The average person will sleep anywhere from 7-9 hours a night, which is roughly 3,000 hours of sleep a year. If you think about it, that translates in to almost 125 days of the year that the average person spends sleeping! What if during those sleeping hours you were able to help “stabilize” your scoliosis spine simply by modifying you sleeping position?
Typically, when speaking of posture, it is often associated with sitting and standing. However, we can also have poor posture while sleeping. Maintaining a “bad” sleeping posture in which you are twisted rotated, or “scrunched up in bed” can increase the rotational force on the spine and can further rotate and increase the scoliosis curve. For individuals with scoliosis, who already deal with increased tension loads, sleeping positions can make all the difference. Learning to maintain a proper sleeping position to decrease this load on a scoliosis curve can reduce both complaints of night pain and the risk of curve progression. Let’s discuss how to use proper positioning and props to improve alignment throughout the night.