Is your sleeping position and pillow appropriate?

Human sleep time accounts for nearly 1/3 of the entire life, the pillow is also accompanied by nearly 1/3 of our life journey. Therefore, sleep with a good choice of pillow on our rest state has a great impact, unsuitable pillow is often the bane of many neck, shoulder and back pain.

The use of pillows is necessary

First, we must affirm the role of the pillow. The human cervical spine has a curvature called physiological pronation. In any case, the human body to maintain this natural physiological arc is the most comfortable, including when sleeping. The role of the pillow is to maintain this normal physiological arc when people sleep, to ensure that the neck muscles, ligaments, spine and various tissues, can be in a relaxed state.

The pillow is too high is not good

There is an old saying “high pillow without worry”, in fact, the pillow should not be too high, there is a fist high can. If the pillow is too high, will cause the neck muscles for a long time in the state of overextension, causing discomfort. If lying flat, the pillow sunken part of just can support the neck curve on it. For a few people who like to sleep on their backs, pay more attention to the choice of thin pillows. Not necessarily used to pillow, you can also be padded in the abdomen, to cushion the pressure on the internal organs when lying down. In addition, the location of our pillow is also important.

Different sleeping posture on the pillow material also have to pay attention to

Many people may not even realize what problems the material of the pillow will have, and will not put a lot of effort into choosing the material of the pillow. Every day pillow is not suitable for you, either too hard or too soft, either very high or very short, then a long time in an extremely uncomfortable position for a long time, the muscles of the neck and shoulders will be very tense and sore.

Generally speaking, the material of the pillow should not be too soft or too hard, moderate will do.

A pillow that is too hard will lead to poor breathing during sleep, while a pillow that is too soft will cause too much pressure on the head and neck, resulting in poor blood flow. For people who like to sleep flat, the material inside the pillow must be soft and stretchy. Porous fiber pillow is a good choice because of its breathable and elastic. People who like to sleep on their side, the pillow needs to be slightly harder, pressed down to ensure that the neck and body is flat, so that the neck muscles relax. Buckwheat pillow is very suitable, and this material is warm in winter and cool in summer, but also with the movement of the head to change the shape, very comfortable to use. People who like to sleep on their stomachs, you can choose a light down pillow, fluffy and breathable, effectively reducing the compression of internal organs. And for people with cervical spine problems, you can choose memory pillows. Memory pillow can be fixed head position, to prevent the problem of pillow, but also to reduce the sense of pressure.

Pillow cleaning is more necessary

Our hair and face oil secretion more, but also easy to cling to more dust and bacteria, and some people may drool while sleeping. Therefore, the pillow is very easy to dirty. Be sure to regularly clean the pillowcase and regularly put the pillow in the sun to dry to sterilize.