First: Experts think that it is unhealthy to have a pillow too low or no pillow. Some people suffering from cervical spondylosis think that they can recover without pillows. In fact, this idea is unscientific. If you don't put a pillow on your back, your body will lean back too much, and it is easy to open your mouth and breathe, resulting in dry mouth, sore throat and snoring. If you don't lie on your side with a pillow, your neck muscles will cramp, ache and stiff neck due to overstretching and fatigue.
The second type: The director of the Department of Orthopaedics of Beijing Hospital of the Ministry of Health Lu told the reporter that there are many patients with stiff neck in clinic, all because the pillow sleeps too high. If the pillow you sleep on is too high, it will change the normal physiological curvature of cervical spine, cause muscle fatigue injury and ligament strain, lead to spasm and inflammation, and cause neck and shoulder pain, numbness, dizziness and other symptoms. Clinically, high pillow is one of the common causes of stiff neck and cervical spondylosis.
Health pillows are also non-washable, and washing will lose their efficacy. The correct way is to take the pillow back to its original shape and put it in a ventilated place to avoid the sun.
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