with one of those things in the mouth?)

But do they work?
Yes and no. Some of them have some effect as long as they are worn. Don’t use the device, and your are snoring again. The problem with devices are that they do not address the cause of the snoring. There are a number of common reasons for people to snore, and IF the device you bought targets the reason you snore, you can get temporary help.

The cause for sounds to be created as you breathe is when the air gets partially obstructed. Period.

That obstruction can have a number of causes but always involve tissue or muscles that are either too tight, as is common with the jaw, or to loose, as is common with the tongue, soft palate or throat.

The Case Of The Flopping Palate
When you are deeply at sleep and your muscles are deeply relaxed, muscles or tissue that lack tone can cause your tongue to fall back into the throat or your soft palate to “flop around in the wind”.

The real solution to snoring is to not have tissue that is too loose or too tight, thus allowing the air to pass freely and soundlessly. Like we exercise other parts of our body to keep them toned and supple, we can exercise the tissue along our entire airways to free up our breathing and stop snoring. Voice teachers know this.
And while exercising the muscles in your throat and tongue may seem far fetched it is not far fetched for singers and singing instructors.

Many of us groan when we hear the word exercise The good news is that these exercises are not only easy to do, but you do not even need to join a gym! Nor do you need to spend more than a few short minutes a day. A few simple exercises for a few weeks and you may be snore free. I think that beats some gadget in your mouth for the rest of your life.

Do you know that about 23% of couples have serious issues with snoring? Finding an effective snoring treatment is usually high in the list of priorities! The biggest problem is not how irritating it can be to be woken continously by someone snoring, or to get an elbow in the midriff from a fed up spouse, the major problem is the effects of the sleep deprivation that results from being or sleeping with a snorer.

Sleep deprivation causes not only psychological and mental effects, such as irritability, poor concentration and focus just to mention a few, science has proven that our bodies age much faster, and tests done after sleep deprivation showed altered hormone production affecting our metabolism, including signs of pre diabetes that reversed after adequate sleep.

In order to be a smart shopper and find effective help for your, or your spouses, snoring it is important to understand what the CAUSES of snoring are.

Snoring occurs when the airways are partially blocked, or when the tissue around the airway is loose and untoned, allowing the tissue to vibrate. Think of a violin string. It vibrates, and it sounds. So it is in your throat.

Now, the blockages/vibrations/loose tissue can be from your tongue, your palate, muslces around your jaw, partial obstructions in your nose etc. Not addressing where the problem stems from will not yield results, which is why most snoring devices and remedies have only a small percentage of success.

What do we do when our muscles are flabby and lacking tone?

We Exercise them!

And that is exactly what Icelandic therapist Christian Goodman discovered. When he exercised the muscles around the airways, his chronic snoring went away.

We can train out throat and tongue as easily as any other body part. Easier, in fact. The exercises take only minutes per day.

Makes sense? Yes, ofcourse it does. When the tongue is no longer so slack that it enters your throat when you sleep, you won’t snore. Exercising the throat in just the right way will strengthen it, and the soft palate not allowing the soft palate to flop around, obstructing the air flow as you lay on your back.

Ready to to spend a few minutes per day to rectify the underlying cause of your snoring? Only you can decide, but you could be snore-free within a few weeks.