Comments on: Never Sleep on Your Stomach

By: ray

ray — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:18:44 +0000

I sleep on my stomach for few months now . Let me get straight to it ,it has cuased me back problems feels like soar rib cage tense and muscle spasms . I also noticed if I sleep in on weekends its worse. I definitely connect this to sleeping on stomach.

By: Dr. Adam Tanase

Dr. Adam Tanase — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:49:45 +0000

Jodi, our bodies can handle a lot… but they can’t handle it forever. Eventually things begin to wear out, and that could be why you’re just not starting to notice these symptoms. The sooner you begin to improve the situation the better, so I would recommend you begin getting used to sleeping on your side or back. If you don’t have a chiropractor, it might be a good idea to get a spinal checkup to see what’s going on within the cervical spine.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:42:13 +0000

I have been a stomach sleep for my whole life, never had any problems until recently. It’s as if all circulation is cut off when I sleep on my stomach. My limbs go completely numb, so numb they wake me up because they hurt, not pins and needles, a dull pain. Also, my face and lower legs, ankles, and feet swell, I get edema bad. Why is this happening all of a sudden?? I don’t understand what is causing this. Is this serious?? I did sleep on my side last night, and woke up with no edema. I just can’t get comfortable on my side or back.

By: Milos

Milos — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:47:05 +0000

I’ve been sleeping on my stomach for 20 years of my life. I decided to change it and the last 3 years I’ve been sleeping on my back(I’m 23).
The difference that I PERSONALLY have noticed between these 3 types of sleeping:

Stomach sleeping(without the pillow)
pros:
-less hours needed to feel rested
-overall much more comfortable
-breathing is better

cons:
-sometimes neck pain in the morning but very rarely in my case
-changing the head position throughout the sleep can be annoying
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Back sleeping
pros:
-eye bags seem to be smaller
-no neck pain

cons:
-very often choking, feeling powerless and struggling(especially when I have a very late dinner so yeah this one is more because of that hehe but I do it rarely)
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Side sleeping
pros:
-most comfortable for hips

cons:
-I almost NEVER managed to sleep on the side yet to wake up with a normal blood circulation…MY ARMS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS PARALYZED!
Is it just me? Do I simply have a bad circulation?(I wouldn’t say so I’m pretty physically active), is it because I’m slim and defined so there’s nothing to stand between my veins and the ribs that constantly lay on them ?
Is it because I have a very low heart beats per minute?(44)
What’s the deal!? seriously!?
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That was my story and I intend to continue sleeping on my back, but I will definitely keep researching on this topic.

-Milos

By: Donnie

Donnie — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:10:45 +0000

Ive slept on my stomach for years and havnt had any Problems I can think of. I have a temperpedic bed and a temperpedic pillow. I only use one pillow and it sinks In nicely. I wake up on my back every morning. Is this ok?

By: Olivia Davis

Olivia Davis — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:39:55 +0000

I have insomnia this us the only way I can get a decent nights sleep!

By: alphonso

alphonso — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:35:10 +0000

an opinion… My family has been sleeping on their stomachs for ages and not once have I ever heard them complain about any neck problems. How can a skeletal problem occur when someone is using natural extension of their neck? The only time I’ve ever had a neck problem is from over extension of the shoulder-to-head while sleeping. And it wad purely a muscal twinge

By: BZ

BZ — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:28:20 +0000

I don’t like sleeping on my side or especially my back because I don’t get as deep of a sleep. Not only that, but one time sleeping on my side caused me to experience an episode of sleep paralysis which was the scariest thing I’ve ever experienced (and I’ve deployed to Iraq). I love night mares, but I’d take a 1,000 nightmares over a single episode of sleep paralysis. When I looked into it, I found that sleep paralysis is far more common when you sleep on your back or sides.

With the way our bodies are all babied these days, it’s a wonder to me as to how people in the 17 and 1800s didn’t live fully painful lives. They mattresses they had (for those fortunate enough to have one) were garbage, the work they did was generally more “back breaking,” and there is no way they were more hygenic. You’d think they all should have been diseased cripples with the way everyone acts these days.

By: Dr. Adam Tanase

Dr. Adam Tanase — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:00:06 +0000

I don’t think it’s helping the problem, that’s for sure. Even though it’s a comfortable position to sleep in, it could very well be contributing to the discomfort you feel throughout the day.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:51:17 +0000

Im in my mid 20s and I’ve had chronic sub scapular, trap, and neck muscle spasms. Its normally very painful and a major nuisance. I constantly have to pop my neck and back to releive some of the pressure but it doesnt always help. I wrestled for 11 years but i stopped working out for a few years. Anytime i try to get back in the gym it just makes things worse. I sleep on my stomach with my head turned to the side and my arm under my head and pillow. This is the only way I can seem to get comfortable and get a good nights sleep. Do you think sleeping like that can cause all of these problems or do you think it’s a combination of things?