Is it better to sleep on a pillow or not

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Cervical spondylosis patients often ask these questions, often patients always think that suffering from cervical spondylosis without pillow is better, so it leads to the aggravation of the disease, so, let me introduce cervical spondylosis sleep without pillow.

Is it better to sleep on a pillow or not

According to the data calculation, one third of a person's life is spent in sleep. Only when he has a good sleep can he ensure the quality of work and life of the other two thirds of the time. But many patients with cervical spondylosis have many misunderstandings and puzzles about sleep, including: whether to sleep with a pillow or not. Now let's take a look at the introduction of experts.

Without pillows, the position of the head is lower than that of the heart, which will lead to more blood flowing into the head, affect the blood circulation of the head, blood vessel filling, tube wall pressure, and wake up feeling dizzy, eyelid edema, seriously affecting the quality of sleep. And when you sleep with your head up, your chest is also slightly raised, so that the blood in your lower body can flow downstream, reducing the burden on your heart.

Pillow is too high, no matter what position to sleep, can not maintain normal cervical lordosis, will increase the burden of cervical spine, may lead to stiff neck. If there are neurasthenia such as neck pain, headache, dizziness, tinnitus and insomnia, or if you feel numb in your hands and feet halfway through sleep, it may be that your pillow is too high; if the pillow is too low, it will make your head congested, easy to cause eyelids and face edema, and the jaw will be lifted up, easy to open mouth and breathe, and snore.

matters needing attention

If the neck and shoulder ache after waking up, it is caused by too low pillow, no pillow or too soft pillow.