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Pre-Sleep Thermal Manipulation

Meaning

The deliberate and controlled adjustment of the body’s core temperature or the thermal environment of the bedroom in the hours immediately preceding sleep to facilitate faster sleep onset and significantly improve the overall architecture of sleep quality. This manipulation leverages the natural, circadian-driven decline in core body temperature, which is an essential physiological prerequisite for initiating and maintaining deep, restorative sleep stages. Clinical protocols often involve strategically timed warm baths, brief sauna use, or the controlled cooling of the sleeping environment.