Neck Support Pillow - Why Use It?

By Sherry L Harris

A neck support pillow provides pressure relief and support to the most vital area - your neck. The ergonomic design enables all body types and sizes to take advantage of the natural comfort that comes from its use.

The design allows your neck and shoulder muscles to relax completely. Its ergonomic shape and distinctive pressure relieving aim enables people with neck and back discomfort to get a good night's sleep. It is important to note that sleep pillows have been clinically shown to improve the quality of your sleep.

Let's talk about home use, travel use and direct benefits of the support pillow.

Home use

There are many home pillow designs to suit your body and personal preferences. Goals vary from person to person on what they seek to get out of their neck support. However, the top three reasons people state are:

1. lumbar support

2. leg support

3. head support

No matter what your goal is the support pillow gives pressure relieving and that is what you are looking for.

Travel use

Let's face it, traveling can make you tired. When we get tired of sitting in a bus or airplane seat we start to contort our bodies from one position to another. Then after we arrive at our destination and sleep in an unfamiliar bed we continue the vicious cycle of tossing and turning. We might even wake up with a crook in our neck.

To combat this potential problem it might be advantageous to get yourself a good horseshoe or u-shaped travel support pillow. This particular design cradles your neck, so that it relieves pressure and promotes comfort and support while traveling.

Benefits

No matter how many times you switch positions during the night, the neck support pillow enables you to wake up rested, relaxed and ready to take on the day. Ok, you might not feel like Superman, but nonetheless you will feel rested.

A sagging or distorted pillow promotes an unnatural spine alignment. Your muscles, in the lower neck and back area, tense up trying to restore a more natural positioning of the spine. It is this muscle tension that builds up throughout the night, producing the morning discomfort and pain. When you use a support pillow you naturally redistribute body weight, greatly improving your circulation.

When you use sleep pillows you wake up refreshed and you no longer have to worry about chronic pain and stiffness. Instead the sleep pillow gives your neck, back and shoulders comfort and support.

So no matter what brand of support pillow you choose, just give it a try. A higher quality of sleep helps you look and feel better. Your energy will be restored. You will even look better because sleep rejuvenates the skin and lessens wrinkles.