Sleep Correctly for a Painproof Back

Posted 2217 days ago

Sleep Painproof Back

Does your back hurt when you wake up in the morning? If so, you may be sleeping in the wrong position. The best position for pain relief is to sleep on your side with a pillow between your knees, or if you can stand it, lie on your back with a pillow under your knees. Both methods will significantly decrease the pressure and weight on your lower back.

Sleep on a firm mattress that provides good support and avoid sleeping on your stomach, which places your back in an unnatural posture. If you do have to sleep on your stomach, avoid using a pillow for your head and place it under your abdomen instead.

Lower back pain from sleeping incorrectly is a common experience, but it doesn’t have to be.

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  • yume

    I try to sleep on my back whenever I can, but somehow I always wake up on my stomach! :p

  • vm3z9

    I always sleep on my back. My arm goes numb when sleeping too long on my side.

  • AllaN

    I tend to sleep on my side, but occasionally, im on my stomach with my head burried under the pillow, legs spread + drooling (Kidding bout the drooling)

  • David

    Pigglet is so cute in the picture. :) I sleep on my stomach, usually wrapping my arms around the pillow, though its comfortable when you’re sleeping, it gives you pains in the morning. :(

  • kristurr

    that picture – adorable!! i usually can’t stand to sleep on my back, i get in all kinds of awkward positions like with my face in the pillow, slanted and feet in the air from laying on my stomach. true story. haha

  • Dexter Kanuto

    Back-aches are really Painful every morning.

  • http://www.erapo.szm.sk Lenka

    “sleep on your side with a pillow between your knees”

    thats right, i cant asleep when i am not in this position

  • http://www.myspace.com/bouney b0unce

    i always wake up in a different position then when i started! lol

  • duperpok

    I sleep on the floor all the time. I think the hard surface helps with body posture.

  • beni

    pillow between the legs, thats ood to know. I also heard its good to switch sides every so often if you slep on your side.

  • Dexter Kanuto

    Or sometimes you do the ‘helicopter’ in bed. The night you sleep, you are in one spot, and then when you wake up you ended up in the other side of the bed.

  • Dexter Kanuto

    Yeah, when you do the ‘helicopter’, you’re not just having a back ache, but the whole body ache.