I mostly nose breath during the day, but am a chronic mouth breather by night. I've heard taping your lips with athletic or triple M tape is an effective way of ensuring you only breath through your nose. I've also been trying to nose breath only while running as well but have had great difficulty w/ overall difficulty breathing and congestion/snot coming out whilst running. My question is - is this taping method effective in making nose breathing a habit, and will I sleep better, have a less clogged nose, have improved athletic performance, etc. if I do it?
I am also curious about the sleeping posture that the native Americans had, as seen here -
Wouldn't this have an adverse effect by making the neck crane forwards? Or is that effect negligible? Does this also help to foster good breathing and tongue posture, etc?
IMO I think that sleeping on side is best. If your pillow is rounder/fluffier... then it gives more space to have jaw dropped. If it's more boxy... like some pillows marketed for better sleep then that can be better in my lay, novice opinion.
I'd actually like to develop a new kind of pillow meant to improve airway and facial development.
IMO I think that sleeping on side is best. If your pillow is rounder/fluffier... then it gives more space to have jaw dropped. If it's more boxy... like some pillows marketed for better sleep then that can be better in my lay, novice opinion.
I'd actually like to develop a new kind of pillow meant to improve airway and facial development.
I have 2 memory foam-esque pillows which are typically harder than the average feather pillow, so I don't think I'd have more space to have jaw dropped. However I have yet to sleep with one on top of the other in the style of picture I posted.
IMO I think that sleeping on side is best. If your pillow is rounder/fluffier... then it gives more space to have jaw dropped. If it's more boxy... like some pillows marketed for better sleep then that can be better in my lay, novice opinion.
I'd actually like to develop a new kind of pillow meant to improve airway and facial development.
I have 2 memory foam-esque pillows which are typically harder than the average feather pillow, so I don't think I'd have more space to have jaw dropped. However I have yet to sleep with one on top of the other in the style of picture I posted.
What I've noticed for myself... when laying on my back is this:
My mandible falls back toward throat less if I lay flat. If my head is up on a pillow.. my chin is more likely to drop back. That is what I've noticed just while resting awake on my back in bed. I'd try a few different positions and see how your body naturally responds. Typically, though... as Dr. Mike Mew explained once... when people do CPR... they have the ABCs of that. A stands for Airway. However, they had changed it now so it starts with C... compressions to the beat "Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive. Stayin' alive." Anyway, for A (airway)... you can watch videos on this... but to open up the airway, typically the head gets tilted back; not forward as illustrated. Make sense?
IMO I think that sleeping on side is best. If your pillow is rounder/fluffier... then it gives more space to have jaw dropped. If it's more boxy... like some pillows marketed for better sleep then that can be better in my lay, novice opinion.
I'd actually like to develop a new kind of pillow meant to improve airway and facial development.
I have 2 memory foam-esque pillows which are typically harder than the average feather pillow, so I don't think I'd have more space to have jaw dropped. However I have yet to sleep with one on top of the other in the style of picture I posted.
What I've noticed for myself... when laying on my back is this:
My mandible falls back toward throat less if I lay flat. If my head is up on a pillow.. my chin is more likely to drop back. That is what I've noticed just while resting awake on my back in bed. I'd try a few different positions and see how your body naturally responds. Typically, though... as Dr. Mike Mew explained once... when people do CPR... they have the ABCs of that. A stands for Airway. However, they had changed it now so it starts with C... compressions to the beat "Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive. Stayin' alive." Anyway, for A (airway)... you can watch videos on this... but to open up the airway, typically the head gets tilted back; not forward as illustrated. Make sense?
Yes.. does this mean it would be better to not sleep with a pillow at all, and just have the head lay flat?
Better to sleep on side... sorry, thanks for the clarification. Less chance of the mandible falling back. See these x-rays of sleep positions & resulting airway: https://www.thehealthystart.com/list/the-importance-of-your-childs-airway Keeping a side profile with support for jaw (more boxy pillow) can help. Actually, I should probably get one. My husband has one.. it atually has a little higher ridge on the side closest to body. I suppose that hold the jaw up and creates better sleep?
Yes - here is his: https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/therapedic-reg-trucool-reg-memory-foam-contour-pillow/1045349089?categoryId=13114 He sleeps with the higher portion closest to body. Couldn't find any phots of this exact pillow in use to see if he's doing it right... but it is similar to the Tempurpedic: https://www.pillowbedding.com/best-tempurpedic-neck-pillow-reviews/ Here, the higher portion is closest to the body. Although it says for side and back sleeping, it seems uncomfortable to sleep on back this way.. at least for me.
I may have to steal his pillow! What if this is like a huge, big deal?!!? The way we sleep - it seems to make a profound amount of sense! I LOVE that you started this conversation...
There may be people who say to sleep on back for various reasons.. To be honest, I have heard that side sleeping is better for airway, but haven't fully scrutinized the information. The main consideration for me personally is my Minimum Cross Sectional area (MCA) of airway being directly behind the mandible. I would think that the best options for myself would be:
First) sleeping on my side with a supportive pillow like my husbands.
Second) either sleeping on side with my crappy pillow or on my back with no pillow
Third) sleeping on my back with a pillow
Oh crap! I didn't update...
Please see attached.
I remain convinced I got wrinkles around the eye area from side sleeping. I don't mean the usual crow's feet, I mean a couple of other wrinkles which bisect the crows feet at right angles. I was looking at these in the mirror recently and wondering where they came from, and in pushing my skin in the direction that creates these wrinkles, I realized that they probably came from having the side of my face smooshed up against a pillow all night.
I also worry about the condition of my shoulders if I side sleep. Back when I was a side sleeper, I suffered a SLAP tear in the shoulder cartilage from being hit by a car, and I couldn't sleep on the side with the tear. So I slept on the other side for a year. And then my other shoulder started developing problems, including a feeling that it had jumped out of its socket when I woke in the morning. To be honest side sleeping, although I did it out of habit, always felt a little unnatural in that I was never quite sure where my arms should go. And of course, you're putting strain on your hips by letting your knees knock together (which is why it's important to use a knee pillow if you're a side sleeper).
I now sleep on my back with nothing more than a small towel folded into a strip in order to give the crook of my neck a little support. I couldn't sleep any way else now, it feels so natural! And I never toss or turn in the night now. Wake up exactly as I fell asleep.
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