- Hi folks, I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist.
- Brad Heineck, physical therapist.
(air whooshing)
- So Brad and I are gonna show how to sleep with back pain.
But it depends on the type of back pain you have.
- And we'll show you how to determine it.
And it's gonna work out well,
and get a good night's sleep. Hold on.
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- All right. If you have Spondy, you say it Brad.
- Spondylitis diseases, that's a big word.
- Which he does have.
Spinal stenosis or some types of arthritis.
- Sure.
- This is the way you're gonna wanna sleep.
- Right.
(air whooshing)
- Oh, sorry.
(Bob and Brad laughs)
All right. The first one is if you're a back sleeper, Brad.
And we're gonna use a wedge.
Which you can purchase fairly cheaply.
- Yup.
- But they're well, well worth it.
They're very comfortable.
You like the feel of them Brad, right?
- Oh absolutely.
- You often put a cold pack, right?
- Yeah. I mean, some people may feel better
with a hot pack, under your low back with this wedged up.
It flexes the spine slightly
which is comfortable for stenosis,
spondylitis disease, those things.
And that's why we have it.
You could put pillows here if you don't have those.
- [Bob] Right.
- And actually I use this one if I use it in bed,
but if I'm on the couch and I'm gonna lay down
I'd use pillows just cause it's more convenient
and it works well.
It's not quite as good as it, but on the couch it's fine.
- And then when you get tired of them--
- Why don't you move that Bob-a-Blake so they can see it.
- [Bob] You just kick out.
- There we go.
- [Bob] Kick it away, right?
- Yup.
Cause typically after a couple hours I'll wake
up and then it's like, I need to move around.
It's in the way my back feels good.
And then I can shift.
- Well, Let's see you move onto your side, Brad.
- Yup
- When you're on your side,
you might wanna have your back a slight rounded.
- Yeah.
- Slightly rounded.
- A little kind of like the fetal position.
- Right.
- A little bit. Um-hmm.
- And then definitely put a pillow between your legs.
- Yeah.
- That'll help stop the back from twisting.
- Yup.
- [Bob] And it'll put you in a good position.
- Yeah. And it just feels good.
It makes you feel like you're floating on a cloud.
- [Bob] All right. We'll show you the next one.
- All right.
(air whooshing)
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- Sure.
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- Yup.
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- [Brad] Right.
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- Right.
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(Brad laughs)
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(air whooshing)
- All right.
The next one Brad is for if you have a disc problem,
like sciatica.
- Yup.
- Herniated or bulging disc.
- Yes.
- Or if you have regular mechanical back pain.
- Right. And when you say mechanical...
- You're a mechanic.
- Yeah.
(Brad laughs)
That's just a therapist way of defining, but typically--
- Right. It hurts when you bend forward.
- Yeah. Hurts with motion.
- Right.
- Okay. One thing we have found to be very helpful Brad,
If you sleep on your back or side.
- Yes.
- It's actually to use a roll sheet
and tie it around your waist.
- So we've got it taped on each end to keep it in place.
You put it around your waist a couple of times.
- This is gonna fill in the gap.
- Yup. And that helps support that lumbar spine,
whether you're on your back.
- On your side.
- Here show them.
- Yup.
- So I feel that support and that natural curve,
and that's where we want that support.
And when you roll to your side, it's still there
and it helps no matter which side you roll on.
So it's very convenient to help you throughout
the evening without being disturbed in the--
- If you find it helpful.
- Yes.
- You might wanna purchase one.
- Yeah. This is the McKenzie sleep roll.
- Sleep roll.
- Yup. And you can see it's got these tails.
And the reason that is you have to know the size
of your waist side to get the right size cushion
and then you'd simply tie in that.
- So it does the same thing. Feels like it.
- Yup. Exactly. Little more comfortable than the machine.
- I'll agree.
(air whooshing)
All right. If you have a disc prompt bed,
it actually might feel good
to be on your abdomen or stomach.
And we just used a pillow underneath you.
- All right. So you may put it this way.
You may put it this way to adjust it as needed.
Cause you wanna get it to the point
where it feels very comfortable.
Little to no pain, obviously while you're sleeping.
The only thing about prone sleeping is your head position.
- It's bad on your neck. Right.
- Yeah. So you're gonna wanna rotate your head.
- And bad on your shoulders too.
(Bob giggles)
- Yeah. But I guess if it's helping your back
and you need to get through a certain period of time.
That is an option.
- Gotta make this sacrifice.
- And I do wanna mention Bob, if you do not know
whether you are spondy, mechanical back pain or sciatic,
you can try any one of these you mentioned in whichever one.
- I agreed.
- Just get yourself comfortable.
So the pain is less down the leg or gone
and you're gonna be okay.
- And remember, Brad.
- Yes.
- We can fix about anything.
- Except more.
- A broken heart.
- There you go.
But we will continue to work on this as we have
for the last decade.
- I think you have been working on, you have been?
- Yeah. I thought about it last night for about two seconds.
(Bob chuckles)
You know, a little bit here, a little bit there, but.
- Right.
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