> with sleep apnea are advised to sleep on their backs.
Where did you hear that? I've had apnea and used cpap machines for over 20 years. I've been through 3 or 4 ent docs and none have said that. And I know from experience my whole life that lying on your back makes apnea much worse.
And my mask allows me to sleep in any position, as close to face down as I did without it.
That doesn't make any sense because it's worst when sleeping on your back. Sleeping on your side helps keep your airway clear. (The problem is that people often don't stay on their side.)
I have heard before another reason is that it can help keep you from rotating into a different position. That's why I do it. Without the pillow I have 0% chance of staying on my side.
Anyone else able to sleep on their left side just fine but not on their right side? I'm in fairly good shape but for some reason sleeping on my right side just gives me a heavy feeling inside my chest that prevents me from falling asleep. I've wondered what the effects of a lifetime of sleeping on one side could be.
For me it's the opposite - if I lie on my left I can feel uncomfortable pressure against the heart. In decent shape too, lifting weights for the last 7 years.
I attributed side bias to my scoliosis for a long time. But after I switched from a soft bed and traditional fluffy pillow to a more minimal blankets-over-floor with small pillow, this problem went away and I will use either side without difficulty.
RATS. The research they cited was done on the sleeping posture of RATS, a quadrupedal, straight necked organism. I doubt it's very applicable overall to the difference between lateral and supine posture in humans so I wouldn't take this article to heart in order to adopt a sleeping position that's bad on your shoulders and sinus development.
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[ 5.5 ms ] story [ 64.8 ms ] threadWhere did you hear that? I've had apnea and used cpap machines for over 20 years. I've been through 3 or 4 ent docs and none have said that. And I know from experience my whole life that lying on your back makes apnea much worse.
And my mask allows me to sleep in any position, as close to face down as I did without it.
What is the rationale behind the pillow between the legs?
In other news, it's the Stabile Seitenlage [1] from first aid! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovery_position
It's soft to hug, and it allows to adjust not just the legs as mentionned in the article, but the shoulders as well.
https://imgur.com/gallery/OuG6rBc
link: http://www.jneurosci.org/content/35/31/11034.short