Advantages: prevent neck and back pain, reduce the chance of gastric acid reflux, reduce wrinkles and maintain a confident chest. Lying on your back is the simplest sleeping position. But lying facing the ceiling like this is really good! Lying on your back can make your head, neck and spine in a natural physiological curve (cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae and coccygeal vertebrae all have natural radians), which is very comfortable, while other sleeping positions may force your back to twist. Lying on your back is the best choice to avoid acid reflux. Because when lying on your back, the pillow will raise your head and make your stomach in the lower reaches of the esophagus, so gastric acid and chyme will not flow back so easily! Dr. Diana Glazer, a skin expert at St. Louis University, believes that facial skin will not be pulled and interfered by other external forces when lying on your back, which greatly reduces the probability of wrinkles. In addition, when lying on your back, your chest can get the greatest support. Do you still have to worry about sagging?
Disadvantages: Snoring people choose carefully. Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Dr. Olson pointed out that one disadvantage of lying on your back is that snoring will become more frequent and more serious. Because when lying on your back, the root of your tongue may lean backwards due to gravity, which will hinder breathing and increase the chance of snoring. Therefore, people who snore should consider whether to change their sleeping position.
Second, a better sleeping position: lying on your side.
Advantages: Lying on the side can not only prevent neck and back pain, reduce gastric acid reflux, but also reduce snoring. From the general health point of view, lying on your side is really a great choice. Lying on your side can not only keep your spine stretched, but also reduce snoring! If you have acid reflux, lying on your side is second only to lying on your back.
Disadvantages: skin wrinkles, sagging breasts (carefully selected by women who love beauty). The most comfortable thing when lying on your side is to bury one side of your face in a soft pillow. But it is this that pulls the facial skin and produces wrinkles. In addition, lying on your side for a long time will stretch the breast ligament, affect its elasticity, and lead to sagging chest.
Third, the unsatisfactory sleeping position: fetal sleeping position
Advantages: reduce snoring, suitable for expectant mothers. Fetal sleeping position can make you feel safe, just like being cared for in your mother's body. However, with such a large curl and bending, the back muscles are often overstretched, resulting in adverse consequences. Dr. Olson said that sleeping in this posture with knees high and chin hanging over the chest for one night will not make people feel comfortable, and if the spine or other joints are inflamed, it will aggravate the pain.
Disadvantages: it is not conducive to relieving pain in the head and neck. Wrinkles, sagging breasts and other problems will also limit the diaphragm in the body and hinder normal breathing movements. Also, if you are worried about wrinkles and sagging breasts in advance, think about whether your sleeping position is ideal. Besides lying on your back, other sleeping positions will cause these sad changes!
Fourth, the worst sleeping position: prone
Advantages: reduce snoring.
Disadvantages: aggravate neck and back pain, wrinkles, sagging breasts and other problems. Although belly down is the resting position of most mammals, it is the "worst sleeping position" for humans. Because lying prone can not only ensure that the spine is in the most relaxed physiological state, but also add extra pressure to joints and muscles. This extra pressure will stimulate the corresponding motor nerves. Finally, you will feel that when you wake up, you will not only feel very tired, but also feel very painful in some parts of your body, or feel numb and tingling.