India, May 10 -- Are you counting sheep or tossing and turning furiously, unable to sleep at night? At nightfall, instead of feeling the comfort of unwinding after a long day, it fills you with a deep sense of foreboding, as if sleep is a battle you are bracing for, a long sleepless night. But with simple, easy habits, you may be able to sleep better.

Dr Kunal Sood, an expert in Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Medicine who regularly shares health tips on Instagram, recently shared some easy hacks to help you sleep better.

He added, "Sleep isn't just about how tired you feel, your body needs the right signals to shift into rest mode."

So, just hitting the sack isn't going to help; your brain needs to pick up on certain body cues ...