Snoring: Causes, Treatment, and How To Quit Snoring | The Informed Buyer<meta name="description" content="Informational page on snoring, its physiological factors, and solutions available to consumers." /> <meta name="keywords" content="anti snoring,breathe right,how to stop snoring,no snore,pillow snoring,sleep snoring,snore relief,snore snoring,snores,snoring,snoring aids,snoring chin strap,snoring cure,snoring cures,snoring device,snoring devices,snoring mouthpiece,snoring relief,snoring remedies,snoring remedy,snoring solution,snoring surgery,stop snoring,stop snoring device,to stop snoring" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/main.css" /> </head> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="header"> <img src="/img/tib.png" alt="The Informed Buyer" /> </div> <div id="content">  <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=xa-4a73c37f0e2ef985" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js?pub=xa-4a73c37f0e2ef985"></script>  <div id="sidebar"> <h2>Quick Guide to Quit Snoring:</h2> <p>Here is an attempt at getting quick details about each product that aims to <strong>quit snoring</strong> on the market, as well as their prices and what they offer. Products are listed in order of price.</p> <img class="leftfloat" src="/img/numbers/1.png" /><h4 class="sidebar"><a href="http://affiliate.a4dtracker.com/rd/r.php?sid=232&pub=451302">SleepEzzz</a></h4> <p>SleepEzzz is an alignment pillow. I would recommend this first, as it <strong>usually serves as a catch-all to stop snoring</strong>. Two payments of $29.95. Free sleep CD and travel pillow. Custom pillow case included.</p> <img class="leftfloat" src="/img/numbers/2.png" /><h4 class="sidebar"><a href="http://affiliate.a4dtracker.com/rd/r.php?sid=238&pub=451302" >My Snoring Solution</a></h4> <p>My Snoring Solution is more costly than SleepEzzz, but in some ways more effective, as it is a jaw strap that maintains neck-head alignment. One payment of $69.95. Comes with American Medical Review DVD and sleep eBook.<br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <h1><a class="h1link" href="/">Snoring: Causes, Treatment, and How To Stop Snoring</a> <span style="font-size: 16pt">(<a href="javascript:window.print( )">print</a>)</span></h1> <img class="leftfloat" src="/img/docs/snoring/snoring-couple.jpg" alt="The pains of snoring" /> Date added: <strong>Saturday, August 1st, 2009</strong><br /> By <strong>Francisco Yuma</strong><br /><br /> <p>We've all seen it. The iconic cartoon character's "sound of choice" when in sleep: snoring. While providing easy indications to children that a character is sleeping, snoring is most definitely not as common as cartoons would have us believe -- after all, cartoons don't have to worry about doing anything to stop snoring at all. Digressions aside, here is a quick introduction to the physiology of snoring, as well as what snoring cures, devices, and relief remedies are available to <strong>stop snoring</strong>. <em>(This page will be updated continually as I find more snoring treatment online.)</em></p> <h2>Causes of snoring</h2> <p>When one snores, a piece of tissue in the mouth called the 'soft palate' oscillates with air flow. (To feel your soft palette, try taking your tongue to the roof of your mouth, and go backwards until you feel a soft piece of tissue -- it might even tickle a bit!) Oscillations of the soft palate can be attributed to many factors; a major one of which is age. As one ages, the muscles that support the soft palette begin to grow weak and relax. The relaxation of these muscles drops the soft palette whenever one is in a supine position, leading to soft palette oscillations.</p> <p>Another cause could be alignment of the upper body and head. Bad sleeping posture can close airways necessary to proper breathing during sleep. With less volume for air to travel in, a tiny 'vacuum' is created that exerts force on the soft palate, thus causing it to oscillate and finally produce the sound of snoring -- yet just another complication in trying to <strong>stop snoring</strong>.</p> <h2>To the rescue: Treatment to Quit Snoring</h2> <p>A variety of snoring treatments have been developed over the years to help stop snoring. These devices often emphasize proper alignment to ensure that the most optimum of body alignments is maintained during a good night's sleep to maintain the openness of airways. The Informed Buyer shall talk about two in particular, as well as our initial recommendation.</p> <h3>SleepEzzz: The Alignment Sleep Pillow</h3> <a href="http://affiliate.a4dtracker.com/rd/r.php?sid=232&pub=451302"><img class="leftfloat" src="/img/docs/snoring/snoreezzz.png" /></a><p><a href="http://affiliate.a4dtracker.com/rd/r.php?sid=232&pub=451302">SleepEzzz</a> is, without doubt, the best solution to fixing sleep alignment to stop snoring for its price. Often enough you'll come up upon snoring treatments that are hugely expensive and inflated in price; luckily, SleepEzz is only in the $60 dollar range, which is quite low-end, given the current market situations. <a href="http://affiliate.a4dtracker.com/rd/r.php?sid=232&pub=451302">Visit their website</a>.</p> <h3>My Snoring Solution: Snoring Treatment via Jaw Strap</h3> <img class="leftfloat" src="/img/docs/snoring/snoringsoln.png" /><p><a href="http://affiliate.a4dtracker.com/rd/r.php?sid=238&pub=451302" >My Snoring Solution</a> is an interesting concept that aims to open airways via a jaw strap. Somewhat of a drastic measure, My Sleeping Solution can be somewhat effective if all other solutions have been tried and not much success to quit snoring has been found. It's a little pricey -- in the $70 range -- but it would definitely be a good idea if SleepEzzz doesn't work.<a href="http://affiliate.a4dtracker.com/rd/r.php?sid=238&pub=451302" >Visit their website</a>.</p> <p>If you have any suggestions for a sleep treatment that I haven't covered, <a href="mailto:frankie.yuma@gmail.com">let me know!</a></p></div> <strong>Resources:</strong>:<a href="http://www.gourt.com/">Sleep_Disorders & RSS feeds</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-10055267-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}</script> </body> </html>