Comments on: Improve Your Sleep Posture

By: Chiro

Chiro — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:40:35 +0000

Some bed manufacturers (one in particular)are paying A LOT of attention to sleeping posture. They vary the resistance the bed has to your weight depending on the area ie. hips sink in as do shoulders and Lumbar spine has the bed come up to meet it (well sort of). This all leads to more neutral posture and much better weight distribution. There are some great pressure maps showing the effects.

Same with pillows… well sort of, They are intended to support your neck by filling in the gap between it and the bed, and to hold your head in neutral.

By: krzystoff

krzystoff — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:31:37 +0000

I always end up sleeping on my left side, if I sleep on my stomach I wake up with dead-arms from the weight of my head or chest cutting circulation, not good.

Thick/multiple pillows always gives me neck aches and headaches, so I have to use a thinner pillow.
Side sleeping gives me back pain, but I’ll try the knee pillow as suggested.

By: CitizenDee

CitizenDee — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:15:46 +0000

For those that roll over to their back or stomach when asleep, tie a tennis ball to your stomach and/or back. Then when you rollover in the night it will be uncomfortable and you’ll go back to your side.

By: Sage

Sage — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:50:20 +0000

I always had back problems growing up and it all went away as soon as i stopped sleeping on my stomach.

I was then told much later that it is bad to sleep on your stomach as you neck is at a right-angle.

My girlfriend had issues too for the exact same reason. Resolved once more by changing to sleeping on her side.