I am sharing my detailed review because I realized (the hard way) that getting good quality sleep at night is such an important thing. Unfortunately, many people may not even realize that some of their health issues, high irritability, or low energy/willpower are due to the poor quality of their sleep (even if they are sleeping for enough duration). After several trial and error attempts (sleep tracking for over a year), I figured out that my frequent morning headache was either due to snoring or due to sleeping on my tummy and twisting my neck throughout the night. To avoid twisting my neck, I trained myself to sleep on my back. However, it made my snoring worse. Turns out, sleeping on the back is known to make snoring worse. At the same time, sleeping on my back felt really good for my body, especially for my neck. Then, I figure out that snoring becomes worse because of using traditional pillows. These traditional pillows lift our heads too high, causing the critical air passage to constrict, and that triggers or worsens snoring. I tried different head positions and figured out the head-neck alignment that caused the least constriction for airflow. This ideal head-neck alignment was when my chin is slightly upwards (i.e. pushing my head backward), causing my throat to sorta open up, thus avoiding the collapse of the critical airway. I just couldn't understand how a traditional pillow would achieve this. So, I searched for a wedge-shaped pillow that can achieve the posture I was looking for. To my surprise, there weren't many wedge-shaped pillows. Almost all were those brick-like orthopedic pillows (I tried these types first. IMO, these are worse than traditional pillows. These are uncomfortable and make things worse). Finally, I found this magical pillow. There were reviews, photos, and videos that showed that this pillow is soft, but not too soft to not give enough support. The fabric also looked comfortable. So, I decided to give this a try. Bingo! my theory worked and this turned out to be one of my best purchases that literally improved the quality of my life. I have been using this pillow every night for the last two months. It solved my morning headache problem. Now, I sleep well and wake up with lots of energy and motivation. I have been tracking my sleep quality using a tracker, but I don't even have to check the results because I know from my direct experience that I sleep well at night. I also noticed that if my sleep quality is less, I just don't need to sleep for too long. Some additional notes. Even though I try to sleep on my back, towards the last stages of sleep, there is a strong urge to sleep on my tummy. Even in that case, I found this pillow to be comfortable for tummy sleeping. Ideally, just to change positions, I am trying to sleep on my side instead of my tummy. For side sleeping, this is perfect. Read more
The product packaging was done with great care to include a short instructional sheet along with a "Thank you card" for choosing their product. Holding the product in my hands to examine it I was immediately impressed with it's high quality- specifically the strong product material used and professional crafting. I have been a side-sleeper all my life and this past year I started to regularly wake up with terrible neck and shoulder pain. I bought different pillows but they offered no relief. I started to educate myself and learned that the cervical spine needs to be supported throughout the night whatever position you're in. That as you get older the poor body alignment and strain from a non-supportive pillow becomes worse and actually can cause long term problems. The second night I slept on this cervical neck pillow I literally woke up with NO NECK OR SHOULDER PAIN AT ALL !!! I am absolutely thrilled at how quickly my body responded to such a simple solution. I highly recommend this product and can't thank it's creators enough. Roselyn Read more
Update: After a while I started to notice I was getting a lot of tension headaches. It was too hard to stay centered perfectly and the sides are high enough to put your neck in uncomfortable positions. I deal with a lot of pain and discomfort when at rest in bed, so I started to use this pillow under my knees and sometimes right under my butt- that felt really good and took a lot of pressure off my joints. I decided to use the pillow for that only but then purchased another in hopes the first one was a one-off fluke. The neck pain and headaches quickly resumed. One night, I accidentally flipped the pillow the wrong way and it felt amazing. So now, I can sleep with this pillow again and even sit up in bed. Basically you have to use it upside down. This keeps my head centered and also is way more comfortable on my neck for extended periods of time. This may not work for all but if you’re finding the original orientation too stressful on your neck use it the other way, like a wedge from the top of your shoulders- much better! I had my doubts as it’s not much material but this little pillow made my night very comfortable. An underrated thing about this pillow- its small size and light composition allows me to feel the vibrations in my massage bed. My other cervical neck pillow was bulky and made it hard to reposition with my adjustable bed. It also blocked any vibration from the massages. This little pillow felt like an extension of my mattress and allowed me to not only sit comfortably with no pain, but actually enjoy the massage as well. I have not slept on it yet but I am excited to based on how much more comfortable it is just sitting in bed. It cradles your neck just right and does not push you into awkward angles. I also did not find it too lax. It’s just the right amount of give and support, and I have a very picky neck lol. I will update with my experience sleeping with this later. Update: This really works well! The first night’s sleep was awkward because it is very easy to get unaligned with the dip for the neck to be cradled. That’s my only criticism- the area should be more defined than it is. If you stray from the center at all it will cause more neck pain. Once I got used to staying centered on the pillow it was great. I had to get used to waking up without a trace of pain or tightness in my neck and shoulders. That’s an amazing feeling! Read more
