- Are you experiencing pain while you sleep
or when you get up out of bed in the morning?
And boy, things are uncomfortable.
We may have just the solution for you.
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If you're a stomach sleeper
and if you know Bob and Brad,
we do not really promote stomach sleeping,
but if you need to stomach sleep,
because that's the way you do it
we're gonna show you how you can do it and prevent pain.
First of all, Bob's here lying on his stomach
and the first thing is low back is arch too much.
So right in here it can arch
and if you've got back pain in the middle of the night
or when you wake up
that very well could be the problem.
The next potential problem
is with your neck being turned all the way in one direction.
We call that end range and lying like that
for extended period of time easily can cause problems here,
headaches down into the shoulders, even into the arm.
The next one is when the neck,
it may be rotated not all the way,
but the head or neck is extended
and you get this ski jump here, whoa,
but that puts stress
particularly on the low and upper neck.
Problem potential area, huh?
And the last thing that can cause problems is arms overhead.
In this position, some people go like this,
that can cause problems on that brachial plexus
the nerve bundle there as well.
As well as the joints in the shoulders, et cetera.
We're gonna show you options so you can avoid this
while still sleeping on your stomach or prone.
Okay, solutions for the first one, low back pain.
Very simple, put a pillow underneath your stomach
or your hip, adjust it as needed
and you will feel that stress
come off your back very quickly.
Bob just mentioned how much better it feels.
One easy option to eliminate the neck problems
is bring your pillow up underneath,
like Bob has it tucked a little bit under his chest
and that will bring the head down
and it doesn't rotate so much
and adjust it so you feel comfortable there,
relieving that stress on the neck.
I feel like a shepherd.
And the last is not a complicated one or surprise,
it's just bring your arms down
so that those shoulders are down here.
The big thing is that your arms are below the 90-degree
and the shoulder that would be here, up here,
all good down here, relaxed.
There you go.
How you feeling Bob? - Good.
- You ready to take a good night's sleep?
Yeah, his mic is off, so, but he said, "Yeah."
Yep, thumbs up.
The second position is sideline, sleeping on your side.
We're gonna go through the problem areas.
The first one is the head is actually tilted down
out of alignment, put stress on the neck, et cetera.
Let's go to the second part problem.
Another problem area is the point to the shoulder,
the joint gets squished up in there,
cause problems by morning.
The next problem area is the spine can sag right here
at the waistline as you can see there.
We need to get that neutralized.
And last problem we have is the knee
coming over the front of this knee,
putting stress on the hip.
So no good.
Solutions to these problems.
Quite simple.
First of all, put a second pillow in there
to get the head in line with the rest of the spine.
There you go.
Okay, we're gonna get two problems
with one pillow this time,
both the shoulder and the spine.
Take a throw pillow, put it underneath.
A canal right here for your shoulder
so you're not pinching your shoulder into the mattress.
And it will help align that spine,
so it's straight across just like so.
A very nice option.
And in regards to the legs and hip
another pillow is needed.
Between the knees, get it here, very comfortable.
Most people are very happy to put that one there.
So you will need three pillows for this.
So go to the living room, go to your kids' room,
find some pillows.
Kids, you know they don't need pillows anyways.
Just kidding.
Yeah, I might have to find 'em.
Anyways, Bob, you ready to take a nap?
- Yep. - He's ready.
Sleep well important, rest is very good.
Yeah, I blew that one Bob.
My outro just went out the door.
(Brad chuckles)
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