Amy Korn-Reavis
BA, RRT, RPSGT
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Amy Korn-Reavis Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Sleep issues and Respiratory Issues
- Career Focus
- Wellness Coach
- Affiliation
- Emery Sleep Solutions,Valencia Community College, A.W.A.K.E. Orlando, BRPT, AARC, AAST, NBRC
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5 Resolutions for a Better Night Sleep
We all make resolutions for the New Year. And some of them are large and ambitious and some are small and practical. These are five easy changes that will help you to improve your sleep and wake up with more energy every day. 1. Turn off the television: Too many people are watching television in bed or falling asleep with it on. They think it helps them to fall asleep, but it does not. It disrupts your sleep. Not just the noise but the light. This flashing light keeps you from going into the deeper slow wave sleep that your body needs to recover and heal itself.
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High Tech Helps in Sleep Disorder Testing and Treatment
With all the new ways of communicating you knew that it would eventually leak to the medical field. In sleep it has changed to allow us to perform studies and follow up with patients in a whole new way. Home sleep studies has come up with a whole new arsenal of new equipment to test for sleep. ...
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CPAP Complaints and Their Solutions
I have been working with patients for well over 15 years and during this time therapy has changed greatly. The problem is that the issues I hear are the same ones I heard when I first worked with patients setting up PAPs in homes in the 1990s. The facts are that the therapy has changed and the issues are not nearly as serious as they once were.
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Teens and Sleep; We Really Need to Rethink Expectation
An article was released about teens and the effects of caffeine and technology is having an effect of teens and their sleep. I know I live this issue daily. I have a teen son and a daughter who is just in her 20s. The problem is that we have not created a culture that supports teens and their needs. This article was timely as this week my son took his yearly standardized tests. He has to get up at 6am to get ready for school so he can arrive just before 7am. He will then sit in the testing room he is assigned to and will take a test that will determine his future.
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Exercise as a Solution to Insomnia
You have seen the commercials with the moth. Take a pill and you will sleep. Or the one for the over the counter medication, you don’t even have to talk to your doctor to take that. Many people do not want to take medication. For those looking for alte atives to medicine you might want to ...
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Solutions to CPAP Problems that You May Not Know
If you have sleep apnea and are using a CPAP machine than you know that there can be issues that make this therapy difficult to use. Sometimes you can find support to resolve these issues and sometimes there are solutions that your doctor, sleep tech or respiratory therapist may not be aware of. Researching this on the internet can be equally as baffling because of all the contradictory information. There are however some solutions that might solve some common problems when using CPAP.
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Having Trouble with Your Memory; How Did You Sleep?
We have many excuses for why we can’t remember where we put the car keys or why we can’t remember what we had planned for later today? There can be certain lifestyle decisions that can be contributing to this problem. How you sleep can be contributing to that problem. The problem is that it is the part of the sleep cycle that comes at the beginning of the night that helps your brain to reset itself and to store the long term memories. This part of sleep known as slow wave sleep occurs at the beginning of the night sleep cycle and you have less of it as the night goes on.
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A Passion for Sleep: Dr William Dement
If ones life is measured by ones passion then Dr. William Dement is one of the most successful people alive. His passion for increasing knowledge goes hand in hand with his desire to educate everyone about the need for adequate sleep. Dr Dement has been teaching and researching for 57 years ...
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Sleep Studies Do More Then Listen to Snores
Many people go to the doctor because they have something they want fixed. They expect that a pill will do the trick. What they do not think about is what caused the problem in the first place. It is this search for the reason for problems that send many to the sleep lab for a study. The obvious patient is the one who snores, gasps and wakes their spouse during the night. We all know or are related to this patient.
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Being Your Best Health Care Advocate - Part 2
You gathered new information. You have questions about a many different issues. Now you want answers. Where do you find the answers to your questions? What resources do you have to get the answers about your health in particular? Your doctor is you’re first thought, but you have only one ...
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Your Best Healthcare Advocate: Part 2
You gathered new information. You have questions about a many different issues. Now you want answers. Where do you find the answers to your questions? What resources do you have to get the answers about your health in particular? Your doctor is your first thought, but you have only one ...
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3, 2, 1, Sleep
In our overactive culture has us running and going and doing everyday. Then at the end of the day when we just can not do anymore we go to bed. We sort of tumble into our room and lie down and expect sleep to take us over. Or we do fall asleep right away but we then we wake up two hours later ...
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Websites & resources
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Better Sleep Coach
This site is to help people who have issues with sleep. If you need help creating a better sleep routine or help adapting to your CPAP machine this site and our coaching program are here to help.
March 2, 2010
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Sleeping is Optional
Our goal is to help you get a good night's sleep. We do this by giving you tips and ideas on how to get the best night's sleep.
February 18, 2009
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Amy Korn-Reavis
People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one. ~Leo J. Burke
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
Nothing cures insomnia like the realization that it's time to get up. ~Author Unknown
Sleep is as necessary as air and water. The problem is that we do not give it the respect or the time it deserves. ~Amy Korn-Reavis