Best Sleeping Position for Neck Pain, Pinched Nerves, & Arm Pain.
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- Famous Physical Therapists Bob Schrupp and Brad Heneick not only demonstrate the best sleeping positions for neck pain, pinched nerves, and arm pain, but they also provide excellent tips for decreasing any neck, shoulder, or nerve pain you may be having while sleeping.
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To everyone who is there at bed, struggling from neck pain. Don't feel alone, millions of people are feeling the same every day . Keep fighting. Rest and follow suggested guidelines .
May God bless you all. 😇💑
Bless you. Only us know how bad this feel, make you wanna give up on life somethings. 😭😭😭
I just don't understand how i can wake up at 6am neck feels fine. But then 11am ..... neck is screwed like a cork...
Amen. Tnx dear
I wish thinking this way would help... But unfortunately it doesn't... So much pain 😭
Nice to see this comment
I'm 36 and I just learned I dont know how to sleep. You just explained more to me in 10mins than any dr I've seen. Thanks for this I'll def be implementing some of this to see
Did you wake up yet?
Don't worry, I'm 50 and just realising possibly my neck issues are due to my sleeping posture.
I woke up with a crunch sound from my neck and was told it was a pinch nerve. I did the wrapping the pillowcase around my neck and it has helped relieve so much of the pain. Thank you so much!!
You saved my neck! I have been doing almost all of those bad sleeping habits for years and finally woke up with a pinched nerve a week ago. Started doing your stretches and following this sleep guide after I noticed the pain would revert after bedtime. I feel so much better. I wish you were in MO so I could get an actual session. 🤗
Come to Colorado! Please!!!
My many years of living with PTSD and the upper body tension during an episode has finally caught up with me and started giving me upper neck pain and the base of my skull.
After trying about 20 different pillows for my head plus a pillow for between my knees and for my back, the one that finally worked for me was called a "pregnancy" pillow. It is an inverted U shaped body pillow that works just like they were talking about but instead of having two or three pillows in is an all in one. I toss and turn a lot during the night which meant having to grab 3 pillows and realign them each time I turned over. With the "pregnancy" support pillow now all I have to do is just turn over, get settled in and back to sleep. They have a large number of them on Amazon where I got mine is different shapes, lengths, covers, etc.
This came at the best time! I have been suffering some blinding neck and shoulder pain and horrible headaches, today is 21/2 weeks and I think I've found what's happening when the doctors have kept saying it's just a migraine and giving me the usual advice of rest, but I've been sleeping with my hand under my neck which I believe has been making it worse! You guys are great 👍🏼
wow even in sleep my life is hard
Lol I feel ya
LOL 😆
Hahahah
😂
I wanna kill me😩😭
It is necessary to keep on moving to have better health. Once awaken in the morning we have to consider being very fortunate cause many people didn't wake up. Helping another person, help lift up your spirit. Make this world a better place. PEACE AND LOVE.
I’m having extreme pain coming from my neck down to my left arm and my god the pillow under my arm helped while trying to relax
Just want you two to know you are still making a difference. I have not had a good night sleep in two weeks due to a pinch nerve. I watched this video yesterday and slept with NO PAIN through the night last night with these suggestions. As someone who values sleep, I can not thank you enough!!
I am having the same issue over the last few days. Glad to read someone tried it and it worked. Going to give it a try tonight
How long did your pinch nerve take heal? Basically rid yourself off it?
Bob and Brad, your videos are worth more than gold. Thank you, thank you, thank you... for sharing all this knowledge with us and making life more comfortable!
For the first time in months, I didn't wake up in the middle of the night with excruciating pain in my arm that prevents me from falling back asleep. I can't believe it was as easy as putting a pillow under it. So glad I found this video!
Namename going to try it tonight.
Every time I search for a specific video y’all are the ones to have it! Thanks for sharing all these videos :) I’m hoping to fix my own pain soon and avoid pain meds and dr visits. I’m torn between a pinched nerve in my neck and a rotator cuff tear or tendonitis.
I’m considering just sleeping on my yoga mat tonight
You are very welcome! We are glad we could help!
Thank you so much my radiculopathy has plagued me for 6 yrs. your suggestions are very helpful to me, I am 69 and resist meds and or surgery.
Have you tried a cervical epidural injection?
Omg life savers, I’ve trapped a nerve in my neck and haven’t been able to sleep pain free for quite a few days. The support pillow was no good as hurt more to use it, but will definitely try the rolled up towel. ( I’m also a side sleeper! Cheers guys!)
same here.. love to sleep on the left and with a pinched nerve it hurts bad ..and I wake up aching
OMG Bob I can't thank you enough for you idea with the pillow case/towel tip. I used it after a week of excruciating neck pain! It was a pure miracle!! Imediately the pain stopped and I was able to do so many things I couldn't before. You Rock!!
How's your neck now?
Awesome advice for my side sleeping and shoulder pain.
Liked and SUBSCRIBED. I don't know how else to thank you guys. I've been dealing with immense neck pain and I knew it was because of my awkward sleep positions. But it wasn't until your video and your explanations/demonstrations that I understood the the real reasons behind it. I appreciate the tips and enjoy the humor. Also want to mention that I'm 6'6" and, while my posture is relatively good, I still get a forward-curved upper back just by being too tall for everyday things. When using my computer (8 hours a day), I used to put a pillow behind my lower back, which felt nice. But thanks to Bob's weird towel trick, I learned that I should position the pillow higher because what I was doing actually indirectly made it worse. Thanks again to both of you guys for being so awesome!
For me i have gone physio for two weeks and no change at all....more pain,tingling and burning of arm especially at night ....kindly advice
Thank you, so much for posting these informative videos. I have cervical radiculopathy and I haven't been able to receive this advice from the VA. My chiropractor simply stopped treatment, as it was causing more pain rather than helping and that's it. I already feel better from doing the exercises in your other video and I hope that your advise for sleeping positions will help even more. Really, appreciate that you have shared your expertise.
Thank you for this! I have disc bulge of my cervical spine and am in extreme shoulder and arm pain it comes and goes but when its extreme I know it has something to do with my sleeping style.. I never know how to sleep.. thank you so much for this video you have helped me alot you guys are helping alot of ppl with this!
It worked! I was able to sleep with a rolled t-shirt. Pulled neck and added pinched nerve in shoulder blade. U guys rock!
Quite active in the gym before but 3 days after vehicle accident I can feel there is a lump on the side of my neck below the skul and numbness and pain started. Had MRi scan showing c5/c6 disc protrusion c6/c7 disc bulge it’s been 2 years now. I will try these exercises. Thank you in advance you save many lives.
Very informative, thank you. I’ll be sure to put some of these tips to use tonight
You both do not know how much sleep you just saved me tonight. My nerve has been pinched for going on 3 weeks. Didnt think anything about it at first, until it didn't get better it actually got way worse. ( I'm used to sciatica flare ups and while that also sucks, I'm going on 4 days with 4 hours of sleep.... I'm on business travel so the earliest I can get into my doctor's office was in 2 days. So I go through a bit of TH-cam "how to" videos until I saw yours and tried it and felt some small amount of relief. I was crying in hysterics last night because no one really took me seriously how insanely painful this is, so thank you again. My upper right torso doesn't have to feel like its being grinded into a lawn mower blade. You saved me.
Sara Withrow tell me about it. I was in the ER 4 times in 4 days and they were more concerned with thinking I was just trying to get pain meds. Even my primary care doctor refused to give me anything for pain (that’s the VA for ya) . I finally got to see the Neurosurgery doctor on day 9 and he rushed me into surgery the next morning.
Sara Withrow omg you sound exactly like me the last 4 days now. I meet trying to explain to my family how horrible this pain is. I’ve suffered w chronic pain since 2001, so I know pain. But this is insane. All I can do it cry. I can’t sit, stand, lay, walk, every single movement hurts. I’m just angry now. Angry that it hasn’t let up at all and nothing helps even a little bit. I’m exhausted, and may end up calling 911 tonight. 😔😖😣
Lily Blessed did you get an MRI? The pain won’t stop until you get the disc to stop pinching the nerve. The doc who did my surgery said if the disc is ruptured or you are experiencing any muscle weakness or numbness or tingling in your arm, hand or fingers then surgery is the only option. The first thing you need is an MRI so they can see what’s going on. I have insurance so I don’t have to worry about it, but they told me this surgery cost over 60k. The good thing is that immediately after you wake up after surgery the nerve pain is gone, but you will have to deal with post surgery pain for a few day. No where near as bad as the nerve pain though.
Lily Blessed k
You had me at "we're so good at sleeping, we can do it with our eyes closed" 😂
well.. i'm am a bad sleeper, i either lay on my side on my bad schouder or I sleep on my back with my arms above my head. I've tried to stay on my side (like the video says pulling the arm slightly forward so you're not sleeping right on the shouder ). I've tried 3 pillows in combination with a body pillow but i still wake up with bad shoulder/trap/neck pain. I'm going to try the rolled up towel and body pillow tonight, hopefully it will work :) Great video's, keep up the good work guys!
I have to say you guys are on the money with sleeping. Sometimes i put the pillow behind me to support me. I also learned a few things from you guys. I have a very bad neck n back. Def. Need help! And you guys did that thank you! I will share n post so things. God bless your knowledge n skills!!! 🙏🏻❤️
I was worried that this was a pillow commercial but I'm glad they offered alternatives and free options.
l have had neck/ shoulder joint problems for a long time, and the trick is to MANAGE them, and it's quite amazing that all that stuff your showing here guys does actually work as l have been doing it for many years, so just to say well done to you Bob and Brad...
Good info! I especially appreciate the part on arm positioning.
I've been in in that neck and shoulder pain for past 2 weeks with no relief on top of a very sore lower back from working on the wife car... and after finding this video and following the tips for supporting yourself during sleep I have woken up today with very lil stiffness and almost no pain.. thank you
You guys really are the best. Love your stuff and you guys. Been watching for years! Wish you all the best in your lives. You and your families.
Thanks for this. I had a good sleep using these principles. I knew sleeping position would end up being key. Just no one to tell me how I should be positioned. Arm tendon pain still after my successful carpal tunnel surgery. Complicated by my sleeping position I think. I liked and subscribed. Thanks so much.
Thank God i randomly came across your channel. I am physiotherapist myself and really impressed by your work. Keep the good work up guys :)
Yes very happy to have just Google a video and these awesome incredibly famous guys popped up! So I was like I gotta watch them if there famous right!
Very informative. Thank you for the sleep advise. I'm so glad I found your channel. More power to both of you and God bless!
After 10 nights of not being able to sleep more than 2 or 3 hours at a time because of pain from a pinched nerve, I watched this video and slept 7 hours last night. Thank you SO much! It's like being awakened from a nightmare. I am a zombie no more. Now to find out how to fix the pinch, which has caused me to lose strength in my right arm.
Editoria how did that go? Did it get better
Yoga and stretching properly is key
Bob and Brad...my two favourite Physical therapists on the internet...but that's just my opinion. Great advice everytime, very dry humour for free. Brilliant!
omg wow, this video is great! such little things can really have a big impact..
I thought this was guna be super dumb and cheezy... I mean it is but I LOVE the relationship they have haha
Bob: Imma do this!
Brad: *shakes head as the camera zooms in* Oh, Bob...
Thanks Bob & Brad, You've given me some really helpful hints about sleeping. I recently spent a few days in the hospital because I woke up one morning & both may arms felt like I was a rag doll. There wasn't numbness or tingling just a sensation of being so weak I couldn't even use my hands. I'm still having problems & seriously thinking about going for PT but the worst pain I have is from sleeping at night. I will try your suggestions. I thing they might really help. Thanks so much. You guys are great!!!
May God bless you guys, keep up good work. I am from china but not chinese. I did come across once a headache, felt like usual one. But then the same occurred 2nd time I was in Melbourne. This is where I got to know the reality of such headaches. I found about cervical headache and learnt from a Physio .Who did treat me once but I couldnt afford it 2nd time being an overseas self-support student. So I got tips on cervical headache. I am absolutely fine now since then. I also taught many people around me free of cost and women are specifically in Asian countries are a victim of such disorder/anomally.
You guys so amazing, so helpful. You describe things at the people level where they can understand. Thanks
Thank you guys so much for sharing your wisdom. 🙏
The official sign of being an adult is struggling with neck and back pain.
Ah then i went into adulthood when im 33
Oh god I'm 17
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I’m 14
@@yooniemin7 same
God bless you for helping me with this!
The best pillow I’ve found is one I made myself by filling a pillowcase with beans you’d use for a beanbag chair. Experiment with the amount of beans that give you the firmness you desire. Great advice in this video and good sense of humor too.
I love my pillow made from those Styrofoam beads they sell at Joanne's. I usually use it for just 2 or 3 nights, then go back to the Latex cervical pillow.
I sleep on an air bed and it’s helped me immensely. I make it or not so hard and I’ve had no problems with the spinal stenosis when I sleep on the air bed. Thanks for your many videos Bob and Brad
Love your videos it helps me a lot! shout out from Vienna Austria....
Aloha! Educational and entertaining. SO helpful at a time when I needed just this. Doing a bit of home cervical traction, gentle 5min with 10lb of water.. Sleeping has been the hardest part but I can't wait to try these. Thank you and Mahalo
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I love your advice. You have helped me so much. I can't express my gratitude. 🙏👋👍
Glad we could help!
Everytime I wake up I'm in pain, I dont know if its because I'm 15 years old and growing to fast I'm 6'3, but now I think it's my sleeping positions and pillows I use, thank you for the tips 😃👍🏼
I'm 15 years too .my neck and back pain is killing me 😭😭😭i go to bed with pain and when i wake up i'm just more exhusted😭😭😭😭😭😭
I have a cervical pillow I loved at first but now its too soft and it is terrible for side sleeping. I am thankful you guys made this video that even 6 years later it's still valuable info.
Doctor both of you is life saving and good tutorial. I was finding whole youtube for this type of sleeping method. I get an idea now.
Thank You. GOD BLESS YOU.
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Duct tape..Lol u guys crack me up. I needed a good laugh. Lol thanks u made my night better. You guys are great.
These guys the best. Explain things extremely well, very helpful better than some physicians. Thank you 💕
I've been in pain 2 weeks, i really needed this ! Thanx
Thanks fir putting up this video. Found out I have a pinched nerve in C5 & C6. It hurts but need to make some sleeping adjustments. My neck doesn’t hurt but hurts from shoulder blade to arm. Really sucks.
I really love this postures ...I got benefited...thanks both of u.
Love you guys ! Great info . You make it so easy to understand. Great friends too !!
Omg this made the difference the night my IV blew during a CT scan.
You both are excellent....l followed you instructions...regarding how to sleep thankyou really worked ...
I have that pillow. The problem is that I change between sleeping on my side and on to my back. I can't control what I'm doing in my sleep.
Thats why I ended up giving mine away... I have tried many different pillows over the years to help my neck. The latest Im using is a water pillow....
@@valerielandis3911 How is that working out for you? Has it helped?
I meant to get back to you guys. Wanted to thank you. I wouldn't say it's all gone away but I had really bad neck pain. Figured out it was from sleeping and got a wedge and, well, have yet to find a neck pillow I tolerate. But use one of those partial donut things. I'd say 95% better. (BTW, for folks who find the wedge super hard--already had one and couldn't stand--this one is terrific, Cushy Form--on Amazon.
Loved this one! Very informative and most entertaining. Thank you, great job guys.
That trick with the pillowcase really works!!! I have a small herniation at C4-C5 with some impingement that recently decided to act up and give me terrible pain in my neck and left shoulder blade. For four days I struggled to sleep because there was no comfortable position to lay in at all. I tried sleeping on the McKenzie cervical roll, doing the chin tucks, etc. No dice. I finally gave the pillowcase trick a go and WOW. I slept the entire night and when I woke up the pain was 80% gone!!! I used a pillowcase made of a soft jersey material and just tucked the end in on itself. It was comfy and stayed on the entire night 👍🏻. Thank you so much for that suggestion!! You saved my neck!! 😃
Hey Pamela,
I'm having the same issues down to the left shoulder blade and wondering what you meant by tucking the pillowcase in on itself.
@@SmokingwithBush I tucked the top corner (about 2” worth) of the end of the pillowcase into the part wrapped around my neck. Kind of like the way you would tuck a napkin into a shirt collar if that makes sense. I wish I could put up a pic to illustrate, it’s hard to describe. If that doesn’t work, you could (carefully!) try a safety pin or two to hold it closed instead. I hope this helps and you feel better soon! Neck/shoulder pain is miserable.
@@pamelabaum1480 thank you! You're explanation and analogy with the napkin helped me visualize. I'll try doing that. Agreed, the neck/shoulder area hurting is just terrible
@@pamelabaum1480 also, I would love to connect with you if this has been an issue you've been able to resolve or you can offer me more insight. I've been dealing with this herniation and neck/shoulder pain for about a month and a half now, been doing PT, but it seems nothing is improving the shoulder pain. You can find me on IG under the same name as YT.
Did you use a pillow also?
Brad and bob you are a true blessing i suffer with neck shoulder and arms I will try all these
Thank you! Hope this helps Sharon :)
Another entertaining video from Bob and Brad, the most famous physiotherapists on the internet... In their opinion.
Retired woman living by coast in West Wales, U.K. Really helpful video. Been suffering from what I think is “pinched nerve” that started 12 weeks ago in neck, collarbone and shoulder and now in arm and hand. Excruciating pain during night time only, then moderated during day. Now flashing pain only in arm and hand, making hand weak and fingers unable to grip. At the moment am reluctant to visit doctor, due to Covid-19, but the fact that the pain in neck/collarbone area has gone, am thinking that eventually the pain in arm and hand will also disappear. As you suggested, am now using a pillow for arm support, which really helps, also a cushion for arm when sitting. Apart from all that, as Elton John says, “I’m Still Standing” and will continue to have a positive outlook that all will be better in time !
No one asked Cynthia 🤦🏻♂️
Cynthia I feel this same pain mostly at night too, numb thumb and arm hurts like crazy when lying down. Dull ache during day and verticle. It freaks me out its taking so long to subside, seems like its just a long haul gotta ride it out.
you guys are amazing, thank you for your help. I am 24 weeks pregnant and experiencing terrible shoulder spasms which results in tingling down my arm and into my hand. I will try the Mckenzie method today and focus on my posture throughout the day and then I will support my arm like you suggest in this video tonight. thank you again
You guys are great!! Thanks a lot for your advice, I feel much better! You're very informative and entertaining! Thanks! 👏
Duct tape, Brad hitting Bob with a pillow, and honeymoon syndrome... I come for the information and stay for the entertainment. 🤣
Every bodily problem I have, you guys have a solution
You guys are so awesome. Due to my lack of insurance and being low on funds your videos have helped me with my neck and arm. Everyday getting better. I have bought a pillow by medcline for shoulder relief. Do you feel like it's the correct option for these types of issues. It's the only way I can sleep currently.
Thank you guys ! I’m only 26 but really shows you gotta look after yourself !
Great video as usual. Safety pins are certainly problematic but diaper pins are fine. I have used them to secure parts of my pillows in place for years with no failures.
These guys are wonderful, so much good advice they are giving for free. Would love to have an appointment with them if we lived in the same city.
Been having neck pain the past few days, so definitely have to try this out.
Always great advice for us!
With post double whiplash and Bell's Palsy, I now have occipital neuralgia among other neck/back pains. Also, sitting forward at a computer all day with head down. This week is the tipping point (vertigo, pain, extreme facial muscle pulling, arm numbing, scalp pain, eye not closing, my gosh...) I searched for help. I've also been sleeping wrong. I'm so grateful for you Bob & Brad. Thanks for your suggestions!
I feel dizzy sometimes and out of balance. If I stare and try to concentrate I feel like my eyes move really fast it’s scary. I also wake up with arm/ finger numbness and my thumb twitching. My doctor had me do an MRI/ CT scan but nothing came up. I’m just at my wits end with it.
When I wake up in the morning I feel more pain and stiffness in neck area, shoulder and shoulder blades. I realised dizzyness for a whole week after sleeping by side without having pillow or thin pillow that is the mistake I did. Thanks for this good guidance. 🙂
you guys are cracking me up!
your video helped me a lot I wish I had looked at it before I purchased my pillow .I was sleeping on the wrong the wrong pillow which caused me more pain now I know why thanks for the info.
Glad that we could help! You are welcome:)
Wonderful tips, thanks
Plz answer this question...
When I sleep on my back I sleep without a pillow to keep the neck straight
Is this a good idea ?
Omg I wish your question was answered because I really want to know as well
Me too having same dought dud how can tell me exact position
I saw once on dr Oz ,having a pillow underneath is necessary for Blood flow
I roll up a towel and place it under my neck.
It’s recommended to have a pillow cuz when you roll on your side in your sleep the neck won’t be straight. Depends on your mattress too sometimes.
i had neck problems lying on my back and using my cell phone... also i had other problem playing guitar..cos i will be turning my head to the left and bent down to see the guitar fretboard... also i will be counting the time with my head... which gave me a bad dizziness when i get up from bed.. also back then i sleep on my stomach.. turning the neck both sides... this is v useful vid.. thanks
Thank you for these tips! I’m going to try some of these and I will check back in.
I love you both! Good advice with a little humor LOOOVE!!!
Thanks for this. I currently have several pinched nerves and I’m in terrible pain. Nothing is helping and I’m miserable! I see a Vikings ball behind you! Are you in MN???
Both of u are so funny sometimes. Bob especially! Lol those swinging dead arms in the end. Hahahah I enjoy all your videos so much and they r such great help with fab solutions for all aches and pains.
Definitely the most famous phy therapists on the internet.
great explanation Bob and BRad
Both arms numb when trying to stop the alarm clock... that killed me 😂
Kristoph Schwarz i literally laughed out loud 😂
Great video thanks! I have been sleeping in all the positions you are saying are bad and had to start sleeping on my back as I have a pinched nerve and neck, shoulder and arm pain. I will try some of your tips! Thanks again, you are very entertaining too
How did that go ? Did it go away
I used to sleep on my stomach, but thru surgeries I sleep on my back with a pillow next to me or I feel like I going to fall. I have bad lower back pain. Nothing seems to work. I end up on my back but I find myself with my feet off the bed. Twin bed and short because hard to turn.
This actually works! It helped me
Hi Doctors, Thanks a lot for these instructions, especially needed today. Also, thank you for your sense of humor, it helps.
Thank you so much. Every day I wake up with aches and pains. Bad headaches. I will try this. I sleep wrong.
Thank you
Rosemari Montez hola que tal con los dolores😕
So grateful for the information you provided. Thank you 😊
I'm 25yo diagnosed with cervical herniated disc c3-c4, only sleeping flat without a pillow helps.
YAY! you guys rock. I so needed this video. Good to know I have the correct pillow. And its a cervical roll by Mckenzie.
I adore my little pillow is long and soft. I put it behind my neck when I sleep. And ever since I got the pillow I do not toss and turn as much.
I use the pillow solo too.
If the sculpted pillows aren't affordable, try this, as I've a similar problem, with neck & spinal problems.
Solved it, with a regular pillow folded in half, so it sits under the neck, keeping it in line. Works well, no matter which way I sleep.