TikTok chiropractor said I was sleeping wrong, turns out he was actually right

I kept waking up with a sore neck for like three months straight. Saw this chiropractor on TikTok who does these quick posture breakdowns and he said if your pillow is too thick or too flat it messes with your spine alignment while you sleep. I was using this old lumpy pillow I got from Target in 2019. Switched to a medium loft memory foam pillow from Amazon for $25 and after 4 nights the neck pain was basically gone. I normally hate taking advice from random social media people but this one actually worked. Makes me wonder how many other common problems are just a bad pillow or bad chair away. Anyone else found a random internet tip that fixed something physical?

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emma_baker616d ago

Yeah I was pretty skeptical too honestly. I always figured neck pain was just from staring at my phone too much or getting older. But I swapped my pillow out about a year ago for a shredded latex one and it made a huge difference with my shoulder tension that I'd been dealing with for like two years. It's wild how much we just accept that something hurts without thinking about something as simple as what we're resting our head on.

nelson.wren6d ago

Huh, I dunno. I mean I'm glad it worked for you but that seems like a lot of hype over a pillow. I've had the same flat one for years and my neck's fine. People act like buying some fancy pillow is gonna fix everything but sometimes a little pain is just part of getting older.