When looking for that perfect sleeping position for you personally, you need to remember that not everyone has the same ideal positions for sleeping and what is comfortable for one person may not be quite so comfortable for another. This article takes a look at different sleeping positions and how that may help you to get a restful night's sleep.
Sleeping on the Back
Most people who snore, tend to do so most when they sleep on their back. This is because the soft palate, tongue and throat are all relaxed and gravity allows aspects of this area to vibrate more easily when the sleeper takes a breath.#
Now I know that doesn't sound very scientific, but hey. I'm not a doctor and I don't pretend to be offering any medical advice here. This is purely from a lay person's perspective who has a partner that used to snore through the night and now doesn't thanks to finding the best solution for him.
So for most people, sleeping on the back is probably the worst position to sleep in when that person snores!
Sleeping on the Right Side
Now you notice I qualified this section with the "right side" and not just "the side". That's because there is a slight difference depending on which side you sleep on, as I shall explain.
As long as you haven't eaten anything for several hours before going to sleep, laying on the right side can be very comfortable, for one thing. At the same time it is a relatively good side to sleep on to prevent snoring. Why?
The best way I can describe this is that gravity pulls the soft tissues in the respiratory system sideways effectively opening them enough to allow easy passage of air through the airways without causing that irritating vibrating sound that gets louder and louder as the snorer slips into a deeper level of sleep.
Sleeping on the Left Side
The small difference between sleeping in the left side to the right is more to do with when and how much a person has eaten prior to going to bed. If your stomach still contains a sufficient amount of undigested food when you go to sleep, then sleeping on the right side can lead to some discomfort as gravity affects the digestive tract as the sleeper relaxes into sleep.
I know from personal experience that I get a little acid reflux or indigestion when I sleep on my right side if I have eaten some food too soon before going to bed. Yet when I turn over and lay on my left side, the problem goes away. You may have noticed this yourself.
How does this affect snoring?
It doesn't directly affect the level of snoring, but what it does do is interrupt the sleep pattern causing the sleeper to drift in and out of deep sleep to the point of waking them if the indigestion gets too bad. Then they go through the whole process of drifting back off to sleep and the snoring restarts!
Sleeping on the Front
For many snorers, my partner included, sleeping on the front is the best way to effectively reduce and even eliminate snoring. It is also a comfortable way to sleep if you have eaten too close to bed time and there is undigested food in your stomach to be processed.
Laying on your front seems to alleviate the indigestion that is the result of stupidly eating right before hitting the sack!
The only problem with sleeping on the front for some people is it can lead to stiffness in the neck especially if the head is not supported correctly with a good pillow. You have to weight up the pros and cons of this way of sleeping and discover for yourself if it's comfortable for you or not.
Everyone will be different in how comfortable or not a certain way of sleeping is.
Using an Anti-Snoring Mouthpiece
Of course my partner did away with the problems of how to sleep by simply buying the anti-snoring mouthpiece that is promoted in the clickable image banner above right. It is so simple and effective that he gets a good might's sleep regardless of how he sleeps and the bonus is that I get a good night's sleep too!
Of course, you do not have to buy one of these if you don't believe it will help you or your partner. I just know it worked for mine!
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