Know The Best Sleeping Position For Heart Health

Illustration of sleeping position (Pexels / Andrea Piacquadio)

JAKARTA - Bad sleeping position affects health. Starting from making the back feel sore after waking up, the neck feels stiff, obstructed blood circulation to affect heart health.

In addition to paying attention to sleeping positions to maintain health, you also need to consider the types of nutritious foods that are consumed. What is a good position while sleeping? Well, consider the following explanation.

Supine sleeping position, good for reducing back pain

For those of you who often complain of sore backs and tense necks, sleeping on your back is a good position. This position relaxes the muscles in the neck, back, hips and heels. If you sleep in this position, the appearance of soreness after waking up is very small.

But this sleeping position is not good for GERD sufferers and those of you who have a snoring habit because the supine sleeping position makes it easier for stomach acid to move up the esophagus. This means that for those of you who have GERD tendencies, use a higher pile of pillows.

In order not to get sore quickly due to the high pile of pillows, change your sleeping position frequently. Meanwhile, for snorers, it is not only caused by breath but can indicate a condition of sleep apnea.

Although not everyone who snores because of their breath has sleep apnea, people with sleep apnea are more likely to experience heart disease.

A good sleeping position for heart health

Especially for pregnant women, sleeping on the side can improve blood flow to the heart so that the risk of blockage is getting smaller. For pregnant women, sleeping on your left side is very good.

For those of you who often snore, blood circulation is better and opens the airway so that the possibility of snoring is getting smaller.

Since sleeping on your side for a long time will experience tingling and numbness or numbness, it is recommended to expand the area of the body that is under pressure, for example by not bending the knees of the legs.

Curled sleeping position

It is best to sleep in the position facing the side and curled up, which is the foundation of the left side of the body. This sleeping position can improve blood circulation but is not good for people with arthritis or arthritis. Because for people with arthritis, curling up can increase back pain.

Sleeping on his stomach

To relieve the burden on your back, sleeping on your stomach is good. But if it's too long it is not healthy for the neck muscles because it needs to twist up to 90 degrees. For snorers, the prone sleeping position can be slightly reduced, although not significantly.

Illustration of sleeping on his stomach (Pexels / Oleja Titoff)

Sleep with your arms up

Sleeping position with arms up and hands over the head, good for those who have problems with the back. This sleeping position is also useful for treating skin problems, such as acne and signs of aging.

The drawback is that sleeping with your arms up can potentially increase stomach acid and put pressure on your shoulders.

From the sleeping position above, what you need to pay attention to again is the pile of pillows and the flexibility of the mattress. For those who have back problems, choose a mattress that can make your back straight. Meanwhile, for those who have a habit of snoring, check the pile of pillows according to the relief of breathing.

In essence, a good sleeping position for heart health is the side sleeping position. Tilt to the left to increase your heart rate while sleeping.

While tilting to the right is done to lower the heart rate, relax more, reduce shortness of breath, reduce snoring, and reduce the squeezing of the heart organ by other organs.