新概念雙語：深度剖析五大睡姿利弊：你屬于哪一種

ON YOUR LEFT

朝左側臥

PROS

利處：

People who suffer from regular bouts of heartburn report significant relief from their symptoms when they sleep on their left side.

經常患有胃灼熱癥狀的人稱：當朝左側臥睡時，他們的癥狀有明顯的減輕現象。

CONS

弊處：

In a study carried out by scientists at the Yuzuncu Yil University in Turkey, published in the international Journal of Sleep and Hypnosis, 40.9 per cent of people who chose to sleep on their left sides reported regular nightmares, compared to just 14.6 per cent of those who preferred to sleep on their right sides.

一項由土耳其Yuzuncu Yil大學執(zhí)導、并刊登在國際《睡眠與催眠》期刊上的研究表明，選擇朝左側臥睡覺的人群中，有40.9%的人出現經常性做噩夢的癥狀，喜歡朝右側臥睡的只有14.6%有此癥狀。

ON YOUR BACK

平躺

PROS

利處：

If you have back pain, sleeping on your back, with a supportive pillow under your head and knees that's just thick enough to keep your spine aligned, can help alleviate it - or at least, give you a relatively comfortable night's sleep.

如果你患有背痛，那就平躺著睡。在頭部和膝蓋處放上一個枕頭作支撐，枕頭的硬度足夠能讓你的脊椎形成一條直線，從而幫助緩解悲痛——或至少能讓你能夠在晚上有個相對比較舒服的睡眠。

And you get better beauty sleep on your back, as cosmetic surgeon Dr Goesel Anson explains.

美容整形外科醫(yī)師哥艾森·安森博士稱，平躺睡覺還能讓你睡個美美的美容覺。

CONS

弊處：

Several credible studies have found that sleeping on your back - the supine position - can double the incidence of snoring and sleep apnoea, compared with sleeping on your side.

多項可信的研究發(fā)現較之于側臥睡覺，平躺著睡(仰臥)能讓你打呼、睡眠呼吸暫停的幾率翻番。

Sleeping on your back is also thought to exacerbate teeth grinding.

平躺睡覺也被認為是導致磨牙現象加重的誘因。

FOETAL POSITION

胎兒睡姿

PROS

利處：

Osteopath Amy Hope recommends curling into the foetal position for a good night's sleep.

整骨療法家艾米·奧普建議說：身體蜷縮成胎兒的姿勢能讓你晚上睡個好覺。

CONS

弊處：

If you suffer from neck pain, this position can put pressure on joints at the base of the skull and worsen it.

如果你頸部酸痛，這種睡姿會增加顱底關節(jié)的壓力，加重勁痛癥狀。

ON YOUR RIGHT

朝右側臥

PROS

利處：

If you have high blood pressure, you may want to start sleeping on your right side.

如果你患有高血壓，你可能會想要朝右側臥睡覺。

It gives the heart, in the left of your chest, a little extra room in the chest cavity, which can help lower blood pressure and slow heart rate, both of which can benefit people with heart problems.

此種睡姿能夠讓處于胸腔左側的心臟多出一些空間(不被擠壓)，能有效減低血壓，減緩心率。二者對患有心臟疾病的人來說都是有益的。

CONS

弊處：

If you are pregnant, experts say sleeping on your right side in late pregnancy carries a higher risk of stillbirth.

如果你身懷有孕，老師稱懷孕晚期朝右側臥睡覺會加大死胎的風險。

ON YOUR FRONT

趴睡

PROS

利處：

Sleep expert Chris Idzikowski says sleeping on your front in the ‘freefall’ position, with arms raised to the side, puts internal organs in the ideal position to encourage comfortable digestion after a heavy meal.

睡眠疾病老師克里斯·艾德辛科斯基稱“狗趴式”睡姿，雙臂微抬放在兩側能在你胡吃海喝之后體內的器官處于一個理想的“姿勢”從而促進消化。

CONS

弊處：

‘Sleeping on your front - lateral sleeping - is the worst possible position you can sleep in from a musculoskeletal point of view,’ says Rishi Loatey of the British Chiropractic Association.

英國脊椎治療協會的里希·勞特指出，從肌肉骨骼學的角度來看趴睡可能是一種最糟糕的睡姿了。

‘In order to breathe comfortably, you have to lie with your head and neck almost fully rotated to one side for many hours. It can overstretch and tighten opposing neck muscles and pinch nerves, leading to headaches, a stiff neck, tight shoulders and in some cases, pain radiating down the arms. '

如果你想要呼吸順暢，頭和頸部就要長時間完全轉向同一側。”趴睡會拉扯到頸部肌肉，擠壓神經并導致頭痛、脖子僵硬、肩膀肌肉緊繃等癥狀，有時這種疼痛還會輻射到手臂。