Posted on 02/15/2018 5:17:34 PM PST by Armen Hareyan
Back pain is a common problem. According to the World Health Organization, various diseases of the musculoskeletal system affect almost 80 percent of the population. Here is how your sleeping position can change your back pain. Everyone at least once in their life has dealt with back pain.
"Computers, office work, and other joys of modern society affect human health,” says neuroscientist Matthew Walker, director of the Center for Science of Human Sleep at the University of California at Berkeley.
But there is another reason for back pain, which few people have thought of...
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Until recently when someone else said they got prilosec by prescription, I had never thought about going that route.
I’ve spent plenty on the magic pill.
A few years ago, I was buying some at a drug store where it was locked down and had to be asked for. The clerk told me that the lockdown was happening because people were opening the boxes and stealing a few pills and close the boxes up.
He said it was the bad economy. I couldn’t help but agree.
Been a hell of a day. I just got back home from the emergency room, an hour away since we no longer have one in our small town. I squatted down this morning to pick-up a handful of pine straw. Something in my pack pinched and almost passed out trying to get up. It took me three or four minutes to walk 120’ to the house. Got to the house and realized I left my phone in the shop. Had to go back out to retrieve the phone to call someone to come get me to take me to the doc. Now I have to fight the VA to get them to pay for it even though they told me to go, the VA is two hours away. Got x-rays, a shot and meds and not much else.
40 mg of Prilosec usually controls my symptoms but sometimes have to add 20mg of famotadine. Recently I have found that CBD (yes, the component of hemp and marijuana) is very effective at preventing the esophageal spasms I sometimes get when swallowing. Those aren’t fun, believe me.
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There is a poem in my vernacular language which advises sleeping on left side. Makes sense because the esophagus, through which food you eat, enters the stomach from the right side of your body. Sleeping on left side would help reduce acid re-flux. But some exceptional people could have opposite plumbing. So try both and see which works best.
Relief is addictive. I get my 90 day supply and I feel like an alcoholic with a new gallon of vodka .
I’ve been on prescription Prilosec (whatever the generic is ) for 5 years now. Costs me $1.30 a month I think. Lol
Run don't read.
TY.
After many hours pass by since last food intake, acid production should be dropping down. IOW if you go to bed at 11pm, by 3am there should be lot less acid in the stomach, and switching to right side after 3am should not cause serious acid re-flux.
BFL
Never heard of CBD. I used to take Dexilant. Thought it was great at first but it wore off. Doc insists I take atleast one Prilosec. He says its why my Barretts has reduced.
Sorry about the spasms.
Not trying to be a smart ass, but I must be supernatural. I’m 56 and have done physical labor since I was 12 years old. I sleep 7 hours a night, like a rock. I eat good food, cause my wife makes it. She works with me everyday. My siblings complain about their knees and backs and always ask about mine. I respond that I use them each and every day! I repeat, I use them every day! My advice, quit eating crap and get off you ass!
thank you for posting this.
Mostly the raccoon sleeps on the left side of me, rarely on the right. This gives me a constant heat source and a back massage all night, even if if I roll right or turn over. Raccoon rigamarole works, never a backache. Sometimes he wants a big chocolate donut in the middle of the night. Sometimes when he sleeps in the van he`s rolling all over the bed.
Well bless your heart.
I got sympathy pains just reading your description of your day.
May God ease your pain and give you peace in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Sounds like you have esophagitis. I’ve had that and it’s horrible.
Thanks, Miss. Donna
Do you blog pimp on your left or right side?
Why did you not just post the rest? It’s your own blog, plus it’s just a reprint of another blog.
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But there is another reason for back pain, which few people have thought of: sleeping habits. Or rather, your sleeping position.
According to research, sleeping in certain positions affects how the blood circulates in the body, how joints work, and ultimately, how your back is affected.
In addition, scientists believe that a person’s sleeping position can cause the development of other health problems. This is bad news.
However, the good news is that, in order to improve health, you can simply change your sleeping position. Here, for example, are some health problems and the sleeping position which may help to ease them.
Back Pain
Lie down on either side - whether it’s right or left - but with slightly bent knees. Keep your arms in front of you. Here are several strategies for coping with chronic back pain.
Acid Reflux
This is the name of a condition where stomach contents go back up into the esophagus. To help control this unpleasant condition, put your arms in front of you and lie on your right side, says this doctor from Russia. But in a 2011 story, EverydayHealth says “don’t sleep on your right side. For some reason, this seems to prompt relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter — the tight ring of muscle connecting the stomach and esophagus that normally defends against reflux. Do sleep on your left side. This is the position that has been found to best reduce acid reflux.”
Nasal Congestion
With this kind of trouble, the worst thing you can do is fall asleep on your back, especially during the winter. Lie down on your side and keep your head on a large pillow - doing so helps decrease mucus, and at the same time, will increase the outflow of excess fluid.
Premenstrual Syndrome
Lie on your back and put a pillow under your knees. This position relieves pressure.
Neck Pain
Sleep on your back and keep your neck as straight as possible. Check out this story linking neck pain to sleeping position.
If you suffer from any of these conditions, try sleeping in one of the suggested positions. Let us know how it works for you.
Reference: KP
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