Hey everybody, it's Doctor Jo, and its product review time. The folks at Miracle
Back sent me their miracle back pillow, and Dr. Friedman, who developed it, sent me
some pictures of Macie and Cass, which you know we always love the dogs around here.
Let's get started.
What's very cool and unique about this back pillow, is you lie
on your stomach with it. I haven't seen any kind of low back preventing pain
pillows that you lie on your stomach. So it's really really cool because this
broad piece up top goes just below your chest and then the point down here kind
of goes over your pubic area. And so your stomach goes in the space here and
actually takes the pressure off of that area. Especially when you're lying on
your stomach,
if you've got a little extra belly, maybe slightly overweight, or if you're
pregnant, or something like that, if you lie on it puts that spine in a really
awkward position. And this pillow really helps put you in a neutral position,
which is very very cool because I myself really like to sleep on my stomach, but I
don't do it often because I have some neck issues and end up having my neck in
a really weird position. But this helps with the neck as well as the low back
because you can get your whole spine in neutral position which is super
comfortable. So it's really really cool
it also has a zipper here where you can open it up, take it out, clean this
separately if you need to and that's really nice as well. The cool thing again
about lying on your stomach with this particular miracle back pillow, is it
makes so you can do some traction of your back. So it opens up those spaces. So
if you have something like a pinched nerve, disc issues, something like that,
getting that spine in that neutral position this way versus in that
extended position or even in that flex position for a long period of time, it
makes it so is taking pressure off of the nerves and the disk that might be
pushing on the nerves to cause that pain. So getting into that position and
just even taking three nice deep breaths, it helps relax those muscles back there
and then get that neutral
position. So it's really cool again it's unique, it's something that I haven't
seen before, and I was really excited to get to try it out. So i'm gonna show you
how it looks lying down.
So once you lie it down, again make sure the broad piece is up top where your
chest area is going to be, and the apex is going to be at the bottom. Just lying
down on it getting your breast area slightly above a slot there. So coming
down, getting that comfortable position. And again, you take the first three deep
breaths to get everything nice and relaxed, but they recommend lying on
about 15 to 20 minutes at a time. So just lying here,
deep breath in, do three those, and even after that first one I actually felt
just a little pop in my back that my spine was adjusting itself which is really
nice. And just laying here and relaxing if you want to. What I also like about
this is you can use it as a tool for therapy exercises as well because now
that my spine is an alignment, my hips are in alignment, if i wanted to do just
a few exercises like a leg lift,
I could do something like that. Just do maybe ten on one side, 10 on the other
side. And the thing is since you're in that nice neutral position you should
really have a whole bunch of pain when you're doing that if maybe you have pain
doing it otherwise.
So again just kinda nice and relaxed laying there. And what I really like for
me with my neck issues, a lot of times if your stomach lier you know you have to
turn your head one way or the other, but this puts you up just a little bit so
then if you have a pillow here, you can just place it on your forehead, and then
you have this room to keep again your neck in that neutral position. Then
you're not stretched stretching out and straining those neck muscles. So overall
that works very nicely as well. So there you have it. If you have any questions leave
them in the comment section. If you'd like to find out more about it go to
miracleback.com If you're interested in purchasing the pillow go to our website
AskDoctorJo.com/miracleback
And remember, be safe (get that spine in a neutral position), have fun (sleeping
very well), and I hope you feel better soon.