Do You Need a New Pillow?

TEMPUR-PEDIC Pillows

Poor sleep position is the number one cause of neck- and back-related pain, according to what Ben Gruen, lead chiropractor for New York City’s Move Well MD and member of the American Chiropractic Association, observes in his practice. It’s also largely avoidable with the proper pillow and a little bit of education.

When broaching the idea of a “proper pillow” it’s not unrealistic to think of Tempur-Pedic, a well-known mattress and sleep brand that will forever be recognized for its responsive, NASA-developed “viscoelastic memory foam, which the brand calls Tempur-Material, an open cellular structure that instantly and precisely adapts to factors like body weight and shape.

“I myself have been sleeping with different Tempur-Pedic [pillows] for decades,” Gruen told HuffPost in an email exchange.

According to him, Tempur-Pedic pillow designs are widely known to help support neutral alignment of the neck. This is important because, as Gruen explained, “a spine that is put in a non-neutral position is putting unnecessary pressure on your neck joints and can cause muscles to compensate as a result of that change.”

Gruen reminds us that it’s not a one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to selecting the right pillow.

“For side sleepers, you would want the pillow to be supportive and fill the gap between your head and shoulder,” he said, while back sleepers should choose a thinner down-style pillow that allows your head to sink towards the bed and the pillow to surround your ears.

Fortunately, Tempur-Pedic offers several pillow options for every type of sleeper, each one made with some variation of the brand’s signature Tempur-Material that promises to be supportive and pressure-relieving. We laid out each of those pillows below, with information on exactly who those pillows are best designed for and the difference between each of them.

You can compare their different pillows whether you’re a back or stomach sleeper or want something cooling, you could be one click away from a better night’s sleep.

SOURCE: Huff Post