Does your snoring keep you or your partner up at night?
Those loud, rumbling snores and choking sounds can disrupt your sleep and damage relationships.
Before resorting to snoring aids, strips, or sprays, there’s an unusual but effective remedy you should know about – mouth taping.
With just a small piece of tape, you could finally get peaceful, quiet sleep.
What Causes Snoring in the First Place?
To understand how mouth taping alleviates snoring, you first need to know what causes it.
Snoring occurs when relaxed throat tissues vibrate and obstruct airflow during sleep. As air squeezes past these floppy tissues, rumbling noises ensue.
Several factors can promote throat tissue relaxation and snoring, including:
- Sleeping on your back
- Being overweight
- Alcohol consumption
- Sleep apnea
A major culprit is mouth breathing. When you breathe through your mouth instead of your nose, airflow dries out and irritates throat tissues. This swelling leads to vibration and blockage – two key conditions for snoring.
How Does Keeping Your Mouth Closed Reduce Snoring?
Here’s where mouth taping comes in. Placing a small piece of porous medical tape like the SomaBody Mouthtape over your lips before bed keeps your mouth closed and promotes nasal breathing overnight.
Breathing through the nasal passageways humidifies and filters the air before it reaches your throat. This prevents the drying and irritation caused by mouth breathing. With less swelling, the tissues are less likely to obstruct airflow and vibrate during sleep.
Studies Confirm Mouth Taping Treats Snoring
Clinical studies support using mouth tape as an effective anti-snoring aid. One randomized trial published in the journal CHEST found that nasal breathing with mouth tape significantly decreased snoring frequency and intensity compared to not using tape.
A 2021 study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine also demonstrated mouth taping provides “immediate snoring improvement” by shifting breathing through the nose. Based on the evidence, experts recommend mouth taping as a simple solution for non-apnea snoring.
Bid Farewell to Snoring Once and For All
If noisy snoring is disturbing your sleep, give mouth taping a try. This simple technique can encourage nose breathing overnight to reduce throat irritation and tissue vibration. Backed by clinical data and real-world success stories, mouth taping provides an easy solution.
Say goodbye to restless nights and crabby mornings from fitful sleep. Mouth taping allows you and your partner to once again drift off peacefully and slumber undisturbed. The quality sleep you’ve been missing out on is just a small piece of tape away!
