Proper Sleep Position To Overcome Health Problems

Each sleeping position has advantages and disadvantages of each. That is why it is very important find the best position for the health of the body. Even with the correct sleeping position, a variety of health problems can be resolved. 

Newsmax Health launched several health problems that can be solved with the proper sleeping position. What disease and how proper sleep position to handle it? 

These are health problems that can be overcome with the correct sleeping position, as excerpted from Newsmax Health, on Thursday (01/23/2014):


1. Sleep apnea 

If you have sleep apnea, a disorder in which breathing stops momentarily during sleep, you should sleep on their side or stomach. In that position, the airways will remain open. 

Sleep apnea worsens when a person sleeps on his back. Because when sleeping on your back, everything in the neck and throat become relaxed. As a result, the tongue can slide down into the throat and cause airflow disruption. 

Recent studies at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, found that 60 percent of people with breathing pauses sleep apnea becomes doubly worse when they sleep on their backs. That's why people with sleep apnea should not sleep on their backs.

2. habitual snoring 

Same with sleep apnea, snoring habit got worse when a person sleeps on his back. That's because everything that exists in the neck and throat become relaxed. As a result, the tongue can slide down into the throat, causing disruption of air flow, and ultimately lead to snoring. 

To overcome this, people often snore should avoid the supine position. Pick a sleeping face down or tilted position. 

In order not to sleep on your back, there are some clever tricks that can be done. For example, by sewing pockets on the back of jerseys and put a tennis ball into it. Flavor resulting wedge tennis balls will prevent someone from sleeping on your back. Another way that can be done is by using bolsters that can be embraced during sleep.

3. neck pain 

If the neck is often painful, avoid sleeping on your stomach because it will change the shape of the neck or make the neck become tense. It is better to sleep on their backs or tilted. With the second position, the neck was in a normal position so it does not cause pain.

4. shoulder pain 

If you frequently suffer from pain in the shoulders, try not to sleep on his side, especially on the side with berampu shoulder pain. Position it adds to the pressure on the side of the shoulder pain and aggravate the pain. As a result, the quality of sleep becomes damaged. Thus described by Ryan S. Hays, assistant professor of neurology and neuroterapi at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA.

5. backache 

For back pain sufferers, better still sleep on their backs. The position of maintaining the natural position of the spine. Placing a pillow under your knees and keep your feet in order to keep abreast can also reduce pressure on the spine and hip. The way it can also avoid the habit of turning the hips or backs who will be hurt the body. 

"This method can also help to avoid twisting your hips and back in a way that is more painful," said Jason Coles, sleep doctor in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

If your back pain and would rather sleep on his side, place a pillow between your knees and bend your knees slightly. How it can help reduce tension and pain in the spine or back.

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