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Side sleeping may not be the most popular position, but with the right mattress, it can offer numerous health benefits. From aiding digestion to reducing snoring, the benefits are significant when your body is aligned correctly. However, each sleeping position, whether it be on your side, stomach, or back, has its own pros and cons.
The Art of Side Sleeping: An Overview
Ranging from curling up like a ball to sprawling out, everyone has their unique sleeping style. These patterns can reveal much about your personality and potentially impact your health.
Whether you prefer a memory foam mattress, innerspring mattress or hybrid design, sleeping on your side can provide certain benefits over sleeping on your back or stomach. However, side sleeping does come with some potential issues to be aware of as well. In this article, we'll explore both the pros and cons of snoozing on your side so you can determine if it's the right sleeping position for you and ensure you have the proper bedroom furniture and mattress to support good spinal alignment.
Health Perks of Side Sleeping with a Memory Foam Mattress
- A correctly aligned body during sleep can ease joint and lower back pains, including severe conditions like fibromyalgia. A memory foam mattress from Royal Family Furniture can facilitate this alignment.
- Side sleepers often snore less. This reduction can decrease the risk of obstructive sleep apnea, a condition linked to heart attacks, diabetes, and cognitive issues.
- Improved digestion is another advantage of side sleeping. It aids in easing gastrointestinal disorders like heartburn, constipation, and bloating.
In terms of support and pressure relief, a quality memory foam mattress can be an excellent choice for side sleepers. Memory foam contours closely to your body's natural curves no matter what position you sleep in. The material relieves pressure points caused by your shoulder and hips weighing down on the mattress during side sleeping. Look for a mattress that provides generous cushioning around these problem areas to prevent pain. Mattresses sold by royal family furniture are a great option.
While side sleeping offers benefits, it also potentially strains your shoulders, hips and lower back more than other positions if you don't have a properly supportive mattress and bedroom furniture. A mattress that has sunk in or lost its edge support over time won't be able to properly align your spine in side sleeping position. Your top shoulder and hip can sink down too deep into a worn mattress, pulling your spine out of alignment. Invest in a new mattress every 8-10 years to maintain proper support as the materialsinside naturally break down over time.
Potential Drawbacks of Side Sleeping
Despite these benefits, side sleeping might exert pressure on your limbs, potentially leading to health issues like carpal tunnel syndrome. Side sleeping may also cause shoulder discomfort. However, rotating from your left to your right side or varying your position throughout the night can mitigate these drawbacks.
It's also vital for side sleepers to use the right pillow arrangement. Too thin or thick of a pillow can cause neck strain if your head is tilted at an angle from your spine. Experiment to find the right loft, or thickness, that keeps your head and neck aligned with your back when lying on your side. You may benefit from a supportive cervical pillow or mixture of standard and thicker pillows to find the ideal setup.
Those with larger bust sizes or pregnant women may want to try placing a small pillow between their knees when sleeping on their side. This takes pressure off the lower back and hips. A body pillow pressed against your back can also help keep your spine straight and prevent tossing and turning from one side to the other in your sleep if you tend to rotate positions overnight.
Choosing the Optimal Side: Left or Right?
There is an ongoing debate around which side may offer more benefits for sleeping - the left or the right. Sleeping on your left side can offer superior health benefits compared to the right side. This is because when you sleep on your left, it allows your organs in the chest and abdomen to more efficiently drain toxins and naturally flush them out of your system as you rest. Gravity helps pull waste down and out through your liver, kidneys and other filtering organs during left side sleeping. For this reason, left side sleeping is best recommended to minimize gastrointestinal issues like acid reflux as well. That said, opting to sleep on either side can help reduce sleep apnea symptoms by alleviating pressure on the airways and esophagus compared to back sleeping. Additionally, both sides take pressure off the lower back while allowing the natural inward curving of the spine, which can help relieve chronic lower back pain that arises from other sleeping positions that flatten the natural curve.
Ideal Practices for Side Sleeping
- Choose a medium-firm Royal Family Mattress and a robust pillow.
- Begin by lying on your left side, aligning your ears with your shoulders, and maintaining a neutral chin position.
- Rest your arms and hands below your face and neck.
- Place a firm pillow between your legs for spinal alignment and to prevent hip and joint pain.
- Lift your knees towards your chest to lessen the strain on your back.
The Royal Family Furniture Commitment
Royal Family Furniture has been a leader in the bedding and sleep products industry for over three decades. Royal Family understands that quality sleep is essential for overall health and wellness. Through generations of dedicated craftsmanship and expertise, the family has made it their mission to provide consumers with comfortable, durable mattresses and bedroom furniture to ensure restful nights. Their knowledgeable team of sleep specialists, product engineers, artisans and customer service representatives work diligently to assess each customer's unique needs, from their preferred sleep position and body type to the size of their bedroom space. Whether in their showrooms or through their website, the Royal Family ensures every client leaves a satisfied long-term customer by pairing them with the right mattress model, bed frames, pillows, sheets, and other accessories to optimize support, comfort and value.
