We spend a long time in sleeping; some figures quote at least a third of our life is spent sleeping. That is a significant amount of time. We are therefore making an important decision when sorting our sleeping arrangements. Get it wrong and you can end up with some terrible back and neck pain.

As a busy chiropractor in Staines I often come across clients seeking advice for their sleeping arrangements and one of my roles at Pure Staines Chiropractic clinic is to advise you that there is no one size fits all policy.

We all come in different shapes and sizes, different weights and heights and what works for you doesn’t necessarily work for someone else.

However being a busy Staines chiropractor I am able to offer some advice to help you with your important decision. My advice to you is as follows;

• Choose a mattress that supports you – Don’t worry about hard or soft mattresses, just worry about how it supports you. When lying on your side your spine should be parallel to the mattress.
• Make sure your pillow is the right height – Simple your head should not be raised to high or too low. If you get it wrong you can end up with neck pain and back pain.
• Renew your old mattress – It is all too easy for us to stick with the same mattress for many years but this is often why we get a bad back when sleeping. Old mattresses are not what they were; they will often have springs sticking out, and will sag in the middle. Do your back a favour and look into a new one.
• Sleeping posture – We may have the best bed available and most supporting mattress possible but if our sleeping posture is wrong then we are still likely to get back pains. Try lying on your side (instead of stomach down with your head twisted to one side), avoid being in the same position for too long and stretch when you wake up.

I stress again that there isn’t really a one-size fits all approach to choosing the right mattress for you. We all come in different shapes and sizes and will all have different requirements. For a one-to-one session or for further advice please contact us at the Pure Chiropractic Staines Clinic on 01784 464649 or email us at info@purechiropractic.co.uk