Eating well and exercising regularly are important for staying healthy. Yet getting enough sleep may be just as valuable. Poor sleep can increase your chances of developing cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension and obesity. Sleep may also improve your immune system and promote brain health.

In recent years, the medical community has been talking a lot about postural distortions that are wreaking havoc on our bodies. Many of us are even familiar with that relentless chronic back pain. What most people are coming to discover is that they can alter their posture by simply changing up the way that they sleep.