{"id":14799,"date":"2022-04-09T00:15:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T22:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/?p=14799"},"modified":"2022-04-09T00:15:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T22:15:29","slug":"twisting-legs-in-sleep-may-hurt-your-spine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/twisting-legs-in-sleep-may-hurt-your-spine\/","title":{"rendered":"Twisting Legs In Sleep May Hurt Your Spine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health experts warn against the harmful effects of a popular sleeping position\u2014sleeping with your legs twisted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though sleeping on the side is one of the best sleeping positions, especially for those suffering from sleep apnea, multiple experts warned that side sleeping may interfere with your health. Namely, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/twisting-legs-sleep-spine-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">such a sleeping arrangement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> could be the root cause of spine-related pain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, if you&#8217;re suffering from neck, shoulder, hip, upper, or lower back pain, twisting your legs at night might be the culprit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But why is this a cause of such concern?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to health professionals and chiropractors, leg twisting can cause a misalignment of the spines&#8217; lower end, which can have a ripple effect affecting all spine-related regions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back pain is the number one cause of disability around the globe, affecting everyday activities and decreasing the quality of life. So, it&#8217;s important to maintain our spines healthy for as long as possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, it&#8217;s not just the spine alignment that is threatened by this leg position. According to Steve Hruby, a doctor of chiropractic, twisting your legs may also lead to impaired blood flow and tingling, swelling, and numbness in your legs as a result.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But this doesn&#8217;t mean you have to abandon this sleeping position altogether. To avoid twisting your legs, you could strategically arrange pillows around you before falling asleep and losing control of your limbs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, you could use a pillow to support your knees when sleeping on your side. Alternatively, you could place your trusty <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/best-pillow-for-neck-pain\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">neck-pain-preventing pillow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under your head and another under your knees.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health experts warn against the harmful effects of a popular sleeping position\u2014sleeping with your legs twisted.\u00a0 Though sleeping on the side is one of the best sleeping positions, especially for those suffering from sleep apnea, multiple experts warned that side sleeping may interfere with your health. Namely, such a sleeping arrangement could be the root [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":14800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14801,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14799\/revisions\/14801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}