Best Sleeping Positions for Over 50
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- Brad and Mike demonstrate the best sleeping positioning for those over 50 years of age.
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I'm 80 years old and was already confused before the two-minute mark. "...if you fall asleep and don't want the pillow below your legs, just pull it out..." Huh? When I'm asleep my right brain is, most of the time, smart enough to keep me from rolling out of bed, but it is not smart enough to reach under the covers and pull out or adjust pillows. That complex operation requires my left brain, which only functions when I'm awake.
Even worse, while I'm asleep my right brain is sending all sorts of weird signals to my muscles, causing my body to assume various positions on my back and sides, (never on my stomach) which means that I rarely end up where I started, so those extra pillows in any given starting position are rarely going to do much good an hour or two later. What works best for me is sleeping on a firm surface, just slightly softer than a carpeted floor, and using a single goose-down pillow that squishes down to about one to two inches under the weight of my head. If I happen to wake up on my side, my left brain will direct me to fold the pillow in half to double thickness to reduce neck bending, and if I happen to wake up after rolling onto my back, my left brain will direct me to locate the pillow, fluff it up, and place it back under my head.
In spite of my prostate and sciatica problems, I manage to get enough sleep to stay healthy enough to avoid my doctor but once or twice a year. He'll just say, keep doing what you're doing because it seems to be working.
Sorry it didn't make sense!
me watching this at the age of 27 but my body feels like it’s over 50 lol
I am 50 and my body feels like a 27 year old because I listen yo these guys, follow their advise and care for your body while you are young. Prevention is key ❤
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Bro im 14/9/1998 oky let me tell you something my shoulder are clicking my lower back pop my feet 🦶 look like broken if walking to much and wait my left ear 👂 it looks like Feeling im a daft And working a 12 h /7 d. And 0 bank account. after all of this sometimes i say come on man you’ just a 24 what’s wrong with you life is good 😂
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Oh shoot! Hopefully some of our videos will get your body back to feeling better!
I'm 33 and I get into such awkward sleeping positions that I found my way to this video. Another super helpful one from Bob and Brad.
Trust me, all ages need this kind of advice!
We love Brad, great explanations for each problem👍
Happy to hear it, thank you for watching!
Love all the options, thank you!!
What is this elusive "sleep" of which you speak?
Yes , hope Bob is doing well 🙏🏼 , please give updates!
Will do!
This was very helpful thankyou!
Haven’t watched B&B for a while. Ive just watched two vids and I’m back into it! Very very good. Layman’s language and very practical. Thank you!
Great to have you back :)
Thank you!!!
Great show today. I really enjoyed it.
Glad to hear it!
Great advice guy's!
Glad it was helpful
I use the long u-shape pregnancy pillow. It supports my head, free arm and splits the legs apart while side sleeping. I am 81 and it is convenient and effective.
Great to hear, thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the recommendations Mike and Brad! Hi Bob!! I will definitely try some of these sleeping positions for myself! Have a wonderful day guys! See y'all next video!! Toodles!
Happy we could help!
Thanks for the info
You're welcome
Bardzo dobre porady ❤
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video Team
Thank you!
Thanks😊
Happy to help!
@@BobandBrad Stay blessed!
Hi! My father has mitral regurgitation, was wondering if he should use the heartburn sleep position or another one? Thank you so much!
Thank you guys for NOT excluding older folk in this youth-obsessed society.
Thank you so much for the great videos! I've been doing alot of reading on Spondylolisthesis ( vertebra that slides forward) and Retrolisthesis ( Vertebra that slides backward). Was wondering the term used when a vertebra slides or moves from side to side? I have a ligament/muscle pulling my Spinous Process out of alignment from the side. Would very much appreciate any advice! Thank you!
I can't find the recommendation for a bolster that you strapped around the waist in a previous video. Can you provide the information, please? Really enjoy your channel!
@Bob & Brad, can you recommend a good pillow for side/back sleeping to keep spine in alignment? Is there a cervical pillow that is good for that?
This would have been helpful 8 hours ago. 😂 I will def use these tonight. Stomach sleeping is a hard habit to break. I have GERD, so I do sleep propped up sometimes, but how do I keep from sliding down?
a fellow gerd sufferer lol I woke up today and my throat was burning because I forgot to prop myself up last night 😭😂
@@lildwaekki awww! That 😞
The thing that keeps me from sliding down is using the wedge for the knees in addition to the upper body wedge. It can be a bit of a production to get them both situated, but it does work. It kind of mimics that “weightless” position some of the mechanical bed frames can do.
Better late then never!
It seems when we were young, we didn't worry to much about what positions we slept in...now, as an oldie, the body clearly tells you what positions are a no-no...so, thank you for your advice!...comfy sleeping position, less pain....less pain, better life...better life, more productive
I’m getting warm just looking at all those pillows
You are getting very sleepy
The thumbnail image is how I sleep... except I use a longer body pillow under my arm and wrap the one end under the small of my back. The slight tension really helps minimize/eliminate backaches and it keeps that part of my back nice and warm with no cold drafts on it.
Thanks for sharing!
Dear Brad & Mike: I’ve watched your videos about sleep positions and pillows but I still have an ongoing pain in the neck-worse than ever right now.
I’m 61, use a CPAP and used to slept quite soundly with the old memory foam bed. It had no bounce-like a bag of cement-and it wasn’t always kind to my lower back but I slept soundly. I used 2 pillows: a cervical pillow which worked great for my neck, plus a large pillow for hugging (I’ve had both rotator cuffs repaired).
10 months ago we bought a Sleep Number adjustable bed. He sleeps just fine! It came with a memory foam pillow; seemed nice enough but right from Go I had pain/tightness in my neck/upper back. I couldn’t seem to find the right position so I tossed the new pillow and resumed my cervical and huggy pillow. Flat on my back with the cervical pillow destroys my neck/shoulders the next morning. It’s a tiny bit better if I sleep on the very flat huggy pillow, instead. I’m careful to place my head AND upper shoulders on the flat pillow.
My best position is on my right side, but my exposed arm goes numb eventually so I wake often.
A weird thing; bed seems higher in the center, because if I lay on my side facing the edge I am balanced and sleep fine… but if I face the center my body feels like it’s pulling towards the bed edge. Current Sleep Number setting is 85, and I’m no longer raising my upper body.
Last few days I’ve had a wicked sharp pain in my neck; I’d guess a pinched nerve or something. Clearly I’m reinjuring my neck every night, straining it badly. I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. I don’t want to end up chronically injured-a bad disc-and wonder if I need a chiropractor. I’m virtually afraid of the bed, since I’m not sleeping well and waking up feeling awful.
Does it sound to you guys like a bed issue? Pillows? Angle? I invite other viewers have experienced this to comment, too, please. I love your channel and recommend it to all my achy, over-50 friends. Thanks very much in advance for whatever insight you can give.
I have RBBB. There's no fixing my heart's limited, possibly even congenital electrical system misfires BUT..... I get better oxygenation sleeping lightly on my left side 45% elevated propped with pillows, scoring 96% versus 92% saturation, pulse rate 57 versus 62 on my pulsometer. Wondrously, I also awake pain free from a musculoskeletal standpoint, plus I'm much more rested with better aeration. It's easier for me to go all night nose breathing.
And a colder room puts more 02 in the lungs.
I experimented around with positioning and a pulsometer. I bet everybody's different. But this really works for me and seems it took 5% load off my heart. I'm 77 and otherwise metabolically healthy.
I now get out of bed with a bit more spring in my step.
At 77 I need all the spring I can get! I might just be the smartest dead body in the morgue, but like you guys teach it's the simple tune-ups that make you as good as you can be.
For what it's worth.
While I can sometimes sleep on my back if head and legs elevated enough, I tend to sleep most comfortably on that stomach/side hybrid. I currently use a U shaped pillow that was billed as good for rotator cuff tear recovery (and I’m now 5mo post scar tissue removal surgery) how can I best support that top arm and shoulder on side/stomach hybrid?
Have you tried the tunnel? Here's more videos to try: www.youtube.com/@BobandBrad/search?query=side%20sleeping
I'm a back sleeper, now, and getting TMJ. Any connection?
I want that wedge pillow for the legs. I have the other one and it is good for back. If I have one pillow out of place when I sleep, I’m basically out of commission for days. My back hurts, I can’t sleep because of that. Thanks I’m done complaining 😉
Here is the link for the wedge pillow: amzn.to/45bwGMi in case you're interested!
I have GERD but there is no way I could sleep with that wedge. We bought an adjustable bed and that doesn’t work either. I slide down in my sleep to get off that angle and onto the flat area!
Imitate try the pillow under my feet. The lateral hip pain is so annoying!
I have a nice pillow that's a wedge with an arm hole in it. It lets me sleep on my side and prevents acid reflux.
Great! Do you have a link for it?
@@BobandBrad Whelp, youtube didn't like my comment apparently. Google "MedCline Acid Reflux Relief System".
How do you get all those pillows under covers in colder weather?
Put them under first before the covers :)
Do older folks still share the bed with their spouses or do they sleep in pillow fortresses?
😂🤣😂I was thinking the same! So many pillows.
😂😂😂
Good question, how do you cuddle or spoon with all of those pillows?
Glad you said that I am 62 couldn’t understand why she doesn’t want to sleep with me it seems that’s the normal
@@vahid-T I'm 41 and my husband and I sleep in the same bed, but not necessarily at the same time. I think I snore too much and he's not able to get good rest next to me. I'm about to get a cpap machine and wouldn't be mad at this point if he asked me to sleep in another part of the house.
What's the best position for lordosis?
Will add this to our to do list!
I've tried using pillows between the knees and also between the feet in the past. That's fine if you stay in one position all night long, but impossible to shift under the covers when you turn from one side to another or move a leg or foot. Any suggestions?
Yeah, you have to readjust when you move!
This does work, thank you Jesus and these guys for delivering Jesus ' message to us
Am having spondylosis and sincerely my feet hurt a lot when I walk for long, or even when insit in a chair and leave my legs hanging they swell, what's this ,
We would suggest you see your physician for a proper examination!
How do I know whether or not a soft bed would be better, afraid to spend hundreds & it not working. I toss & turn nightly - feels like the bed which is medium soft is honestly too hard.
This is a very hard decision what's right for you individually.
I find it pretty much impossible to sleep on my back its either gotta be flat on ma face or on the side
Very common issue!
How is Bob?
He is doing well, thank you!
I use no pillow under my head if I lay on stomach but I do put one under the shoulder my face is on
Does this work for you?
I'm asleep! I know I sleep in all positions just to get asleep. I wake up the same way changing positions before I wake up!]
Very common issue!
I am 42 and sleep on my stomach and notice that my face is practically smushed into the pillow. My head doesn’t seem to be just on its side and I’ve noticed over the last year my right eye is changing shape and is getting even more hooded than my left! My left eye is more almond shape while the right(smooshed) is more rainbow shaped on the top lid! I’m 42.. I workout daily pretty hard, use great skincare, minimal wrinkles, so the issue with my eyes is pretty noticeable, especially because I wear false lashes daily and if I don’t manipulate my liner and lashes it’s just ridiculous. How do you completely change how you sleep??? I already sleep very little and wake up frequently! I have back issues and when I try to sleep on my back, when I get up my back hurts bad! My issue is my lumbar naturally wants to curve in instead of being flat and that’s what hurts. I have to bend and push my lumbar up and out to relieve the pain because even standing it curves in. I have great posture(a grandma who yelled when we were young if we didn’t) so it’s not that! I’m at a loss… I just read sciatica(also currently flared) can be from stress/emotional stress, is that true?
It is difficult to change any habit, repetition is the best course of action! It can cause a flare up, will add this to our to do list.
Is it bad to put head on one shoulder while side sleeping ? imagine there is nothing to use.
The problem with all these different pillow configurations is that many people rotate to all sides during the night and all the pillows are in the way.
Lol these are my 2 main sleeping positions 😭
Improve sleep by demanding an end to time change!
I have sleep by # bed. I change firmest every night.
I’m 21 and sleep like the thumbnail and my friends always ask why I have so many pillows😭
LOL, pillows are our friends!
Sometimes I will put my head over the edge of the bed a little, which helps the neck and back, then after half an hour, a lot of strain goes away. Then I can sleep really well on my back. I have no idea why this works ?????
Great suggestion! It could be helping like hanging helps with shoulders. Whatever works, don't change it!
Very strange! I don’t have any video. Just audio.
That is strange!
"or take them (pillows) from your kids"😆
LOL
Planet Ayurveda's sleep naturals help to maintain a great sleep cycle.
I have a 4 feet teddy bear I napped on top the other day and I woke up with the worst neck and shoulder pain. 😭
Table spoon of apple cider vinegar in 8oz water drink twice a day and after several days heart burn probably will be gone
Thanks for sharing! We have done a video on this as well
You don't have to have a head pillow or move your face to the side while sleeping on your stomach! Otherwise, good video!
Thanks for the feedback!
And I'm 50 ...And feeling like 60!!😪😪🤯😖😣😓
Hopefully our videos can help that! Best of luck!
Back sleeping gives me wierd dreams.
Sleep awww sleep….💤 ..
Right!
Am I the only one who thinks Brad is HOT?
LOL, thanks for sharing that! We are sure you cannot be the only one! I'm sure his wife feels the same way :)
I'm a toss & turner ...
Very common!
With all due respect these are unsustainable .. what happens when you need to move ?? Put your faith in Jesus .. By Jesus ‘ wounds we were healed 🙏🏽💙