How can I improve my posture while I am sleeping?
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Try and sleep on your back. Putting pillows beside you will help you stay in that position. Also sleep on a neck roll or a pillow with neck support. It's hard to try and sleep in a different position so mabe try a heat pad underneath you the first few times to help you get comfortable on your back. Good Luck Snoozin!!
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Try adjusting your seat height.  Sometimes just an inch difference can ease tension/strain on your arm and hand.  \n\nSet an alarm in your computer or other device at regular times, perhaps once an hour or every half hour, to do small stretching exercises for your hand and arm.  \n\n--Hold your right arm straight out, palm up.  Keeping the right arm straight, use your left hand to slowly bend back the fingers of your right hand.  Do the other side.\n\n--Make fists and rotate your hands in both directions.  \n\n--Shake your hands out.  \n\n--Pull your right arm across your body with you left arm.  Do the other side.\n\n--Get up and bend over and just hang, letting your shoulders relax.
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Don't slouch.  Be conscience of standing tall and keeping your spine straight.
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Go on line for Yogan exercises.  One is to sit up straight in your chair and raise your legs to hip level.  Another is to put your hands together and place over your head toward your back.  Try to remember good posture at your desk.  Do exercises 4-5 times.
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Lower back muscles could hurt due to bad posture. Check if you are sitting for too long in an awkward posture or if you slouch on the couch to watch TV. It can also be due to the shift in centre of gravity of the body due to a forward tilt known as lordosis. (this may happen if you are overweight.) But definitely bigger breasts dont lead to back pain though they might contribute just about 5% to the change in centre of gravity.\n\nDoing simple back muscle exercises in the morning and evening should help settle your back-ache.You could search the web for 'low back exercises' Here are a few:\n\nA. Lie flat on your back. Hug your knees to your chest and at the same time, bring your chin to your chest. Repeat twice, holding for 15 seconds each.\n\n\nB. Begin on your hands and knees. Simultaneously raise and straighten your right arm and left leg until they are parallel to the ground. Hold for 2 seconds and come back slowly to a starting position. Repeat with left arm and right leg, alternating 10 times.\n\n\nC. Lie facedown, arms extended overhead, palms on floor. Simultaneously raise your right arm and left leg as high as comfortably possible. Hold for 10 seconds and slowly return to start. Repeat with left arm and right leg, alternating 10 times. Gradually build up to 20 times.\n\n\nD. Lie facedown, arms at your side and place heels under couch. Slowly raise chest off the floor as high as you comfortably can. Hold for 2 seconds and return to start. Gradually increase to 20 times.\n\n\nSource: http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1998/298_exer.html
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Try a neck pillow while sleeping and go to a message therapist, you will be surprised on how much better you'll feel.  I can give you a neck massage.   Where do you live?
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Do something that allows your body to rest...
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The easiest first step would be to see a chiropractor.  An adjustment can increase your range of motion, both for your neck and arms.
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I have been having sharp pains in my left hip/shoulder and ribs for the past couple years or so that have been progressively getting worse. i made an effort  the last few weeks not to sleep on that side by moveing to the couch. the narrowness helps keep me from turning over in my sleep. just doing this has lessened the pain considerably.
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If u are a healthy person without any past medical history ,,,and not a pregnant one in ur last months the best and healty position is sleeping supine
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Yoga helped me tremendously with my posture!
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I agree with Lid devil. Relaxation helps a lot. Try not to think about sleep. If the mind or body is active, sleep will not occur. The body has to be totally still and the mind has to slow down. If you keep moving around in your bed a lot or keep thinking or worrying a lot (even worrying about falling asleep is worrying), then sleep will be delayed.\n\nTry to incorporate deep breathing exercises from yoga or taichi. Also you can try self-hypnosis tapes, they are really effective. Both the dead posture in yoga and self-hypnosis incorporate progressive relaxation. Get a self-hypnosis tape as they guide you into relaxation effectively.\n\nTry the dead posture ....Lie down on your back with you hands to the side. Take three slow, deep and long breaths. The breathing should be deep and you should feel your abdomen expanding and contracting with each inhalation and exhalation. Then conciously relax each muscle in your body from head to toe.  Then again focus on deep breathing. Most people fall asleep even before they can finish their relaxation. If you have thoughts like "I am not going to fall asleep", just ignore them and go back to relaxation. It is important to change the mind's attitude and say to yourself "Even If I don't fall asleep, thats ok as long as I am totally relaxed". Then sleep will come automatically, even if you don't want it. However any effort to fall asleep will only delay it.\n\nIf you have made it a habit to sleep at 2.30 a.m., it might take a couple of days to break it. But the body can be trained very easily. Try going to bed at 10.30 tonite and try the relaxation exercise. It might be a little difficult falling asleep for the first couple of days. But soon you will fall asleep pretty quick as soon as you hit the bed.   Having a heavy dinner or wathing too much TV just before going to bed is not very healthy. Also avoid sleeping pills as they make your body dependent on them for sleep. The lesser the activities before going to bed, the deeper and more relaxed the sleep.
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proper posture while on the computer, along with ergonomically correct equipment, and stretching every 10 or so minutes. assuming the pain has already occured, try resting (sometimes thats enough to lessen it), massage, or a hot compress.
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Start by sleeping on your back with a small towel rolled up and placed under your neck instead of using a pillow.  This is difficult if you are not used to sleeping on your back, but it really helped me.  For daytime, you'll just have to train yourself to stop.  This is not a complete solution however.  If the problem persists, get your dentist to evaluate you or recommend you to an orthodontist that specializes in this type of problem.
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I recommend checking your pillows.  If you are sleeping on too many then your head gets jacked up all night and can cause stress and pulling on the muscles at the back of your head giving you a tension headache.  Get a very flat pillow.  Roll up a medium sized towel and tie it so it stays rolled up.  Place the towel on your bed and place the pillow over the top of it.  Lay on it so the towel falls right in the curve of your neck.  This will allow the proper support for the curve of your neck and help prevent tension headaches.  You can experiment with the size of the towel roll to find out what size is right for your particular neck.  You will need to sleep on your back for this to work.\n\nYou can try hanging your head over the edge of your bed to facilitate a curve in your neck as well.  Do not do this if you have high blood pressure or other balance problems unless you first consult a professional.  Don't do this for more than 3 minutes.  It will help stretch out your spine.  \n\nIt could also be due to grinding your teeth in your sleep.  See a Chiropractor.  They will be able to help you determine if it is your posture while sleeping that is causing the headaches.  I can say from personal experience, I rarely get headaches anymore from sleeping (I used to get them all the time) since I get adjusted regularly now.  I have also helped many patients with the same problem.
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the best sleeping position for an aching back is on your side with a pillow between your knees and feet slightly elevated.
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Honestly, I believe SLEEP is foremost-  of course getting to sleep may be difficult.\nOnce you have slept, when you wake, (before hopping out of bed), do some very gentle stretching.  This is important for realigning I think.\nAfter that, I suggest mineral baths.....  soak for some time because it is so pleasant, and finally, my honest belief is in chiropractic care all the way.  \nHope you feel better soon.