neck pain pillow help

justinbarrow
justinbarrow Member Posts: 338
edited 3. Jun 2009, 16:46 in Living with Arthritis archive
can anyone help with some pillow advice will any neck pillow be ok or are their better ones out there.

I am having a lot of trouble through the night with this neck it drives me mad.

Thanks

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  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi justin :)

    This question has been asked in the past so I will have a quick look and bump up any threads for you.

    Hope you find a suitable pillow soon.

    Bye for now :D
    Elna
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • oneday
    oneday Member Posts: 1,434
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    memory foam pillows best for me.
  • justinbarrow
    justinbarrow Member Posts: 338
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Memory foam pillows are those shaped funny to fit your neck or those pillows that look like a role, are they expensive?

    thanks for the help guys
  • colinone
    colinone Member Posts: 1,039
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Justin, I tried all sorts of pillows in on in arthritis, if i have to honest nothing really worked and i can still be found swaping and changing my pillows most nights. I tried kneck supports but you have to stay on your back, Some to low some to high, some to hard and some to soft. The memory foam is not to bad but they can feel qite flat. I found slightly raising the the head of the matress and useing to pillows to make a slope slanting from head to shoulders helped lots but not ideal. My outher thoughts are just some good pain killesr for through the night but i dont like stuffing myself with the painkillers continually. I do find the kneck pain comes and goes sometimes i get a couple of weeks without and then it returns. Hope you find the solution Justin, Take Care
    Colin
  • justinbarrow
    justinbarrow Member Posts: 338
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    colinone wrote:
    I found useing to pillows to make a slope slanting from head to shoulders helped lots but not ideal.

    Thanks Colin i know what you mean about making the slope :lol: it is a real pain everytime i go to bed the only best bit of sleep is when i actually go to bed and fall asleep for 2 hours then because of lack of movement wake up in agony then have to prop the pillows up (swap and change etc) then drift off again only to wake up 30 mins later with back pain :roll: so then i have to lay down then fall asleep for another 30 mins then wake up with the neck pain gosh its so hardwork at nights as a result i am so tired in the mornings and through the day.

    I have also been diagnosed with fibromyalgia which is suppost to make you feel tired etc. Its strange though you struggle all through the night then when the time comes to wake up you are so tired you want to just sleep but then when you are struggling through the night you are wide awake with the pain.

    Getting out of bed in the morning though is quite painfull. Thanks again for the help
  • vonski
    vonski Member Posts: 1,292
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Justin

    Check out the pillows on Ikea's website. They do various pillows for back, side and front sleepers. They have shaped ones too.

    Love
    Vonski x

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