The appearance of musculoskeletal disorders can be a warning signal to change your pillow, but it is better to have the right advice and our specialist opinion to guide you in this process and find the best sleeping position.
You sleep in one of the 3 main sleeping positions: on your stomach, on your back or on your side, but they are not necessarily the most suitable.
Here Is Our Specialist Opinion
What Posture Should You Adopt To Avoid Neck Pain?
- On your stomach
- On your back
- On your side
1. On Your Stomach
This position is certainly the most pleasant and reassuring because your face is in contact with the pillow and the feeling of skin to skin can remind you of maternal contact… but this position is by far the worst to adopt!
Sleeping on your stomach creates tension on the cervical muscles and joint disorders but also hinders the expansion of the rib cage during breathing movements.
2. On The Back
The natural spinal curvatures are more respected in this position, but we will pay particular attention to the thickness of the chosen pillow.
Sleeping on your back with a pillow that is too thick will erase the natural curvature of cervical lordosis to the point of creating tension in this area.
If you want to sleep on your back, we recommend a thinner pillow and to be less upright.
The anatomical pillow, which offers a pre-designed shape at a standard height and designed for sleeping on the back, cannot suit everyone because we all have a different curvature. This shape of pillow can force your natural spinal curvature and create discomfort for you. About 50% of people who have tested these pillows are satisfied with them. Take the time to test this pillow before making your decision.
3. On The Side
The ideal position is still the posture on the side, but on condition that you follow a few rules.
We will also pay attention to the thickness of the pillow. The reliefs of our morphology are more important on the side and it will be necessary to have a thicker pillow in this position.
The pillow must correspond to your anatomy, be adapted to the distance between your neck and your shoulder, thus avoiding resting your head too high or too low and allowing to respect the alignment of the cervical spine with the rest of the back.
Apart from a mattress comfort adapted with sufficient softness that will fit your morphology, on the side position you will have to take into account the height of your shoulder build and find the pillow height that suits you.
It is advisable to position your knees against each other (or even slide a cushion between the legs to respect the alignment with the pelvis) and to avoid sleeping with the arm under the pillow which will add additional height to your pillow.
Just like a new mattress comfort, you will have to get used to a new sleeping position but you will feel more comfortable when you wake up and use ortho mattress.
