Sleeping on the back for many people means greatly reduced body oxygen stores, poor perfusion of the brain, and abnormal and heavy breathing pattern. This often causes acute minor symptoms (blocked nose, dry mouth, snoring, sleep apnea, migraine headaches, fatigue, etc.) or major problems (heart attacks, stroke, asthma attacks, etc.) In fact, critically ill patients (heart disease, COPD, diabetes, etc.) most often die during early morning hours. Sleep has profound adverse effects on their health state.

There were different techniques invented to prevent sleeping on the back. Some people were sleeping with a backpack to prevent turning on the back. This is one (“awkward”) option. It is possible to prop oneself from the sides with pillows. Another option is to sew a pocket on the back of your night shirt and put a tennis ball there.

The better and simple solution is to take a sock and wrap it around the middle of a belt making a knot. For better night sleep, the belt can be positioned around the middle or lower part of the chest with the knot on the back of the person. The knot should be big enough to prevent the person from sleeping on the back and it would not wake the person up since it is soft.

Another popular solution is to take a double layer (strip) of bed linen about the size of the long scarf. Wrap it around self, make two knots on your chest and move the knots on your back.

Are there any other sleep parameters which are important? Practice shows, that some people can turn on their backs at night due to, for example, too warm blankets or beds that are too soft. We feel much better in the morning, if we sleep on hard beds. Another important factor is quality of air. For many people, carpets in the bedroom or too warm conditions are adverse factors.

Should the person use the above methods for the rest of the life? It is a medical observation that sleeping on the back is the distinctive feature of sick people. In fact, healthy people never sleep on their back. It is only when body oxygenation drops, breathing becomes heavy, and symptoms of various diseases appear, sleeping on the back becomes normal. In order to find how to permanently solve the problem with sleeping on the back, visit my website www.normalbreathing.com

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