Stiffness In The Neck Research Paper

Have you ever experience waking up with a stiffness or/and pain in the neck? For me, that's been an everyday routine that I have to go through in the morning. Most people will think that the pain will go away later or it's not going to affect the daily life, but not only it affects our daily life, but, it could also lead to health problems. First, the stiffness in the neck and the shoulder makes me unable to seat in one position for a long time. This eventually gives me a hard time when I have to seat in a class for a very long amount of time trying to take notes and when I have to drive seating in one position unable to change position. And the cause of this problem is that I am sleeping on a wrong pillow. Pillows are designed to support …show more content…
As I mentioned on the first paragraph, pillows were designed to support our head and neck to prevent the neck pains, therefore, we need to find the right pillow that supports our neck and shoulder right. I always buy new pillow when my shoulder pain gets worse or if the pillow gets too low. I usually just buy the pillow from Wal mart or at Sam's and they only cost about $20-$30 dollars but, they were never the right pillow. The pillow was either always either to low or to high and never supported my neck and head right. What the pillow does when it doesn't support the neck right is, the neck muscle gets strained, leading to the stiffness and the pain in the neck and the shoulder. This eventually leads you to be groggy the next day and overtime, the depression kicks in affecting the daily life. However, there are pillows which, correctly supports the neck helping the neck muscle to take a break. From my knowledge, the lowest price was $70 and the highest price were over $100 dollars. But is it worth it? Yes, it is. Some people might say that cost to much for just a pillow, but , at least it takes the stiffness and the pain away and at the same time, I get enough sleep without switching the postion every 2 hours and making me depress for the day. That doesn't mean that all expensive pillows will help us get enough rest, but, we do need do find the right pillow that supports our neck on a right …show more content…
This means, we sleep with a pillow that we chose for 33.33% of our life, making them important in our life. Sleeping in a wrong pillow might lead us to having a health problem like worsening headache, neck pain, arm numbness, sneezing and wheezing, etc.. and the right pillow will help us get a good sleep making the stress from that day go away and making our mood better better for the next day. As we sleep, our body also get rest to repair from the day for the next day. Pillows are taking a great amount of space in our life making it important for our body and also,one of the important product out there in the world. This is why it is important to find the right pillow so you can wake up in the morning feeling like you actually got some sleep instead of waking up with a frawn on your