Preventing back pain: tips for the right pillow

Created: 06/22/2022, 16:51

Avoid back pain by sleeping on the right pillow.

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Do you suffer from back problems or back pain?

This can mainly be due to the wrong sleeping position and the wrong pillow.

Third of Life's ergonomic pillow helps you prevent back pain.

In this article you will learn:

1. Why is sleep so important for a healthy spine and the prevention of back problems?

2. What is the healthiest sleeping position for your back?

3. Which exercises help me with back problems?

4. Which is the right pillow for me so that I don't get back pain?

Numerous people complain every day about

and are faced with the question: Why do I have back problems?

In most cases, the reason for this is

.

On the one hand during the day, for example when sitting on the office chair for hours, but also the lying position that we adopt when sleeping has an effect on our back health.

But

for me?

So that you can still fall asleep and wake up in your favorite position, you should

.

has with

created a pillow that prevents back problems and back pain.

Side sleeper pillow ACAMAR from Third of Life - Click here for the shop

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Why is sleep so important for a healthy spine and to prevent back problems?

During the day, your spine is mostly busy carrying your head and body around.

It is all the more important for your

that it can

at night while you sleep .

For this, your

must swell in the natural position of the spine and be able to soak up nutrients.

The spine must neither be squeezed nor overstretched - which is why the ideal pillow is important to prevent back pain.

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What is the healthiest sleeping position for your back?

What is the right sleeping position for me?

Every

has its advantages and disadvantages.

Since you usually cannot influence the position in which you actually fall asleep and also move during your sleep, it is all the more important to have the right pillow.

So that you can prevent back pain and still be able to rest and recover in your favorite position.

• Side position

  : Your vertebral joints are optimally relieved, but the anterior trunk muscles can recede and lead to back problems or back pain - do not only place an ergonomic side sleeper pillow under your head, but also a pillow between your knees to ensure a straight posture of your pelvis and your to generate back

• Supine position

  : Experts recommend it because it allows the spine to adopt a natural S-position.

  However, you should put a pillow under your knees to relieve the lumbar spine and prevent back problems with the right pillow

• You

  should avoid lying on your stomach if possible, as this can lead to extreme back pain - especially if you don't have the right pillow.

  This sleeping position prevents a natural posture of the spine and your neck is hyperextended

Side sleeper pillow ACAMAR from Third of Life - Click here for the shop

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Which exercises help me with back problems?

• put your feet up

  –

  preferably on a chair at a 90 degree angle with your tailbone flat on the floor.

  This exercise relieves lower back pain.

• Cat and Cow

  : Stand on all fours and slowly roll your back up (Cat), breathe out deeply and on the next inhale raise your head and arch your back (Cow), slowly repeat this exercise about 8 times – this exercise mobilizes your back.

• Curl

  Up : Lie flat on your back and bend your knees, grasp your legs below the knee and pull them towards you - this exercise stretches your back muscles.

Which is the right pillow for me so that I don't get back pain?

You can easily determine for yourself whether a pillow suits you or not: Is it comfortable?

Am I comfortable with that?

And will I not have any back problems the next day?

Then the pillow is usually also suitable.

However, what you should definitely pay attention to is that

.

80 centimeters by 80 centimeters is too big, as only your head should be on the pillow.

Pillow for back pain from Third of Life: ACAMAR

Test winner: the ACAMAR side sleeper pillow from Third of Life.

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is especially ideal for people who like to sleep on their side

.

Because the corners of the

sleeper pillow can be wrapped with your arms and you still have enough space to breathe through the cut-outs on the side.

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Advantages: ergonomic side sleeper pillow ACAMAR

✔️IGR award-winning ergonomic pillow made of visco foam measuring 55 x 47 x 12 centimeters

✔️Relieves the spine and prevents back pain and back problems

✔️Test winner: Grade 1.4 (very good) at

e

✔️Easy to transport thanks to the roll-up function

✔️thermo-regulating pillowcase for a comfortable sleeping temperature: available in 2 colors (white and anthracite)

✔️Cushion cover is tested for harmful substances according to Öko-Tex Standard 100

Side sleeper pillow ACAMAR from Third of Life - Click here for the shop

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About Third of Life

Third of Life

is a provider that specializes

- from pillows, duvets, mattress protectors to pajamas.

The company works with sleep researchers and together they use studies to develop functional bed accessories.

This creates special side sleeper pillows, bed linen for allergy sufferers and asthmatics, special 4-season duvets and much more that improves the third of our lives that we spend in bed.