You know when you wake up, and you can only turn your neck in one direction because it hurts like hell (likely from sleeping in a bad position)?Physiologically – what’s happening? Is it something related to muscles, joints, tendons, nerves? Is there a best course of action to resolve the pain and whatever’s causing it?
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**Trust me on this one…….. it’s your pillow.**
Every time a person tells me that his neck hurts in the morning, I always tell them it is their pillow—- usually too big or they have the bad habit of folding the pillow to position the head on a higher plane. The older you get the bigger problem this is because you are not as flexible as when you were young.
Stop using a pillow for 4-5 day and if you see a major difference, then that is your problem.
You don’t need big pillows, use a small one, like one for children, it takes a little getting use to it but it will stop all your morning neck problems. Think about it, you have a big pillow that is bending the p!ss out of your neck all night long. It’s going to hurt in the morning.
EDIT: I did not say a FLAT pillow, I said a small pillow. Everyone is different so you have to just try it out. 75% of the population are side sleepers in case you think that it won’t work for you because you sleep mostly on your side.
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