How to Choose Pillow Healthy

One third of person’s life time is spent during sleeping. Then we could say pillow is a friend that stays the longest time with us. Choosing an appropriate pillow could not only ensure a high quality sleep, but also concerns our two thirds time of working, studying and life quality. So some people bought a very expensive pillow at all costs, considering such pillow is the best. However, pillow is not the dearer the better; the standard of good pillow is not only the cost.

Choosing an improper pillow could influence one’s morpheus directly. If your pillow is too high, then no matter what position you used when you sleep, the radian of cervical vertebra still could not keep right, your cervical vertebra would have more burden. If things go on like this, the symptom like neck ache, headache, dizziness, tinnitus and neurasthenia would all happen to you. What’s more, your hands and feet may feel numb. Well, those sound very horrible, if you do not want to have these symptoms, remember do not choose an over high pillow.

Then some people may think that if I could not choose over high pillows, then low one is OK. Unfortunately, too low pillow is also very dangerous. It could make your head congestion and facial edema. So according to the experts, no matter you like supine or side sleep, choosing a pillow can maintain your neck radian normally is the best.

Well, then how to choose the height of the pillow? Expert said if the one that we could put one hand in between the back of the pillow and the neck is the suitable one. So the pillow with 15cm high is the best. Besides the height, the hardness of the pillow is also very important. If the pillow is too hard, then the contact area would reduce, the pressure would increase, our scalp would also feel uncomfortable. Meanwhile, if it is too soft, cervical muscle would feel tired, thus influences the breath. The moderate softness is the key.