Health Pillows?

[Gasometer]

I am having a real hard time lately with not being able to find suitable pillows to support my neck and head...end up with sore neck and headache in the morning at least twice a week I guess.

Have tried high pillows, soft pillows, hard pillows...not much is working. Any ideas on getting a decent pillow?

 

[kickazz]

Depends on shape of your head but sometimes no pillow, with a small rolled-up towel to support the neck can do the trick. I've even gone to extremes and got one of those contour pillows and ripped out a hole in the middle so me head is basically level with my back, flat on the bed.

 

[Password is Taco]

Latex. That is all you need. They last forever and are so amazingly comfortable!
You will need to lie on a mattress (similar to the one you have at home) with whatever pillow you are looking at to see if it is too high/low etc, a lot of people who don't do this have issues (I used to work at snooze).

 

[tigers_of_old_08]

Latex. That is all you need. They last forever and are so amazingly comfortable!
You will need to lie on a mattress (similar to the one you have at home) with whatever pillow you are looking at to see if it is too high/low etc, a lot of people who don't do this have issues (I used to work at snooze).

Yup, I use a latex pillow. Cost about $55, worth a try.

 

[Gasometer]

Thanks. I did have a latex high size for a few years but increasingly I found it stretching my neck. I might go back and see if there is low latex tomorrow at our local bedding store.

 

[Wallaby]

I don't think there is a right or wrong answer - find what suits you. However, as a sufferer of various 'bad necks' over time, I reckon getting some flexibility and strength into my neck by appropriate exercises (as described by Osteo and Physio) certainly helped.

Maybe you need you neck straightened a bit, maybe your shoulders ar a bit out of whack - it's worth a visit to one of those guys, if you are getting regular irritations.

 

[lemon chicken]

Same as OP. Tried heaps the last few years nothing seems to work. Half the time I wake up half twisted and facing the matress.

 

[bartel magic]

Thanks. I did have a latex high size for a few years but increasingly I found it stretching my neck. I might go back and see if there is low latex tomorrow at our local bedding store.

F*** you whinge a lot!..........

 

[kickazz]

Thread needs more Trains, Planes and Automobiles references.........

 

[Gasometer]

F*** you whinge a lot!..........

In general, or about Pillows?

 

[bartel magic]

In general, or about Pillows?

about Pillows from what I can gather

 

[Gasometer]

about Pillows from what I can gather

...and so your problem is what exactly?

 

[bartel magic]

...and so your problem is what exactly?

Ahhhhhh forget it!. The moments passed

 

[diesel_85]

I had very bad neck and shoulder pain from sleeping for years until a Chiro recommended I try a Dentons profile pillow. It has been sublime, have slept like a log for 12 months now with no pain and discomfort. I am a side sleeper and this pillow has worked a treat. Hope this helps

 

[Igloo]

Definitely just depends on what suits you, so just trying out everything until you find something good. I tried latex and hated it.
I have a high, fairly firm pillow now. I love it. I mostly stick to the corner of my pillows, and the middle being high makes it more comfortable.

 

[Hard_to_Beat]

Any ideas on getting a decent pillow?

 

[bunsen burner]

Depends on how you sleep. I suspect you are going through a transition stage similar to menopause or a mid life crisis.

You may have slept all of your life so far in the "foetal" position (ie on your side) and now and changing to the "Saturday Night fever" position (on your belly but in the SNF stance).

In the foetal position, to keep your neck and head aligned you need a thick sturdy pillow, but in the SNF position you only need a thin pillow.

I'm on real thin pillows now but when I first changed (I was about 15/16) I had to have a purpose built pillow. Thin, sturdy, flat on the bottom, but tilde shape on the top.

It worked. I could sleep.

 

[IAMJUNGLEMUFFIN]

Check out the contour pillows, the have a B shape to them, that supports your neck, but the middle of the pillow (where the back/side of your head rests) has a slight hollow so your neck isn't stretched out at some weird angle. Either that or you can try an orthopaedic (cbf with the spelling of it, you know what I mean) pillow, which I think you can pick up from Chyro's etc. Both are pretty much the same sort of shape. REALLY worth chasing up.

Have used both sorts for the last 10 years, struggle to use a normal pillow now when I sleep somewhere other than my own bed.

 

[bunsen burner]

Check out the contour pillows, the have a B shape to them, that supports your neck, but the middle of the pillow

Same one I was referring to. Helped me sleep. Don't need them anymore though.