What is the role of pillows in people’s sleep?
Pillows play an important role in people’s sleep, and the right pillow will help you sleep more sweetly. However, long-term use of unsuitable pillows will cause a series of chronic strains, and even develop into cervical spondylosis. Experts point out that even a pillow you are used to may not be the most suitable. How to choose the right pillow? What is the correct way to use pillows?
Incorrect sitting posture, head down playing with mobile phones, occupational work (such as long-term head down jobs), lack of exercise… These factors have been widely known to cause cervical spondylosis. However, there is another important factor that is easily overlooked, and that is sleep. Many people get up in the morning and suffer from sore neck and back, numbness of limbs and other discomforts, showing the symptoms of “stiff neck”. People usually think that this is caused by poor sleeping posture or cold wind. In fact, this may be caused by inappropriate pillows.
We usually say that if you lower your head for more than an hour, the cervical spine is easily affected. And an adult spends about 1/4 to 1/3 of the time in sleep (on the pillow) every day. When a person falls asleep, he basically maintains a posture without moving during each sleep cycle of 90-120 minutes. If the pillow is used incorrectly for a long time, it will cause changes in the curvature of the cervical spine. Lead to chronic strain such as cervical spine instability, joint dislocation, and ligament injury. Over time, it develops into cervical spondylosis.
