{"id":784862,"date":"2026-09-28T03:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T03:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/784862\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T03:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T03:08:09","slug":"an-expert-guide-to-finding-the-perfect-pillow-for-your-sleeping-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/784862\/","title":{"rendered":"An expert guide to finding the perfect pillow for your sleeping position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">McCarthy, an associate professor at the Manchester School of Physiotherapy, says the right pillow will depend on what position you sleep in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He tells the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/m002zrwg\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC&#8217;s Sliced Bread<\/a> podcast that most people fall into one of three categories of sleeper: side, back or front.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">McCarthy discourages front sleeping as your neck is turned one way for a long period of time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Inevitably a muscle or ligament gets stretched and a bit irritated,&#8221; he says. &#8220;If there&#8217;s one thing there&#8217;s a really good consensus on&#8230; in the physiotherapy world about treating spinal pain, it&#8217;s don&#8217;t sleep on your front.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">When choosing a pillow, back sleepers should consider the flexion at the top of their spine, a curving that increases naturally in many people as they age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If you have a bigger bend &#8220;it means you need a slightly thicker pillow than someone who&#8217;s got a very flat back,&#8221; says McCarthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McCarthy, an associate professor at the Manchester School of Physiotherapy, says the right pillow will depend on what&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-784862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}