You spend around one-third of their life asleep (assuming you’re a human reading this), so modifying your posture during sleeptime is crucial. A less-than-ideal sleeping position can undo whatever other efforts you do, such as daytime corrective exercises (HABIT#1) or ergonomic workstations (HABIT#3). Therefore, this habit complements the other habits to cover as much of your 24-hour day as possible with therapeutic postural maintenance.
There are two sleep positions that are particularly harmful for posture:
(1) Side sleeping in fetal position – You lose the normal neutral spinal curves, and both your lower back and upper back are excessively flexed (rounded).
(2) Back sleeping with excessively-high pillow — Using a pillow that is too high for your natural neck curve forces your neck to jut forward, and maintaining that unnatural position for hours during the night just perpetuates your forward head positioning.
To fix issue (1), try changing your bed firmness (try a medium-firm mattress, or use a thin memory foam mattress if your bed is too firm for side sleeping), arm placement(try placing one hand behind your hip), blanket thickness, room temperature, etc. You can even experiment with sleeping with a body pillow.
To fix issue (2), try placing your head on a thinner pillow; that way, your neck would be in a lower vertical position (not as much jutted upward/forward).
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