Getting an appropriate amount of sleep and getting quality sleep can help improve your physical and mental health. Proper sleep can help you overcome sickness, alleviate pain, and clear your mind. If you are someone who is constantly experiencing back pain, adjusting your sleep could help limit your symptoms. Improve your sleep habits or your sleeping position to avoid spinal misalignment and back pain.
Elevate Wellness can help adjust your spine to limit back pain while you sleep. Proper sleep positions and proper mattresses can help you avoid misalignment and get deeper sleep.
Find Better Mattresses
The type of mattress that you use can make a difference in your sleep and pain. Having a supportive mattress or one that curves along your body will help to cushion you as you sleep and provide support for your neck, back, and legs. This can help limit the pain by having proper weight distribution and limiting pressure on major pressure points that lead to pain.
Doing some research on the best mattresses for back pain will help you determine what mattress can help with your specific pain. The Sleep Foundation has a list of some of the best mattresses for lumbar support, best for those who sleep on their sides, best for spinal alignment, and more.
Regulating the temperature of your mattress can also help you get better quality sleep. Even if your mattress is not the top-ranked for support, staying asleep and avoiding excess movement and sweating can improve your quality of sleep and thus improve your health.
Different Sleepers Need Supportive Pillows
Using a pillow to elevate your head will improve your sleep and limit back pain. Pillows should be comfortable but also provide needed support for your neck and spine. Going to sleep in pain can make it hard to get some healing and restorative sleep.
If you continue to experience back pain, try searching for a nontraditional pillow and look for one that can support the natural curve of your neck. When a pillow is too high, it can put excess strain on the neck, shoulders, and back.
Sleeping Positions To Limit Back Pain
Different sleeping positions will also help you determine what pillow and mattress are best for you. For back sleepers, a thinner pillow will help provide support while you sleep. While those who sleep on their side may need a firmer or higher pillow.
You can improve your sleep by working on changing your common sleeping positions to more support options. If you are a side sleeper, putting a pillow between your knees and pulling them slightly up to your chest can limit strain on your back. It is best to avoid sleeping on your stomach because it puts the most strain on your lower back. If you do sleep on your stomach, a thick and elevated pillow will help with back pain.
Chiropractic Adjustment For Better Sleep
For patients who experience sleep apnea, snore, or struggle to stay asleep, chiropractic care can help limit your symptoms. Chiropractors can help your spine and body better communicate and circulate nutrients. Chiropractic can help with circulation, which will help sleep apnea patients get more oxygen.
Chiropractors can work to help you limit stress and tension in the body, which will make sleeping more comfortable. Limiting stress in your daily life, doing chiropractic-recommended stretches before bed, and going to your chiropractic appointments will help improve your sleep and stop waking up with back pain.
Improving the central nervous system function, improving blood flow, and relieving muscle tension can all be done by a professional chiropractor. Seeking chiropractic treatment may be the solution to your sleep problems.
Chiropractic Care With Elevate Wellness
Dr. Casey Simmonds wants to help patients sleep better and limit back pain. If you want to improve your sleep, doing what you can at home combined with our chiropractic treatment can limit back, neck, or shoulder pain.
Our Bountiful office looks forward to serving members of our community. We treat whiplash, headaches, back pain, neuropathy, spinal disc injuries, and more! During your first visit, we discuss your health history and what you hope to accomplish with treatment. Doing so helps us to understand what treatments will be most effective for you and determine how many sessions you will need.
Contact our office to learn more about what we offer, or head to our website to read more about our treatment methods.