If you are asked, do you know how to sleep? You will certainly feel pretentious – sleep who can not! In fact, the “sleep” referred to here refers to the sleep position, when it comes to this issue, it is not necessarily understood by everyone. The author has asked many patients in the clinic what position to take when sleeping: supine or lateral? The vast majority of people answer is side lying. 1, poor sleep posture can also lead to cervical spondylosis So, how does the physiological curvature of the cervical spine disappear? Most people know that prolonged use of computers, ambulatory work, low work and other reasons can cause such a result, in fact, in addition to these reasons, there is an important reason – that is, sleep posture. Poor sleeping posture may be the cause of cervical spondylosis in many people. I learned at a recent national academic conference on spine-related diseases that many children’s headaches and head and neck twitching may also be caused by cervical spondylosis. The main cause of cervical spondylosis in children is poor sleeping posture (such as sleeping on one’s back). 2, the cervical spine patient’s sleeping posture to emphasize the physiological curvature of the cervical spine for cervical spine patients, what kind of sleeping posture is correct? That is to emphasize the physiological curvature of the cervical spine, sleep on your back, so that the health of the cervical spine is beneficial. Moreover, the neck should be supported by a pillow. In order to achieve the purpose of supporting the neck, to the pillow (buckwheat pillow) shape slightly finishing, meet the requirements of the shape of the pillow from the side to look similar to the “6”, the height of the protruding part is equivalent to the height of their fist, so that the pillow is more comfortable. Some people are used to sleep on their sides for a long time, when they first sleep on their backs may not be accustomed to, but as long as they insist on practicing, they will slowly get used to it. 3, the most common buckwheat pillow adaptability is stronger Now there are many so-called “cervical health pillow” on the market, but in fact, there is no pillow height, model, softness for everyone, because everyone’s body shape and neck circumference are different, relatively speaking, the most common buckwheat pillow adaptability is stronger. When filling the pillow, be careful not to fill too full, or affect its ability to “deformation”, the correct method is to fill about 70% on it. 4, sleep position to vary from person to person However, it should be noted that not all people are suitable for supine sleep, suffering from sleep apnea syndrome, pregnant women (especially pregnant women in the month of pregnancy) should not sleep on their backs. For the elderly, when sleeping on their backs, the soft tissues of the tongue and throat are very easy to relax, which may block the airway and cause breathing difficulties, resulting in oxygen deprivation, so it is also not appropriate to sleep on your back. Of course, the posture of people in the sleep process is not fixed, just fall asleep to maintain a posture, but also very calm, but soon began to flip, throughout the sleep process, the position may change 20 to 60 times, despite this, there is a sense of supine sleep, as long as possible to maintain supine sleep position, for the protection of cervical spine is still meaningful.