Is it better to have a higher or lower pillow?

Sleep problems have always been a problem that people have not found easy to solve. Sleep problems lead to changes in people's sleep quality, making many people unable to get enough rest. The issue that affects sleep quality is mainly affected by the height of the pillow. The pillow is the key factor in whether people can sleep comfortably. For example, is it better to have a higher pillow or a lower one? Let’s take a look at the explanation below, I hope everyone can understand it.

The main function of a pillow is to maintain the normal physiological curve of the human body and ensure that the physiological curvature of the neck does not deform during sleep. If the pillow is too high, it will put too much pressure on the neck; a pillow that is too high will cause the cervical spine to lean forward, and a certain part of the cervical spine will be under excessive pressure, destroying the normal physiological forward curvature angle of the cervical spine, compressing the cervical nerves and vertebral arteries, causing neck pain, head hypoxia, headache, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia and other neurasthenia, and easily causing bone hyperplasia. If the pillow is too low, not only will the neck be unable to relax, but it will also destroy the normal curvature of the cervical spine. Therefore, if the pillow is too high or too low, it will affect the cervical spine and cause various neck symptoms.

2. Because a pillow that is too high will force the head into a forced flexion position, causing the soft tissue behind the neck to be stretched for a long time. Over time, this will affect the cervical spine.

3. Because high pillows increase the curvature of the head and brain, the blood flow to the brain is affected. Insufficient blood supply will cause dizziness after waking up, and easily lead to snoring, dry throat, sore throat and other symptoms.