Fluffy pillows. Foam pillows. Feather pillows. Ahhh. The relaxation…
or not.
Is your pillow a pain in the neck?
Have you ever woken with
neck pain and conjectured that your pillow could be the offender, inducing or contributing to your neck pain? Unquestionably, your chiropractor at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is mindful of this possibility and is ready to go over this crucial issue with you. And if you have neck pain due to pillow-related or
other causes of neck pain, your Ashburn chiropractor at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is here to help!
Now, your Ashburn chiropractor recognizes that poor pillow choice causes poor sleep quality, low pillow comfort, and waking symptoms like neck pain. In one pillow-pain study, 106 volunteers scrutinized their own pillows to five trial pillows. For one week on each pillow, the pillow study participants recorded...
- any painful areas before going to sleep and any waking symptoms
- sleep-quality
- pillow-comfort ratings
The pillow-pain study results are that
- 42.5% reported no waking symptoms with their own pillows.
- With their own pillows, 50% reported regular waking symptoms, failure to relieve pre-sleeping symptoms, uncomfortable pillows, and/or poor-quality sleep.
- 100% of those who reported poor sleep quality also reported poor pillow comfort.
- Pillow-comfort reports were not related to any waking symptom report.
- Poor sleep quality was significantly related to waking neck stiffness and shoulder pain.
- Feather pillow users provided consistently low reports of pillow comfort and sleep quality.
So, this study concludes that many participants appear to have made poor pillow choices for themselves as poor sleep quality, low pillow comfort, and waking symptoms were common. (1)
Don’t let your pillow hurt you anymore! Talk with your Ashburn chiropractic partner about Ashburn pillow choices that may give you an improved night’s rest, leading to better mornings without neck pain.
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