How To Sleep Comfortably Sitting Up In Bed
This position can be fine for quick nap but when it comes to rapid eye movement rem or active sleep it becomes harder to remain upright.
How to sleep comfortably sitting up in bed. However it can be hard to get the active rem sleep your body needs while sitting up. To make it easier to sleep with broken ribs you will need to adjust your sleep position and find ways to reduce your pain before you go to bed. Prior to this my only experience with sleeping upright was in vehicles or at airports. In rapid eye movement sleep we lose the tone in our muscles which makes it difficult to stand up or even sit up dijk told bbc news.
Start sitting up in bed with the support of a wedge pillow or stack of normal pillows is a comfortable and safe position for pregnant women to sleep in. Swap out the pillows you use for sleep and prop yourself up with a sit up pillow to avoid back aches neck strain and other discomforts. A head pillow should maintain the natural posture of the neck and help support the spine. Remember your bed was designed for use while lying flat.
As soon as you are able get deeper sleep in a more comfortable place such as a bed couch or hammock. By the first week i could sleep an hour or two at a time comfortably and within two weeks i had slept five straight hours upright moving to a bed for the rest of the night. Comfortable long term sitting up in bed requires a reconfiguration of this purpose built piece of furniture. You should also follow your doctor s advice for controlling your pain and contact your doctor as soon as possible if you are having trouble sleeping because of your rib pain.