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The main emphasis of the Proschlaf Institute is research. Beginning in the early nineties, research was conducted using the working title “physical sleep research” to find relationships between the quality of a night’s sleep on the one side and the physical-technical design of the sleeping environment on the other. This was done from a medical-scientific point of view.
Not only were numerous, stunning realizations gathered but also many long-standing ideas proved wrong, ideas which themselves were the reason for many negative developments related to sleep and the spine.
Proschlaf research is carried out on multiple levels. The most important level is the so-called “empirical research”, also known as research science. Different studies with hundreds of test persons were carried out. In documented, individual experiments, the relationship between physical discomforts and the condition of the sleep environment could be established. Additionally, research in sleep labs supports the Proschlaf research.
The following is an excerpt from the latest Proschlaf study conducted on
100 test persons. It shows the results that can be obtained by applying
certain techniques:
| Symptoms: | Minor Improvement (%) |
Major Improvement (%) |
Total Relief (%) |
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| 1 | Not rested in the morning | 19.8 | 60.2 | 19.2 |
| 2 | Difficulties falling asleep | 22.2 | 61.1 | 11.1 |
| 3 | Difficulties sleeping the entire night | 41.7 | 37.5 | 16.7 |
| 4 | Back pain during the night | 6.5 | 48.4 | 45.2 |
| 5 | Back pain in the morning | 7.0 | 63.2 | 29.8 |
| 6 | Back pain during the day | 37.1 | 45.7 | 17.1 |
| 7 | Sore neck | 18.4 | 53.1 | 28.6 |
| 8 | Tension in shoulders | 16.9 | 62.7 | 20.3 |
| 9 | Extremities asleep (numb) | 25.5 | 53.6 | 21.4 |
| 10 | Hip discomfort | 25.0 | 58.3 | 16.7 |
| 11 | Knee discomfort | 8.3 | 62.5 | 20.8 |
| 12 | Frequent lower-back pain | 14.3 | 14.3 | 71.4 |
| 13 | Slipped disc | 18.2 | 45.5 | 18.2 |
| 14 | Migraine headaches | 7.1 | 50.0 | 14.3 |
| 15 | Sciatic pain syndrome | 25.0 | 41.7 | 25.0 |
| 16 | Snoring | 23.5 | 35.3 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Sleep Apnoea | 40.0 | 40.4 | 0.0 |
The values are listed as
percentages in relationship to the total of all data evaluated. The
values show, as a percentage, to what extent different complaints
can possibly be minimized or completely relieved.