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What about for people who prefer to sleep on their stomachs? (Which, as far as I can tell, is most people). Does this work for us?

ars 10y ago
Most? It's about 7% of people.
- Frank2312 10y ago
  Source? With the current information I have at this very moment, it is 66.666666666...% of people. Sample is you, OP and I.
- projectramo 10y ago
  That small? Wow. Anecdotally I would have guessed it is much higher. Not that my sample is statistically significant.
tcj_phx 10y ago
I used to always sleep on my back. About 6 years ago I tried to switch to sleeping on my stomach, but I'd wake up with a very stiff neck. Last year I saw some research that suggests side-sleeping helps improve the circulation in the head. It's been easier to switch to falling asleep on my side, than my stomach-sleeping experiment... The Effect of Body Posture on Brain Glymphatic Transport - http://www.jneurosci.org/content/35/31/11034.short http://www.jneurosci.org/content/35/31/11034.short Random report in the media: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3191826/Lying-sleeping-improve-waste-clearance-brain-study-reveals.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3191826/Lying-sleepi...
tunap 10y ago
I slept on my stomach in a hammock once. My back hurt more than the hangover. As for good stomach sleep, I pull the top mattress* about 18" from the headboard and fold my arms & pillows into the trough to prop my head straight w/ my spine. After decades of neck issues I can say I finally get great sleep w/out neck pain, numb arms & aching shoulder joints. I had tried a massage table w/ face cut-out but it was awkward & I flopped off the side several times. *I use 2 mattresses on top of box spring, I prefer dropping out of bed to 'getting up' in the morning.
cema 10y ago
When in bed, I prefer to sleep on the stomach. But I have had great results sleeping on my back in a hammock. Just one data point; however (also anecdotally) I have had several friends sleeping in my hammock and reportedly enjoying it, whatever the normal preferred sleeping position.

ars 10y ago

Most? It's about 7% of people.

Frank2312 10y ago
Source? With the current information I have at this very moment, it is 66.666666666...% of people. Sample is you, OP and I.
projectramo 10y ago
That small? Wow. Anecdotally I would have guessed it is much higher. Not that my sample is statistically significant.

tcj_phx 10y ago

I used to always sleep on my back. About 6 years ago I tried to switch to sleeping on my stomach, but I'd wake up with a very stiff neck. Last year I saw some research that suggests side-sleeping helps improve the circulation in the head. It's been easier to switch to falling asleep on my side, than my stomach-sleeping experiment... The Effect of Body Posture on Brain Glymphatic Transport - http://www.jneurosci.org/content/35/31/11034.short http://www.jneurosci.org/content/35/31/11034.short Random report in the media: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3191826/Lying-sleeping-improve-waste-clearance-brain-study-reveals.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3191826/Lying-sleepi...

tunap 10y ago

I slept on my stomach in a hammock once. My back hurt more than the hangover. As for good stomach sleep, I pull the top mattress* about 18" from the headboard and fold my arms & pillows into the trough to prop my head straight w/ my spine. After decades of neck issues I can say I finally get great sleep w/out neck pain, numb arms & aching shoulder joints. I had tried a massage table w/ face cut-out but it was awkward & I flopped off the side several times. *I use 2 mattresses on top of box spring, I prefer dropping out of bed to 'getting up' in the morning.

cema 10y ago

When in bed, I prefer to sleep on the stomach. But I have had great results sleeping on my back in a hammock. Just one data point; however (also anecdotally) I have had several friends sleeping in my hammock and reportedly enjoying it, whatever the normal preferred sleeping position.