Many people know that incorrect sitting posture can cause cervical spondylosis, lumbar muscle strain and other diseases. But how many people know that sleeping in an incorrect position is harmful to health? Generally speaking, there are usually three postures for sleeping: supine, lateral and prone. For women, the best sleeping position is lying on the right side.
At present, there are not many women sleeping on their stomachs, because this posture is easy to oppress their chests and affect their breathing. For young women who are developing, this posture will also affect the development of the thorax and breasts, so try to avoid it.
Sleeping on your back doesn't seem to affect all the organs of your body. In fact, in the normal anatomy of the female reproductive system, the position of the uterus should be forward-leaning and forward-bending, but some studies have found that most of the back of the uterus is related to the sleeping position in the supine position.
The uterus can lean forward and bend forward, depending on the uterine ligament. The posterior uterus leans toward the sacral recess, especially the posterior uterus, so that the whole uterus is located in the sacral recess, tightly blocking the sacral recess and compressing the presacral nerve tissue, which is prone to discomfort such as backache and abdominal pain. Before menstruation, the soft tissue in front of the uterus and sacrum is congested and edematous, which is more likely to increase the compression of nerve tissue in the back of uterus and aggravate symptoms.
What kind of sleeping position is good during menstruation?
Sleep accounts for one-third of life. Women should not only have enough sleep, but also pay attention to the choice of sleeping position to keep healthy. Sleeping posture is usually supine and lateral, and a few people also have the habit of prone. But once you encounter menstruation (especially when you have a lot of menstruation), you are basically uncomfortable when you sleep. You lie on your back and are afraid of leakage, and you lie on your side and are afraid of leakage ... In fact, the sleeping position during menstruation does not require women to be as comfortable and charming as a sleeping beauty, as long as they can keep their menstruation smooth and their whole body comfortable.
1, prone. Prone position can really reduce enough sleep in the abdomen, and we should also pay attention to the feeling of bloating in sleeping position, but everyone knows that prone position is harmful to the body, especially women. Prone position is easy to oppress the chest, increase the pressure on the chest, heart, lungs and face, affect breathing, and lead to facial edema and bloodshot eyes after waking up. Therefore, if you don't want to disfigure your sleeping position, you'd better not choose this sleeping position.
Step 2 lie on your back. There are many kinds of supine. You can sleep with your hands on your sides like a soldier, or you can sleep on your bed like an octopus ... but no matter which supine way, it doesn't seem to pose a threat to all organs of the body, but it actually has a great impact on the uterus. Under normal circumstances, the normal position of the uterus of normal adult women is in the center of the pelvis, and the uterus leans forward, and the cervix and uterus form an included angle of 120 degrees to150 degrees. If you sleep in the supine position for a long time, it is very likely that there will be uterine displacement, the most common being the posterior position of the uterus, which means that the uterus will no longer lean forward and the body will undergo qualitative changes.
When menstruation comes, there will be congestion and edema in the uterine soft tissue. If you encounter the posterior position of the uterus, it will compress the nerves around the pelvic cavity, causing dysmenorrhea, general weakness and other symptoms. In addition, the posterior position of the uterus may also pull the cervix upward, so that sperm can not enter the cervical canal smoothly, leading to infertility. Finally, the backward uterus may also lead to poor pelvic blood flow, excessive pelvic blood stasis and increased menstrual flow.
3. Lie on your side. Lateral lying can be divided into right lying and left lying. Lying on the left side will press the heart, leading to poor blood circulation and physical discomfort. Lying on the right side is conducive to blood circulation, all organs of the body can operate normally, and the blood supply is sufficient, which is conducive to menstrual blood outflow. So there is no doubt that lying on your side is the most suitable sleeping position during menstruation.
Generally speaking, if you use sanitary napkins correctly, side leakage will not occur when lying on the right side. If you are really worried, you can put old clothes on the sheets, or sew some "side leakage-proof" sheets. The area of the bed sheet does not need to be too large, which can not only catch the menstrual blood flowing out, but also facilitate cleaning.