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GET BETTER SLEEP
OBSTACLE No. 2: OBSTACLE No. 3: OBSTACLE No. 4:
NOISE TEMPERATURE PAIN
Unpredictable noise—a loud “The ideal temperature for Lastly, Marcello says that a
garbage truck rolling down the sleeping is 67 degrees Fahren- throbbing lower back or achy
street or a kitchen pot falling— heit,” Marcello says. “It’s not shoulder can be enough to
can disrupt your sleep even too hot or cold that it’ll wake disrupt an otherwise quality
if it doesn’t wake you up, someone up.” This is pretty night’s sleep. He recommends
according to Marcello. “It may straightforward advice, but finding a good physical thera-
not awaken you, but it can Marcello notes that it can be pist or chiropractor and
pull you out of deeper sleep a battle between partners who also investing in a quality
and throw off your sleep sleep in the same bed. “Some mattress. “Everything is going
architecture, and you won’t like it hot, and some like it to be individual to certain
feel as rested the next morn- cold,” he says. Buy a cooling people,” he says, “but avoid a
B E C C A S C H U LT Z / U N S P L A S H “Buy a white noise machine,” partner and play with the that handles the transfer of
pad for the cold-blooded
waterbed and find a mattress
ing.” The solution is simple:
thermostat to find a happy
Marcello says. This works
motion better.”
medium. “It doesn’t have to
because you become familiar-
ized with the dull sound, which
be 67 degrees on the dot,”
helps lock out more disturbing
Marcello notes.
and unexpected noises.
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