29/07/2026
Waking up with a sore neck? You're probably making one of these two mistakes π
It's almost never the mattress. It's your position and your pillow.
SIDE SLEEPERS: your pillow has to fill the gap between your shoulder and your jaw. Too shallow and your neck bends toward the bed β pinching one side, overstretching the other. Too thick and it jars you the other way.
BACK SLEEPERS: you don't need a pillow. Your head should sit over your shoulders, not pushed forward. A very small pillow or none at all β none is better. Put one under your knees if you like, but that's as far as it goes.
FRONT SLEEPERS: stop. You're twisting your neck to one side for 7 hours and usually shoving a hand under your head too. It's a disaster.
You spend a third of your life in that position. Get it wrong every night and no amount of daytime stretching will fix it.
Still struggling to sleep? Come into the clinic β we'll do a free screening and check what your neck is actually doing.
π Fit & Healthy Chiropractic β Ferndown Leisure Centre, Cherry Grove, Ferndown BH22 9EZ
Serving Ferndown, Wimborne & Bournemouth | β 4.9 from 190+ Google reviews
π 01202 375 749
π fitandhealthychiropractic.com