Comments on: Your Sleep Positions Could be Causing Your Pain http://cihh.net/blog/general/your-sleep-positions-could-be-causing-your-pain/ An Integrative Medicine Blog Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: david chapman http://cihh.net/blog/general/your-sleep-positions-could-be-causing-your-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-246 david chapman Sat, 11 Jun 2011 02:20:22 +0000 http://cihh.net/blog/?p=161#comment-246 Hi, Sue, how does one choose their sleep position? or manage to stay in that position throughout the sleeping period, each and every time? while in deep healty sleep....plus, in any sleep position (relcined on a mattress that is)our musculoskeltal sys is unloaded from forces of gravity. i have learned that sleep position can affect pain but not really 'cause' the chronic back/neck pain that truly stems from the common compesatory patterns that develop over a lifetime of standing and moving around with poor form. ie-awake positions..... Hi, Sue,
how does one choose their sleep position? or manage to stay in that position throughout the sleeping period, each and every time? while in deep healty sleep….plus, in any sleep position (relcined on a mattress that is)our musculoskeltal sys is unloaded from forces of gravity. i have learned that sleep position can affect pain but not really ’cause’ the chronic back/neck pain that truly stems from the common compesatory patterns that develop over a lifetime of standing and moving around with poor form. ie-awake positions…..

]]> By: Chiropractor http://cihh.net/blog/general/your-sleep-positions-could-be-causing-your-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Chiropractor Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:55:16 +0000 http://cihh.net/blog/?p=161#comment-238 This is an excellent article. It's incredible the number of people that just don't consider that the way they sleep might have an impact on how they feel the next day. This is an excellent article. It’s incredible the number of people that just don’t consider that the way they sleep might have an impact on how they feel the next day.

]]> By: Sleeping Positions and Pain- Part 2 « CIHH http://cihh.net/blog/general/your-sleep-positions-could-be-causing-your-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Sleeping Positions and Pain- Part 2 « CIHH Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:37:54 +0000 http://cihh.net/blog/?p=161#comment-204 [...] have heard from a number of people since I wrote my first blog about this on how hard it is to change from being a stomach sleeper to being comfortable in any [...] [...] have heard from a number of people since I wrote my first blog about this on how hard it is to change from being a stomach sleeper to being comfortable in any [...]

]]> By: Sue Coughtry, LMT http://cihh.net/blog/general/your-sleep-positions-could-be-causing-your-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Sue Coughtry, LMT Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:06:24 +0000 http://cihh.net/blog/?p=161#comment-202 Hi Roberto Everything that I have heard is that sleeping on your stomach is the worst position to sleep in. I used to be a stomach sleeper and had to change because it was giving me terrible neck problems. Its really hard to change - and I still rest on my stomach for a short time now and then, but my neck never lets me stay there for long. I did adapt to other positions though, in time, and now don't miss it. As for pillows, if you want to keep trying - I would stick to a thin, very soft, squishable pillow that you can prop under the back of your head so that your face is tilting down towards the mattress a bit, not flat. There is less stress this way than having your face flat on the mattress or pillow. Adjust your arms so that there is less stress on your shoulders (the arm you are facing is up, the arm you are looking away from is down along side your body - don't have both arms up). You could also try a body cushion (or is it called a body pillow?)- a long pillow that's body length that lies beside you - and try propping your whole body around that so that you're propped and supported, not flat. I do think that re-training your sleeping position is the best way to go. Good luck with this - its a challenge and takes time but can be done. Getting up in the morning with no pain makes it worthwhile. Let us know if you find a different solution - alot of people have this problem. Sue Coughtry, LMT Hi Roberto
Everything that I have heard is that sleeping on your stomach is the worst position to sleep in. I used to be a stomach sleeper and had to change because it was giving me terrible neck problems. Its really hard to change – and I still rest on my stomach for a short time now and then, but my neck never lets me stay there for long. I did adapt to other positions though, in time, and now don’t miss it. As for pillows, if you want to keep trying – I would stick to a thin, very soft, squishable pillow that you can prop under the back of your head so that your face is tilting down towards the mattress a bit, not flat. There is less stress this way than having your face flat on the mattress or pillow. Adjust your arms so that there is less stress on your shoulders (the arm you are facing is up, the arm you are looking away from is down along side your body – don’t have both arms up). You could also try a body cushion (or is it called a body pillow?)- a long pillow that’s body length that lies beside you – and try propping your whole body around that so that you’re propped and supported, not flat. I do think that re-training your sleeping position is the best way to go. Good luck with this – its a challenge and takes time but can be done. Getting up in the morning with no pain makes it worthwhile. Let us know if you find a different solution – alot of people have this problem.
Sue Coughtry, LMT

]]> By: Roberto http://cihh.net/blog/general/your-sleep-positions-could-be-causing-your-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Roberto Sat, 29 May 2010 17:29:21 +0000 http://cihh.net/blog/?p=161#comment-201 Dear Sue: Are there any special pillows that you recommend for stomach sleepers? I find really hard to sleep in another position as I have slept on my stomach for more than 30 years. Now this is causing me shoulder and hip pain which my orthopedic surgeon thinks is because my sleep posture. No medications have helped so I need to retrain myself to avoid at all coasts sleeping on my stomach. Thanks for your help, Roberto Dear Sue:

Are there any special pillows that you recommend for stomach sleepers?

I find really hard to sleep in another position as I have slept on my stomach for more than 30 years.

Now this is causing me shoulder and hip pain which my orthopedic surgeon thinks is because my sleep posture.

No medications have helped so I need to retrain myself to avoid at all coasts sleeping on my stomach.

Thanks for your help,
Roberto

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