Simple Tips for a Good Night Sleep for Patients with Lower Back Pain

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• About Dr Mehta

• Mr Jwalant S Mehta is a consultant spinal surgeon
  specialising in spinal deformity corrections and
  treatment of all spinal conditions. His is based
  in Birmingham at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
  and the Birmingham Childrens Hospital.
  Additionally, he has practising privileges with
  the BMI and Spire groups.
• He serves on major steering committees of the
  premier international scoliosis organisation, the
  Scoliosis Research Society. He is currently
  serving on the CME and the Research Grant review
  committees, and is a programme reviewer for the
  IMAST and the annual meetings.
• He has recently been appointed as an honorary
  senior lecturer at the Aston University in
  Birmingham, heading the Spine module on the MCh
  (Orth) course.

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• Introduction

• Imagine you reached your home after a gruelling
  day at work a long day that sapped off your
  energy. You get your chow done and cannot wait to
  fall asleep on your warm bed. And that is
  precisely when your sore-lower back stabs you to
  make its presence felt, denying your
  well-deserved rest. On top of making it difficult
  to sit for a longer period of time, it robs you
  of your rejuvenating rest too.
• You cannot be productive without an adequate
  rest, can you? And being deprived of good sleep
  can even result in a host of health problems too.
  Thats the thing with the lower back pain it
  throws a spanner in all your everyday activities.
• If you are paying this price, then you are not
  alone. Lower back pain is a global condition
  which almost 80 of the folks get to experience
  at some point of their active life.

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• So, how do you deal with your back pain to ensure
  a proper sleep routine?

• Well, you can alleviate your back pain by
  tweaking your sleeping positions and habits!

• Proper Sleep Postures

• Incorporating a proper set of sleep postures is
  the easiest way to alleviate your pain and
  improve your sleep quality. Heres how

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• If you are sleeping on your back

• Resting on your back is the best possible
  position as it helps to distribute your body
  evenly. While sleeping on your back, you can
  provide comfort to your spine by placing a pillow
  under the knees so as to provide that natural
  curve to your spine. You can also place a pillow
  beneath your lower back for additional comfort.

• If you are sleeping on your side

• Resting on the side is one of the most common
  sleeping positions around. But it does pull your
  spine out of position which may be the reason for
  the discomfort you have been experiencing. You
  can easily tweak this to your comfort by
  resorting to the fetal position rolling onto one
  side and pulling your knees up towards your
  chest. This tucking helps in keeping your back
  straight, opens up your joints and provides the
  much-needed relief.

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• If you are sleeping on your stomach

• Please resort to your back or your side and avoid
  sleeping on your stomach. Lying on your stomach
  may slightly burden your lower back by giving an
  unpleasant twist to your spine. If you are too
  habituated to sleeping on your stomach then you
  can help yourself by placing a pillow beneath
  your lower abdomen-pelvis region.

• Proper sleeping support

• A proper support for head and neck is critical
  for reducing your back pain. The role of the
  pillow is to maintain the natural posture of the
  neck and render its support to your spine. Make
  sure your pillow compliments your sleeping
  positions. For example, if you are back sleeper,
  a thin pillow will do but for the side sleepers,
  a thicker pillow is a proper buy.
• Thus you can improve your quality of sleep with
  these minor tweaks. But if you are still unable
  to solve your lower back problem it is wise to
  consult an expert spine surgeon.

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