But also avoid lying on your back if you snore and you’ll die early if you sleep on your stomach and if you don’t change positions several times a night, there might be something wrong or maybe it’s just your mattress that is too soft or too hard and btw if you ever even catch a glimpse of blue light, you will never ever sleep well at all anyway so there’s no point in anything in any case.
Don't forget to turn purple and remove your arms
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Lumidaub@feddit.org 4 hours ago
socsa@piefed.social 3 hours ago
I legit cannot sleep on my back these days because I will wake myself snoring.
don@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
Same. That others can absolutely baffles me.
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 minutes ago
I’m a side sleeper. Guess I’m doomed.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
Is this Saddam Hussein
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 hour ago
How can people sleep on their back without suffocating when they wake up ?
Montagge@lemmy.zip 1 minute ago
Why would you suffocate? Do you have untreated severe sleep apnea?
crystaline_porpoise@hexbear.net 38 minutes ago
place your ears over your shoulders
ok
Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 hours ago
“straight line” the acticle says as its graphic shows a line as straight as Jim Parsons
ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 5 hours ago
Meanwhile me on my couch 🍤
Venator@lemmy.nz 3 hours ago
The best defense against an achy neck or back in the morning is to sleep just like you stand
meanwhile me standing: 🦐
Sparkles@fedia.io 5 hours ago
I just sleep on the floor rolled up in a giant blanket like a caterpillar in a cocoon. I have no idea why, but it works for me. Mattresses always hurt my back.
BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Why do we never play nightcrawlers anymore?
fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 hours ago
It’s a thing if you have back problems.
Sparkles@fedia.io 3 hours ago
I honestly did not know this. I alternate between horrible hip and shoulder pain, until I go back to the cocoon.
smh@slrpnk.net 4 hours ago
I remember asking my dad to cocoon me in blankets as a kid. It was wicked comfy.
Nowadays I’m in a hammock. It’s way more comfy on my hips than a mattress and it gives me that happy cuddled feeling.
Sparkles@fedia.io 3 hours ago
Never thought of a hammock. I’ll put that in my back pocket for when I have more space.
Triumph@fedia.io 4 hours ago
Bringing my terrible standing posture into sleeping positions sounds brilliant.
Vanth@reddthat.com 5 hours ago
Having something under my lower back sounds awful. Head and knees, yes, but back?
blackbrook@mander.xyz 3 hours ago
Maybe if it was a small enough pillow? That picture looks exaggerated. Their ears certainly aren’t what I would call over their shoulders.
Eq0@literature.cafe 2 hours ago
I used for a bit a tiny pillow under my lower back to ease back pain. It has to be the right size, otherwise it makes it worse
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 hours ago
I love how absolutely nothing in these “straight pose” diagrams is ever straight.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Gay pose diagram.
FerretyFever0@fedia.io 5 hours ago
That looks deeply uncomfortable, but alright.
Venator@lemmy.nz 3 hours ago
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The best defense against an achy neck or back in the morning is to sleep just like you stand, says Ellen Wermter, a nurse practitioner who runs Restorative Sleep Medicine, a sleep clinic in Virginia. When you sleep in a position that follows the natural curvature of your spine, it reduces the possibility of muscle strain.
While lying down, your body should form a straight line from the top of your head to your tailbone. Wermter suggests placing your ears over your shoulders and your shoulders over your hips. Point your chin straight ahead, not tucked into your chest or stretched up toward the sky. Aim for symmetry with your arms for proper circulation.
For more tips on how to minimize body aches in the morning, read our story: n.pr/42mJ64J
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
ITT everyone ridiculing what has always been the exact truth for my sleeping.
Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 hours ago
Yes, but you sleep best in a confortable and not forced position. Back/neck pain is the result of an forced position which not change in the hours of sleep.
Hackworth@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
That’s not what’s meant by “ears over shoulders,” rather they’re over when standing. So in-line with shoulders when laying down, not what’s pictured here. But whether or not you want the neck in flection depends on whether or not there’s been an injury. The kinetic chain isn’t simple.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I just sleep like I’m a freeze frame of the party boy dance on my face
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
This is too hot. Pillow too hot and now you have three pillows and two of them are under the covers.
Trill88@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Sounds miserable
BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 4 hours ago
This is why hammocks are the ideal sleep system, even if they may not turn you purple or solve the arm problem.
blackbrook@mander.xyz 3 hours ago
Doesn’t that put your back into a curve? I feel like that would kill my lower back, but maybe I don’t know how to use a hammock properly.
BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 1 hour ago
It’s a common misconception! You’re supposed to lay at an angle and you end up with just a slight bend.
harambe69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 minutes ago
I like to cross my arms across my chest, as well. If it’s good enough for vampires and pharaohs, it’s good enough for me. I have scared the shit out of several roommates, though…i