What is the best posture to sleep in?

Question

I mean laying flat facing up on the bed or sitting to something else.

Answer 1

Howdy,

According to the BBC, different sleeping positions have different benefits.

Sleeping on your stomach is apparently good for digestion. Lying on your back may lead to increased snoring and restlessness. (This is coming from a British researcher who examined the sleeping patterns of 1000 people.)

The site goes on to explain that sleeping in the curled up fetal position is the most common posture (about 41% of those surveyed sleep in that position). Furthermore, people tend to stick with one position night after night. "Just 5% said they sleep in a different position every night."

Mike

Answer 2

In our sleep, we change many postures. We turn left or right, we roll, extend our arms or legs or retract them some time. But our body attains the most comfortable and natural posture for sound sleep in the last hour of sleep. When you wake up, do not move and take a very careful note of the posture of your entire body.Once noted the posture, make it the starting point to start sleeping.You will be asleep without delay.

Answer 3

There is no one particular position that is best when sleeping. It is my understanding, that while sleeping, different positions are necessary to be comfortable. One has to remember that despite being unconscious, the body cannot stay in one position all night; otherwise, you develop sores in the body making, then, an uncomfortable night indeed. It's also important to note that breathing has a lot to do to be comfortable. It's my experience that breathing by the gut rather than the chest relaxes a person making it easier to fall asleep.

Answer 4

Typically, flat on the back is the best posture -- but, modifying that may be needed . . . if you have lower back problems or swelling of your feet and legs, you may want to get a wedge pillow to put under your knees to reduce the hip angle -- and modify the positioning of the lower back and legs . . . .

Answer 5

The best posture(s) to sleep in would be those that can make your muscles,bones , and nerves to relax.Your body has approximately 700 muscles, most need to relax during sleep. Certain muscles such as calf muscles act as blood pump and assist circulation during sleep, but most muscles associated with the spine should relax when sleeping.

The best for the spine to relieve the most stress off your back is sleeping on your side with knees bent toward your chest (fetal position) and a pillow tucked between your legs. If sleeping on your back is preferred, put a pillow under your knees to maintain the normal curve of your lower back.If sleeping is troublesome that you opt to sleep on your abdomen,place a pillow under your pelvis and lower abdomen to reduce the strain on your back.

Sleeping on fetal position also allows the organs to spread themselves out, so there is less intra-abdominal pressure against the diaphragm. So to say,for health benefits, the fetal position is found to be the best.

Realistically speaking though, it is very rare for someone to sleep comfortably in one fixed position throughout.(Can you?) Sleeping position is usually changed into different ones. Though fetal position is found to be the best so far, shifting into different positions brings comfort as well as it relieves some pressures on certain muscles. Have you experienced having some stiffness on some of your body parts after a long sleep on a fixed position? Perhaps, avoiding some stiffness on any body part is one of the reasons of shifting positions during sleep.

Very interestingly,I have seen few persons with unusual sleeping positions which they described as best for them. I had a friend before who attains best sleep by sleeping with with her buttocks up (can you figure out). I had also seen a close relative who sleeps best on his back with knees flexed upright and legs crossed over. Strange positions which physiologically are not healthy but they found them the best comforting to have a good sleep.

We can say therefore, that best sleeping position is mostly what you had been used to (habitual we can say), but for healthy reasons, sleeping positions must be gradually changed into those that are beneficial to ones entire well being (if you are having unhealthy sleep position).

Most importantly,choosing the right mattress and pillow are very important as well alongside with trying the best posture in achieving a good night’s rest. A good pillow will support the skull and neck. A good mattress will help the body to be in a healthy and most comforting positions.

I wish you a good night sleep always (ZzZzZzZz..........)

Answer 6

Different people have different 'favorite' postures. I sleep on my back, but I know other people who sleep in other positions, such as laying on their side.

Answer 7

Lying flat on your back with your arms to the sides. This allows all of your organs freedom and your blood to flow more freely.

Answer 8

The right side helps my breathing. I realize it allows my body tto get he most use of oxygen during sleep.

Answer 9

I always asleep on my side. I alternate right and left side.

Answer 10

on your back, keeps your spine straight