pillows

[elayla]

I have made an amazing discovery. My chronic, nearly debilitating back-ache is NOT a side effect of lifting sixteen 25lb toddlers umpteen million times a day. It is, in fact, a side effect of attempting to switch to a hypoallergenic, non-down pillow. My alignment is all wrong; my pillow isn't squishable enough; my back is paying the price.

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[fuzzyscribble]

Anti-allergen covers should help...I'm allergic to down too...but find that if I can find "duck" down I tolerate it better than goose down. But I'm a side sleeper and I tend to put a pillow between my legs when I sleep...so I need firm.

Down pillows harbor more dust mites than hollowfill pillows...so they should be replaced every year. You may be allergic to dust mites more than the down. National Allergy Supply sells nicer ones than stores will. I think they also sell allergy down pillows that are double lined. http://www.natlallergy.com/ I've bought a LOT of stuff from them...and they're great to order from. Their dust mite soap is great...so are their pet shampoos...which is one of the reasons most folks with dog allergies don't die when they're at my house.

Bleh...

[donutato_kun]

It's actually amazing how pillows and matresses can affect the back.

My father has slept only on a waterbed for the past twenty years. Whenever he vacations or goes on business and sleeps on a hard mattress, his back suffers.

For me, I can sleep on any hard surface anywhere. The problem is the pillows. Hotel pillows are notoriously soft and blob-like. My head gets sucked in and my neck loses support. This is one of the reasons I nearly always get migraines when I travel.

Travel pillows don't help me when I sleep. So I've found that taking an extra couple hotel towels and shoving them under the pillow tends to make them stiffer and solves most of the problem.

Funny how stupid things have such an impact.

[ordinary]

I have covers on my pillows and it has helped quite a bit.