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A note on why people tend to sleep on the right. People likely sleep on the side that causes least muscular tension in their body. People tend to have a pelvi
by reliablereason 3y ago
A note on why people tend to sleep on the right.
People likely sleep on the side that causes least muscular tension in their body.
People tend to have a pelvis that is turned slightly to the left (something referred to as the "left aic, right bc pattern") this due to a combination of factors stemming from internal asymmetry, like the liver giving support to the diaphragm on one side, which effects how we use our muscles to breathe. With time many of our movement patterns become slightly asymmetric to make breathing more efficient.
This asymmetry is likely the main contributing factor in the dominance of right side sleeping.
- mejutoco 3y agoI always thought it was because of the heart placement, but this is interesting.
- reliablereason 3y agoHeart placement is also a factor.
- lm28469 3y agoFor better digestion it's the opposite though, due to the same asymmetry issue
- Kbelicius 3y agoReally? I've noticed after a night out that as long as I lie on my right side I'm fine. If I want to make myself throw up I just turn to the left. Same thing with heartburn, on the right I'm fine, turn to the left and almost immediately (on the days that I've consumed stuff that would cause me heartburn) I can fell it coming and I just turn back to the right and everything is fine.
- polotics 3y agoOn any diagram showing the placement of organs, you will notice the stomach is assymetric, and when lying on your left side, its contents will have to fight gravity more to find their way back into your oesophagus.
- Kbelicius 3y agoSo I'm weird in some way because when I lay on the right side the contents of my stomach seems to have much harder time reaching my oesophagus than if I lay on my left side. Am I reading what you wrote correctly?
- polotics 3y agothe next time you see a doctor ask about possible food intolerances