Two main things to be aware of:
- Keep your spine in the neutral position
- Keep the pressure off of your joints – you don’t want pressure on your bony protuberances.
- Sleeping on your side:
- Make sure your pillow supports your neck so that your neck is not bent.
- Try out the SleepOvation pillow.
- Shoulder: create a canal for your shoulder by using a throw pillow – for shoulder pain, or as a preventative measure.
- or not sleep on the point of your shoulder, but roll back a little bit.
- If you have broad shoulders and/or broad hips, then you can use a towel roll/sleep roll around your waist to fill in the gap to support your back.
- You can also place a pillow/wedge between your knees when you sleep on your side.
- Sleeping on your stomach / prone:
- Don’t sleep on your stomach for more than 20 minutes.
- Joints don’t like to be at range for a long time.