WHILE YOU SLEEP

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20762, 24 June 1937, Page 12

WHILE YOU SLEEP

HEALTH AND BEAUTY HINTS We spend anything from eight to ten hours in bed and those who sleep very soundly may not turn over more than once or twice during the night, states “The Queen.” It Is but reasonable that, If you retain one position for four or five hours, and do it regularly, the muscles and tissues will gradually take that attitude as a permanent cast. It is worth while finding out exactly how you lie in bed. Arrange a mirror so that you can see yourself in the position you most commonly assume and Judge the probable effects on your health and appearance. Many cases of round shoulders come from the use of too-high pillows or, at least have been aggravated by this cause. A girl who sleeps much on her back, with head bolstered high, will not be likely to carry her head properly poised. Side-sleeping on the too-high pillow hurts the neck, for it strains and enlongates its muscles on one side while cramping them on the other. Do not curl yourself into a Cshape while in bed. Lie mostly on your right side, with spine and legs approximately straight. The arm next the bed may be bent in any comfortable position and the other arm can be extended on your side. Avoid lying too much on the back; such a position has a tendency to let the lower face muscles sag. If necessary to prevent rolling over on the back, tie a strip of material round the waist and place the knot on your back where its presure will wake you if you turn Some people sleep with the head more or less buried in the pillow, but such a position imposes a heavy strain on the neck and will not do for the beauty seeker. Lines round the eyes often are the result of sleeping with the face in such a position, that the strong light from the window falls on it. There is an unconscious instinctive effort to shut out the light and this draws the muscles unduly tightly. These muscles are so small that it takes only comparatively brief periods to affect them harmfully. The smaller a muscle the more quickly it shows results from 111 treatment.