Exercise such as yoga can relieve insomnia. Now a new study has found that aerobic exercise helps relieve insomnia and improve mood in middle-aged and older adults.
The study was undertaken by Northwestern Medicine. The findings are particularly important as around half the population that fits this demographic report chronic insomnia symptoms.
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I notice it doesn’t say anything about time of day when the exercise occurred. It also doesn’t say (again) whether the study population were insomniacs or not.
When I was an insomniac in college, I rode my bike every day (too lazy to walk, and I was always rushed, anyway), I worked on dance routines at least weekly, I had other exercise, and I noticed no trend in whether I slept or not, even if my muscles were achy or I was just exhausted.
I could be absolutely exhausted and still not fall asleep within an hour.
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