Comments on: Side Sleeper Shoulder Pain

By: harold

harold — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:30:48 +0000

Very interesting indeed. I have shoulder pain when I sleep on my left side. It doesn’t hurt at the gym or while carrying a heavy pack in the mountains, just when I sleep on my left side. I spoke to a physical Therapist and found out about side sleeping syndrome. I wounder if the pillow is the way to go or is it best to simply try not to sleep on my side?

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:37:04 +0000

I am a 45 yr old side sleeper, gym rat. Sleeping on my side along with a 25 year run where I performed military presses in the gym, has turned into a torn shoulder labrum on each side. My chronic shoulder pain started in the middle of the night after sleeping on my side with a short pillow and tucking my lower shoulder under myself with too much weight placed on that shoulder. At 45 years old, I am just now figuring out, with the help of articles like this, that my pillow (and military presses) have been the source of my problems. Had I known this years ago, I first would have been much healthier physically and a little wealthier from NOT having $16k worth of shoulder surgery. Now the next step, I guess, is finding the right pillow. Do I measure the space from my ear to shoulder to find the right pillow? I’d like to buy the right pillow the first time.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 23:39:28 +0000

Just seems like an ad for pillows. Why not discourage side sleeping altogether?

By: Mahbub

Mahbub — Tue, 17 May 2016 20:03:31 +0000

There are awesome side sleepers. Nice informative blog telling us about how to avoid shoulder pain. Great.