17/06/2025
Sleep is so important to our overall wellbeing. A good night sleep helps reduce stress, energizes us for the day and allows our body to rest and repair itself from all the things we put it through. However, some bad sleeping practices can impact the quality of that sleep.
Pillows can be so important for neck pain. A bad pillow will leave your neck unsupported in bad postures that can lead to neck pain in the day.
As a general rule for side sleepers the pillow should be the depth from the tip of your shoulder to your neck. An orthopedic pillow can hug the contours of your neck to allow all your neck muscles to switch off and relax while you sleep, this can be great if you get a stiff neck. We recommend pillows from royal rest, we sell them in clinic and LOVE them!
For back sleeper a pillow that holds your neck is also great, but it is better to be thinner to open the airway and keep your spine held in a neutral position.
If you get pain in your low back, it can be due to stretching your low back into pulling the muscles and forcing the spine to flatten, placing a pillow under your knees and remove the tension there.
Sleeping on your side can take your low back out of its straight neutral position and cause a twist. This can cause compression of the spinal nerves in the low back from the torsion.
Having your leg crossing across your body can cause tension in the knee and twisting and pinching in the hip. Putting a pillow under the knee can prevent that twist and keep the low back and lower limb relaxed.
