does a hot shower before bedtime help one to sleep
I love taking shower before going to bed because the body is more relaxed and refreshed. It is always good to sleep when your whole body is clean and smelling good. And since you are using hot shower then i don't think there would be side-effects later. This is one of the secrets of the Japanese.
Try any or all of the following relaxing behaviors for a restful night. Take a hot bath. Your temperature naturally dips at night, starting two hours before sleep and bottoming out at 4 a.m. or 5 a.m., according to a 1997 study conducted by New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. When you soak in a hot tub, your temperature risesâand the rapid cool-down period immediately afterward relaxes you.