SD Fine Art Storage & Services – Security, Value, Quality and Professionalism

SD Fine Art is a comprehensive fine art storage and service provider located in Bronx, New York. We set the new standard of excellence in the industry, employing the latest building systems to assure ideal storage conditions for fine art and antiques.  From start to finish, our team of experts is available to evaluate your storage requirements, plan and coordinate the move and design and build a custom storage system for a private room for every valued customer. 

A Partnership Between Storage Deluxe and Artex

SD Fine Art is a partnership between Storage Deluxe and Artex Fine Art Services, a collaboration that gave birth to the first purpose-built fine art storage facility in the New York area, newly constructed to museum standards.  This extraordinary new facility, built for collectors, by a collector, allows us to offer all our clients including private collectors, businesses, foundations and estates first-class fine art storage featuring:

·         Climate and humidity-controlled units
·         State of the art security
·         A full service staff
·         Customized storage spaces
·         Spacious, secure, well-lit viewing rooms
·         Easy access and a convenient location
·         A full range of transportation and art handling services
·         Competitive pricing

We can also stage a fine art storage room to look like an art gallery and offer 15 sizes of fine art storage rooms ranging from 5x5 units to extra-large storage vaults measuring up to 2,000-plus square feet. 

Professional Fine Art Management

SD Fine Art customers also have access to Artex's complete network of fine art management services including receiving or leasing shipments, inventory management, shipment verification and inspection and more.

Embrace the art of fine art storage.  SD Fine Art offers low rates that are 20% less than the major competition, a free consultation and the first month free.  Please contact us to get a custom quote, click here for more information or visit our New York location. We are just three miles from the Upper East Side and seven from Chelsea.  Thank you for choosing SD Fine Art for all your fine art storage and service needs.

Finding the Best Sleep Position for Your Medical Condition

Everyone wants a good night’s sleep and most of us are willing to try anything just to get it. Among some of the most common topics of discussion regarding sleep quality is sleeping position. Some people swear by sleeping on their back, while others prefer to sleep on their stomach or side. Sleep positions even vary all over the world depending on culture and nationality.

The truth is that some people may actually benefit from a certain sleep position, although there really is no one position that is better or worse than another is for everyone.

According to Dr. Kris Abeln, an orthopedic surgeon with the Loeb Orthopedic Group and the Jewish Physician Group in Louisville, everyone must find what works best for them.

For people suffering from medical conditions such as back pain, sleep apnea and gastroesophageal reflux disease, Abeln and other experts suggest that certain sleeping positions may in fact be superior to others. Here are some things to consider.

Back Pain

If you have back pain, then sleeping on your side may be ideal. Back pain sufferers often find the side sleeping position most comfortable of them all, according to Dr. David Hiestand, a practicing physician with the Center for Sleep and Wake Disorders at the University of Louisville.

Abeln also recommends side sleeping to people with spinal stenosis, or narrowing of the spine. Abeln says, “Sleeping on your side probably does support the alignment and the normal curvature that we have in our spine.”

Some people with back pain prefer to sleep on their back and while experts agree it may not be ideal for back pain sufferers, it is possible to enjoy a restful sleep in this position.

“We often recommend putting a pillow behind your knees,” said Abeln. This actually flexes the hips and takes tension off the sciatic nerve, both of which can make back sleeping more comfortable.

The worst position overall for back pain sufferers, according to Hiestand, is on the belly. Research shows that this position actually changes the natural curvature of the spine, which can lead to more pain and the exacerbation of other problems. Sleeping on the belly, for example, requires the awkward position of turning the neck to breathe.

Sleep Apnea

Sleep apnea sufferers may also experience exacerbated symptoms based on their sleeping position. Sleep apnea, a disorder in which the sufferer struggles to breathe during sleep, may worsen for those who sleep on their backs.

Dr. Virgil Wooten, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and medical director of the UC Health Sleep Medicine Center at University Hospital in Ohio, confirms that sleep apnea symptoms and snoring tend to be worse when sufferers sleep on their back than when they sleep on their side.

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

People with a propensity toward reflux should avoid sleeping on their belly, according to experts, as this will allow gastric secretions to flow into the esophagus more frequently. Hiestand recommends reflux sufferers sleep on their side. If the person prefers sleeping on their back, then Hiestand recommends keeping the bed elevated by putting a brick or two under the headboard. The American College of Gastroenterology also suggests raising the head of the bed using 4-inch-by-4-inch pieces of wood to combat the problems associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Wooten also believes that many sufferers back pain, sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux disease and other medical conditions require more effective treatment than simple positional changes, as it is very difficult for most people to sleep in one position all night long. According to Wooten, most people change their body position 25 or so times a night.

If you have trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep, or experience frequent excessive daytime sleepiness due to poor sleep, consult your doctor. While sleeping position can help some people find relief from their symptoms, further treatment methods may be necessary.

NASA Measures Sleep 200 Miles from Earth

Sleep deprivation is a problem for people of all walks of life. While experts insist that anyone severely deprived of sleep should avoid dangerous tasks such as operating heavy machinery, flying an airplane or even driving a car on the highway, accidents do happen. At the top of the list of dangerous tasks are the tasks presented to the NASA crewmembers onboard the International Space Station. For these astronauts, accidents can turn to disaster in the blink of an eye.

Astronauts experience a completely different sleeping environment than the average Joe. Unlike most people who sleep comfortably in their beds at night, astronauts sleep strapped down in a gravity free environment, orbiting Earth, 200 miles from the surface of our planet. These sleeping conditions last as long as astronauts remain in space, which can range from 14 days to 6 months on average.

Danger for astronauts lurks at any moment’s notice when a crewmember may need to perform a critical mission operation. Failure to succeed at these critical mission operations, due to sleep deprivation or any other debilitating problem, is simply not an option for astronauts.

According to Lauren Leveton, manager of the Behavioral Health and Performance Element Human Research Program Space Medicine Division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, chronic sleep loss can lead to diabetes, obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and multiple psychiatric disorders.

Sleep deprivation has a real effect on human health, according to Leveton, hindering a person’s ability to focus and perform a task while altering his or her mental state. “When you consider the risky business of spaceflight, we want to reduce the risk of performance decrements and optimize people’s performance capabilities.”

A new NASA sleep study will monitor the sleep and wake activity of at least 20 crewmembers prior to launching into space in hopes of gathering information that NASA can use for planning future exploration missions. These missions may last twice as long as the average mission and involve more constrained environments, so any means of improving the quality and duration of sleep in space will surely aid future explorations.

Astronauts will wear a wristwatch that monitors their sleep and wake activity through accelerometers, which are sensors that record movement. The device also measures ambient light conditions.

Each crewmember will also keep a daily sleep log and submit baseline data from their sleep patterns on Earth.

NASA says that data and feedback from a few astronauts already using the device has lead to changes in schedule and countermeasures such as naps or caffeine intake.

The data collected from the study will also prove valuable on Earth, as researchers will apply it to improve the sleep patterns of military personnel, shift workers, police officers and other types of workers.