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\u003Cp\u003ESubmitted by \u003Cspan\u003EmarieA\u003C\/span\u003E on Thu, 05\/16\/2019 - 13:06\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n            \n      \u003Ca href=\u0022\/comment\/37951#comment-37951\u0022 hreflang=\u0022und\u0022\u003EPermalink\u003C\/a\u003E\n    \u003C\/footer\u003E\n  \n  \u003Cdiv\u003E\n          \n      \u003Ch3 class=\u0022comment-title\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022\/comment\/37951#comment-37951\u0022 class=\u0022permalink\u0022 rel=\u0022bookmark\u0022 hreflang=\u0022und\u0022\u003EI have found that placing\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n      \n        \n            \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI have found that placing another pillow at a longwise angle under my lower ribcage\u0026nbsp;helps keep my spine from bowing between head and hips, and gives my shoulder room underneath me so that I don\u0027t place my body weight fully upon it.\u0026nbsp; This works whether\u0026nbsp;I\u0027m lying on my side\u0026nbsp;or partial side front.\u0026nbsp; It helps my whole spine\u0026nbsp;align and it\u0027s then fairly easy to put the right amount of lift under my head to keep my neck aligned with the rest of my spine.\u0026nbsp; Works for me, although may not work for everyone.\u0026nbsp; I end up using more pillows, sometimes as many as four or five, (one also between my knees and feet), but I also don\u0027t feel a sore back\u0026nbsp;upon waking.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003Cul class=\u0022links inline\u0022\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/login?destination=\/blog\/improving_your_neck_placement_a_new_technique%23comment-form\u0022\u003ELog in\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/register?destination=\/blog\/improving_your_neck_placement_a_new_technique%23comment-form\u0022\u003Eregister\u003C\/a\u003E to post comments\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n\n\u003Carticle data-comment-user-id=\u002239929\u0022 id=\u0022comment-37952\u0022 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\n      \u003Ch3 class=\u0022comment-title\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022\/comment\/37952#comment-37952\u0022 class=\u0022permalink\u0022 rel=\u0022bookmark\u0022 hreflang=\u0022und\u0022\u003EI\u0026#039;ll just start by saying\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n      \n        \n            \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI\u0027ll just start by saying that I am a huge believer in the Gokhale method, and it has helped me tremendously. That said, I have owned a mattress store for 15 years, and I\u0027ve spent tens of thousands of hours watching people on mattresses and correlating their pain with non-neutral sleeping positions. All of our customers are put on various pillows while they are selecting a mattress. In my experience, what you are recommending is what I term \u0022a bad sleep habit\u0022. The job of the pillow is to pick up the 10-pound head\u0026nbsp;and to keep that ten pounds from pushing the shoulder further into the mattress in a side sleeping position. Failure to pick up the head properly often results in a pressure point developing on the shoulder down in the mattress. I don\u0027t recommend any pillow which requires a body part (hand\/arm) to be placed underneath the pillow\u0026nbsp;to achieve a height that will actually support the head. There are several things that happen when a sleeper involves\u0026nbsp;the arm or the hand in lifting the\u0026nbsp;head by inserting it underneath the pillow. Firstly, the pressure of the\u0026nbsp;10-pound head on a hand\/arm will create a circulation \u0022pinch point\u0022, resulting in less robust circulation bodywide. Particularly as people age, muscle tone and connective tissue are\u0026nbsp;not as robust as when young, so the nerves and vascular system are not as well-protected as they once were in locations like hips and shoulders ~ there is simply more pressure being exerted on nerves and vascular tissues.\u0026nbsp;It becomes\u0026nbsp;much easier to develop patches of tissue that are\u0026nbsp;not well-oxygenated, causing ischemia as well as reducing the rate of circulation bodywide.\u0026nbsp;Secondly, folding the arm under the head puts the shoulder joint in a torqued position (particularly in certain men who have a lot of upper body muscle), and often the elbow and wrist joints as well. As people age, it\u0027s important that these joints remain in as neutral a position as possible so that joint damage is not being caused or hastened by holding the joint in a torqued position for long periods of time. I have had hundreds of people call me or stop me on the street to thank me for the time I took with them to notice how they were lying on the mattresses, and for helping them solve their pain issues being caused by improper support of the head combined with\u0026nbsp;joints held in non-neutral positions.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003Cul class=\u0022links inline\u0022\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/login?destination=\/blog\/improving_your_neck_placement_a_new_technique%23comment-form\u0022\u003ELog in\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/register?destination=\/blog\/improving_your_neck_placement_a_new_technique%23comment-form\u0022\u003Eregister\u003C\/a\u003E to post comments\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022indented\u0022\u003E\n\u003Carticle data-comment-user-id=\u00227\u0022 id=\u0022comment-37955\u0022 class=\u0022js-ajax-comments-id-37955 js-comment\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cmark class=\u0022hidden\u0022 data-comment-timestamp=\u00221558041926\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n\n      \u003Cfooter\u003E\n      \u003Carticle\u003E\n  \n            \u003Cdiv\u003E  \u003Ca href=\u0022\/users\/esthergokhalemethodcom\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/teacher_biography\/Esther%20Gokhale%20Headshot%20600x600.png?itok=K6i4rTUJ\u0022 width=\u0022100\u0022 height=\u0022100\u0022 alt=\u0022Profile picture for user esther@gokhalemethod.com\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003C\/article\u003E\n\n      \u003Cp\u003ESubmitted by \u003Cspan\u003EEstherG\u003C\/span\u003E on Thu, 05\/16\/2019 - 14:25\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n            \n      \u003Ca href=\u0022\/comment\/37955#comment-37955\u0022 hreflang=\u0022und\u0022\u003EPermalink\u003C\/a\u003E\n    \u003C\/footer\u003E\n  \n  \u003Cdiv\u003E\n          \n      \u003Ch3 class=\u0022comment-title\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022\/comment\/37955#comment-37955\u0022 class=\u0022permalink\u0022 rel=\u0022bookmark\u0022 hreflang=\u0022und\u0022\u003EYou make good points - this\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n      \n        \n            \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYou make good points - this technique does not generalize for everyone. That said, it\u0027s used successfully by people in many parts of the world, and works well for for some people in our culture (I\u0027m one of them) - so use only if it makes sense and feels good.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003Cul class=\u0022links inline\u0022\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/login?destination=\/blog\/improving_your_neck_placement_a_new_technique%23comment-form\u0022\u003ELog in\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/register?destination=\/blog\/improving_your_neck_placement_a_new_technique%23comment-form\u0022\u003Eregister\u003C\/a\u003E to post comments\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n\n\u003Carticle data-comment-user-id=\u0022139938\u0022 id=\u0022comment-41099\u0022 class=\u0022js-ajax-comments-id-41099 js-comment\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cmark class=\u0022hidden\u0022 data-comment-timestamp=\u00221606866309\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n\n      \u003Cfooter\u003E\n      \u003Carticle\u003E\n  \n            \u003Cdiv\u003E  \u003Ca href=\u0022\/users\/bjornverburghgmailcom\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/default_images\/default_profile_photo.png?itok=W3ym34Dl\u0022 width=\u0022100\u0022 height=\u0022100\u0022 alt=\u0022Profile picture for user bjorn.verburgh@gmail.com\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003C\/article\u003E\n\n      \u003Cp\u003ESubmitted by \u003Cspan\u003EBj\u00f6rnV\u003C\/span\u003E on Tue, 12\/01\/2020 - 15:45\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n            \n      \u003Ca href=\u0022\/comment\/41099#comment-41099\u0022 hreflang=\u0022und\u0022\u003EPermalink\u003C\/a\u003E\n    \u003C\/footer\u003E\n  \n  \u003Cdiv\u003E\n          \n      \u003Ch3 class=\u0022comment-title\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022\/comment\/41099#comment-41099\u0022 class=\u0022permalink\u0022 rel=\u0022bookmark\u0022 hreflang=\u0022und\u0022\u003ECould you help me out with\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n      \n        \n            \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECould you help me out with arm positioning when side sleeping ?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI struggle a lot with that.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003Cul class=\u0022links inline\u0022\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/login?destination=\/blog\/improving_your_neck_placement_a_new_technique%23comment-form\u0022\u003ELog in\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/register?destination=\/blog\/improving_your_neck_placement_a_new_technique%23comment-form\u0022\u003Eregister\u003C\/a\u003E to post comments\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Carticle data-comment-user-id=\u0022127962\u0022 id=\u0022comment-37953\u0022 class=\u0022js-ajax-comments-id-37953 js-comment\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cmark class=\u0022hidden\u0022 data-comment-timestamp=\u00221558040583\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n\n      \u003Cfooter\u003E\n      \u003Carticle\u003E\n  \n            \u003Cdiv\u003E  \u003Ca href=\u0022\/users\/rogerbanksesqicloudcom\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/default_images\/default_profile_photo.png?itok=W3ym34Dl\u0022 width=\u0022100\u0022 height=\u0022100\u0022 alt=\u0022Profile picture for user rogerbanksesq@icloud.com\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003C\/article\u003E\n\n      \u003Cp\u003ESubmitted by \u003Cspan\u003ERogerB\u003C\/span\u003E on Thu, 05\/16\/2019 - 14:03\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n            \n      \u003Ca href=\u0022\/comment\/37953#comment-37953\u0022 hreflang=\u0022und\u0022\u003EPermalink\u003C\/a\u003E\n    \u003C\/footer\u003E\n  \n  \u003Cdiv\u003E\n          \n      \u003Ch3 class=\u0022comment-title\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022\/comment\/37953#comment-37953\u0022 class=\u0022permalink\u0022 rel=\u0022bookmark\u0022 hreflang=\u0022und\u0022\u003EThis may already be included\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n      \n        \n            \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis may already be included in what you\u0027re doing here. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELying on\u0026nbsp;side with arm under pillow, I\u0027ve found\u0026nbsp;the base of the skull (the\u0026nbsp;slightly protruding\u0026nbsp;bone under the ear, where head meets neck) can be \u0022hitched\u0022 to the pilllow much in the way you teach hooking the back to the chair in stretch-sitting. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo, I extend the neck as far as I can, keeping shoulders in place, and hook the skull bone to the pillow. \u0026nbsp; It stays put!! \u0026nbsp;The stretch feels better than the somewhat scary\u0026nbsp;traction device a physical therapist once strapped my\u0026nbsp;my head and cranked with a\u0026nbsp;winch (click clck click click! -- hoping not to\u0026nbsp;hear the dreaded \u0026nbsp;\u0022pop!\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;) \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThank you for all your brilliant\u0026nbsp;insights and advice \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERoger B.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003Cul class=\u0022links inline\u0022\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/login?destination=\/blog\/improving_your_neck_placement_a_new_technique%23comment-form\u0022\u003ELog in\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/register?destination=\/blog\/improving_your_neck_placement_a_new_technique%23comment-form\u0022\u003Eregister\u003C\/a\u003E to post comments\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n","settings":null}]