If you sleep on your back, why do you use a pillow?

[Sqube]

I start off with the pillow under my head.

Since I move around so much while I'm sleeping, though, the pillow usually ends up on the floor or at my feet. So... I'm not really even sure if I technically sleep with a pillow or not.

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: raystorm

Originally posted by: kogase
If you're lying on your stomach... well, that's just plain bad. Really bad.

why? I always sleep with my stomach down and I never had a problem. I could never sleep on my back. I've tried but I just cant. Its either on my stomach or on my side.

In general, your spine should always be kept straight. When you sleep on your stomach, you spend the whole night with your head turned to one side. Try doing this right now for 5 minutes. When sleeping on your back with a pillow under your head, your spine spends the night bent. Sleeping on your side without a pillow also leaves your spine bent the whole night.

The best sleeping positions therefore are on your back without a pillow and on your side with a pillow. On your side is best though, because when you sleep on your back without a pillow you run the risk of your head simply falling limp and rolling to the side, in which case you will simply be sleeping in a stomach-sleeper position upside down.

 

[Last Rezort]

Originally posted by: kogase
It's much healthier for your back to sleep without a pillow. If you're lying on your side, you should use a pillow to keep your neck straight. If you're lying on your stomach... well, that's just plain bad. Really bad.

im a belly sleeper and id just like to say fvck you.

 

[eLiu]

it's more comfy

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: Last Rezort

Originally posted by: kogase
It's much healthier for your back to sleep without a pillow. If you're lying on your side, you should use a pillow to keep your neck straight. If you're lying on your stomach... well, that's just plain bad. Really bad.

im a belly sleeper and id just like to say fvck you.

Yeah, that's an appropriate response.



"Hey, did you know it's bad for you if you use a pillow and sleep on your stomach?"

"OMG FVCK YOU, SH1TFACE!!!"

 

[Anubis]

i may fall asleep ion my back but during the night i sleep in every position possiable, i have actually woken up with my head at the bottom of the bead and my feet on the pillows before

 

[DanDaMan315]

Cuz pillows are the spice of life.

 

[BudAshes]

Originally posted by: Last Rezort

Originally posted by: kogase
It's much healthier for your back to sleep without a pillow. If you're lying on your side, you should use a pillow to keep your neck straight. If you're lying on your stomach... well, that's just plain bad. Really bad.

im a belly sleeper and id just like to say fvck you.

yeah he doesnt know wtf he is talking about. I sleep on my stomach and have 0 back problems.

 

[vi edit]

I use one of them fancy space foam pillows. I've really only got about an inch or two of actual distance between my head and the matress once my head sinks into the thing.

It's enough for a slight bit of elevation, but not so much that it's detrimental to your neck/back health.

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: Xafgoat

Originally posted by: Last Rezort

Originally posted by: kogase
It's much healthier for your back to sleep without a pillow. If you're lying on your side, you should use a pillow to keep your neck straight. If you're lying on your stomach... well, that's just plain bad. Really bad.

im a belly sleeper and id just like to say fvck you.

yeah he doesnt know wtf he is talking about. I sleep on my stomach and have 0 back problems.

myopic, shortsighted, careless, heedless, imprudent, incautious, injudicious, unwise; extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, thriftless, unthrifty; indulgent, lavish, reckless, wasteful

The "American Syndrome".

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

I'm a stomach sleeper.

And yes, I use a pillow with my arms underneath.

 

[us3rnotfound]

i need something to romp before going to sleep

 

[alanalafriz]

pillow is a very good absorbent of drools..

 

[BudAshes]

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: Xafgoat

Originally posted by: Last Rezort

Originally posted by: kogase
It's much healthier for your back to sleep without a pillow. If you're lying on your side, you should use a pillow to keep your neck straight. If you're lying on your stomach... well, that's just plain bad. Really bad.

im a belly sleeper and id just like to say fvck you.

yeah he doesnt know wtf he is talking about. I sleep on my stomach and have 0 back problems.

myopic, shortsighted, careless, heedless, imprudent, incautious, injudicious, unwise; extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, thriftless, unthrifty; indulgent, lavish, reckless, wasteful

The "American Syndrome".

gay

thats your syndrome.

 

[lavagirl669]

why not?

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: JoeKing
bodypillows = who needs a GF?!?!

i sure as hell do

 

[mobobuff]

I always sleep on my sides with a pillow (usually two). I may lay on my stomach and still use pillows, but that's usually for resting, I rarely fall asleep in that position.