Let’s talk a little more about sleep styles and/or sleeping positions. By now you should realize that many factors affect your quality of sleep, and this holds true with your sleeping style, as well. Your sleep style will determine the best sleep system for you and help determine the pillows needed. Research has even been able to determine mental and physical status based on your sleep style. There are generally six sleeping positions. Let’s review them below:
Fetal. This is the most popular sleep position overall, and most common for females. A side sleeper curls up like in the womb.
Log. This is the second most common sleep position. As a side sleeper, the person lies on their side with their arms down the side.
Yearner. This is the third most common sleep position. As a side sleeper, the person lies on their side with their arms laid out front of them.
Soldier. Coming in fourth place as a preferred sleep position, a back sleeper lies on their back with their arms lying to their sides.
Freefall. Coming in fifth place as a preferred sleep position, a stomach sleeper lies on their stomach, face down, with their arms extended above and their hands on pillows.
Starfish. This is the least favored sleep position, a back sleeper lies on their back with their arms extended above and their hands on pillow.
These are the six most common sleep positions, and there are certainly variations of these. You should know your sleep position when you are shopping so that we can best fit you to your new sleep products. It is important that you try out a new mattress in the showroom in the sleep position that is normal to you. While shopping, remember that the goal is to gain optimal sleep for your mental and physical health. You will spend more than 1/3 of your life in bed and your health greatly depends on you getting restorative sleep, which can only happen with several factors being in alignment. Our sleep consultants understand this quite well.
Factoid – Your sleeping position helps to determine the best sleep system for you.
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