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Back Pain and Sleep - Support Your Hip, Spine and Neck

Sleeping Positions that Have Pillow Support May Help Your Back Pain

From Anne Asher, About.com

Updated: April 5, 2007

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By providing support to your back and neck during sleep, you may be able to avoid or minimize pain.(c) Anne Asher 2007
By providing support to your back and neck during sleep, you may be able to avoid or minimize back pain.
Here the model is supporting her hip joint by putting a pillow between her knees. This raises her top leg and will allow the muscles around her hip joint to relax.

She has also placed a pillow support in the space between the bed and her waist. This will take strain off her low back.

She has positioned her head and neck comfortably on her pillow.

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