2 A Simple
SLEEPING Test
Side Sleeper:
Lie on your bed in your normal sleeping position
but now fold your arms across your chest, using
your existing pillow.:-
1. If you feel your head is tilting down to
the bed, the pillow is too low and will not
support your head or neck muscles.
2. If you feel your head is tilted up, the
pillow is too high and will strain your neck and
shoulder muscles.
Both of these positions will cause you to
roll your shoulders forwards or backwards and
hence you will start tossing from side to side to
relieve pressure on your shoulder, neck and back.
Interrupting your sleeping pattern.
Back Sleeper:
Lie on your bed in your normal sleeping position
back.
If you place both your hands under your pillow
just about where your neck normally rests on the
pillow, does that extra lift/support make your
neck feel more comfortable?
This means that your pillow is not
supporting you enough and will not allow your neck
muscles to relax. Interrupting your sleep pattern
as you move around trying to reduce the pressure
on those muscles.
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