 [ Symptoms ] how can exercise help my sleep [ Disease ] so exercise and sleep there is significant amount of data to show that a regular amount of exercise will help with sleep specifically increasing deep sleep so one of the questions when we talk about working with the boomers and people who are in that age range is that if they can get daily exercise it will actually help increase their overall sleep do you want to exercise right before bed well that is a great question and the data is very mixed on this i have some patients who are what i call type a personalities and pretty anxious folks i actually have them exercising before bed which is not something that is usually recommended because for them exercise causes a relaxation response so for them it is perfect to exercise before bed i have other patients people who are a little bit more melancholy and blue where exercise actually gives them energy so these people i have them exercising in the morning so it really depends upon your overall personality type to know and understand when you should exercise but overall i definitely recommend exercise for sleep