The Queen of Neck Pillows

“I Need A Really Firm Pillow…”

If you are one of those people who like a firm pillow I’ve got just the thing. Our Tri-Core Orthopedic neck Pillow is a firm pillow. It comes in a firm/standard and a gentle but here’s the thing- the gentle version is still fairly firm. It’s really just gentle compared to the firm selection of the TriCore. The Gentle TriCore Support Pillow is actually more firm than our Gravity or Traction Pillow.

So if you love a firm pillow, the Tri-Core is what you want.
Dr. Bellinger, a Chiropractor in Glastonbury CT shows us the Tri Core Neck Pillow.

Additional Reading Resources

• Choose the Best Neck Pillow for your Needs
• Neck Posture
• How to Treat Muscle Spasm in the Neck
• Remedy for A Stiff Neck
• Exercises for the Neck

A Water Pillow Recommended by Chiropractors

The Mediflow Waterbase Pillow is recommended by chiropractors and health professionals who are looking for a comfortable  pillow that is clinically shown to improve the quality of sleep and decrease neck pain. It provides proper sleep by allowing the natural cervical curve to naturally aligned. Particularly for patients who suffer from chronic or acute neck pain, this pillows changes with you as you sleep, and as your sleep position changes.

There is an easy to fill water pouch that adjusts to your desired level of firmness and support. You can have soft or firm support under your neck. There is a cushion of hypoallergenic polyester fiber that rests over the water layer, and a thermal insulator that prevents heat loss. 

 

Logan chiropractic college completed a chronic neck pain study. The findings provide evidence that the use of the mediflow waterbase pillow will resulted in  reduction of neck pain and disability and improved sleep quality in subjects with chronic neck pain. 

In another sleep study, the water base pillow was shown in the majority of those studied to be better than the user's regular pillow and to be associated with an enhanced quality of sleep. Also most subjects indicated they would continue to use the waterbase pillow, in place of their regular pillow, and they were very satisfied with the waterbase pillow. 

Additional Reading Resources:

• Frequently asked questions about the Mediflow Water Based neck Pillow
• How to Choose the Best Neck Pillow for Better Sleep and Better Posture
• How to Treat A Stiff Neck
• Sleep Like a Baby Tonight: Getting Good ZZZZ's is not so hard to do
• Sleeping on your Side with a Cervical Support Pillow

Is There a Difference Between Sleeping on your Right or Left Side?

   Always remember that whichever side that you feel is most comfortable is often the best side to sleep on. Why, you may ask? Well, it is often better for getting a good night’s rest. This tends to trump anything else. Waking up refreshed with your body able to rest and heal at its best during the night is the most important thing. 

            Sleeping on your side often keeps your airways slightly more patent.  Sometimes if you find one airway is blocked, sleeping on the opposite side often can help open it up. Sleeping on your left side may improve circulation a bit, therefore can also be recommended during pregnancy to get more blood to the heart.

            Again though, don’t forget, some individuals may have back pain or leg pain or neck discomfort and sleep better in another, different position. This is best because getting a good night’s sleep is always better.

Additional Reading Resources:

• Sleeping on your side when using a cervical support neck pillow
• How to Choose the Best neck Pillow for you?
• Neck and Shoulder Pain
• My Neck Problem Keeps Coming Back
• Using Hot and Cold Therapy for Pain Relief

 

The Bow Tie Pillow for Neck and Shoulder Pain Sufferers

 
Lately, I have received a few phone calls and emails about getting the right pillow if you have neck and shoulder pain. These two symptoms seem to go hand in hand. Often times neck pain can lead into shoulder pain especially if you are not able to get into a comfortable position for sleeping. Another culprit of this type of pain is people who work on computers all day long, in one position. Also remember nerves in the neck directly innervate the upper shoulder and upper back area.

Which pillow works well for this scenario? I would have to recommend the bow-tie pillow. It actually looks like a man's bow tie, that one would wear with a suit. Its designed to support the head and the neck. The special bow tie shape eases neck and shoulder pain and keeps the head and neck properly aligned. It is especially comfortable for side sleepers. The pillow is 19"x25 1/2 ". 

Additional Reading Resources

• How to Choose the Right Neck Pillow for Proper Posture and Better Sleep
• No More Neck pain- Simple Tips to Keep a Healthy Neck
• Use my Neck Contour Pillow or My regular Pillow?
• Neck Exercises
• Detailed Information for the Bow Tie Neck Pillow at the Neck pain relief Shop

“The Cervical Traction Pillow is Fantastic! I want to get one for my Son, but is it Too Big?”

The best neck pillow for kids is the Linear Gravity Pillow in the small size. It has the most important component, the neck roll, which we need to maintain and improve a healthy C-curvature in our necks.

This pillow works great for anyone under 5’1” or 5’. If your son or daughter is above this then the traction pillow may be fine.

The small pillow is too small for the room to fit the “V” into the pillow that you see in the Cervical Traction Pillow. With the linear gravity pillows you have the ability to flip it over (rotate 180 degrees) for a different size neck roll.

Additional Reading Resources

• Traction Neck Pillows
• How to the Use the Traction Side of the Cervical Traction Neck Pillow for Maximum Pain Relief
• How to Choose the Right Neck Pillow
• How to End Neck Pain By Doing Cervical Traction At Home
• Does Size of Neck Pillow Matter?

Finally, I can Stop Buying Pillows!”

This is a common phrase we hear after the purchase of the arc4life cervical traction pillow. Many of our customers have so many un-used pillows in their house they don’t know what to do with them.

Throw them out- easy to say hard to do. When you spend one hundred dollars on a pillow, you want to make it work and it’s hard to just toss it. However, that’s what many have done.

The traction pillow on the other hand works for the majority and many call back and order a second one for their spouse. It’s a pillow so it’s not going to fix everything and it’s not even going to work for everyone. We can say, however, with absolute certainty, that this pillow works for the vast majority of our customers and is by far the most popular one we sell.

On top of that, we have a return policy also; so if the cervical traction neck pillow doesn’t seem to work for you then send it back. We don’t want to have you have to stack it in the closet on top of six other pillows you can’t return or have to throw it in the trash!

Additional Reading Resources

• How to Choose the Right Neck Pillow
• A Good Support Pillow Will Help you Hold your Chiropractor Adjustment!
• Frequently asked questions about the Arc4life Cervical Traction Neck Pillow
• Pronex Neck Traction
• No More Neck Pain: Simple Tips to keep a healthy, pain free neck

Do I need to Change My Pillow?

Recent Question to the Neck Pillow Queen: Why does my neck hurt when I wake up everyday? It never hurt until fairly recently, and it's only the right side, never the left side. I sleep on both of my sides throughout the night, but I was told that I sleep on my right side about 75% of the time. Do I need to change my pillow or something? - NeedtoSleep July 2011

Yes, you may need to change your pillow. Getting the right pillow is very important because you spend 1/3rd of your life sleeping. Here are a few things to consider when choosing the right pillow:
- size (standard, travel, queen, king)
- composition (buckwheat, foam, fiber-filled, water, feather, down-filled)
- design (contoured, flat or adjustable)
- Firmness ( support- is it firm or soft)
- your height and weight (get the right size of neck Pillow)
- your symptoms (pinched nerve in the neck, stomach sleeper, sleep apnea, stiff neck or muscle spasms)

Believe it or not, the selection of pillows available on the market is huge these days- check out the neck pain relief shop to figure out which neck pillow is right for you. Hope this helps you get a better night's sleep.

Additional Reading Resources

• The Neck Pain Relief Shop
• Acute Neck Pain
• Treating Neck Pain During Pregnancy
• No More Neck Pain- Simple Tips to Keep a Healthy Neck
• I am A Side Sleeper, What Neck Pillow Should I use?

My Pillow Flattens During the Night …

It sounds like you may be using a feather or down pillow. These pillows are very soft and comfortable, but often will lose their support, especially as the night goes on. I also should say day, depending on when you sleep.

This is a big reason I don’t love these kinds of pillows; you need the neck support throughout the night! A proper neck pillow should hold neck support.

Even neck pillows, however, will eventually lose some support, and then it may be time for a newer support pillow. The one I’ve found to have the best life span is Arc4Life’s traction pillow.

Additional Reading Resources

• The Right Neck Pillow for A Herniated Disc in the Neck
• How to Choose the Right Neck Pillow
• Pillow Recommendation for a Reverse Curve in the Neck
• Neck Exercises
• Multiple neck pillows

Can a Neck Pillow Reduce my Snoring? Or My Husbands Snoring?

Yes. A neck pillow is designed to put the curve back in your C-spine which will also open up your air passages. This is the key to stop snoring. Not only that, but when we restore the neck curve and line the spine up we take pressure off of the nerves that go to neck muscles, our sinuses, our lungs, etc. Allowing the nerves to function better will help everything work better.

Additional Reading Resources

• 6 Ways to Get a Better Night's Sleep
• How to Choose the Right Neck Pillows
• Remedy for A Stiff Neck
• Neck Posture
• Exercises to Stop Snoring

Pillows Made in the USA

Recently I was watching a special documentary on CNBC entitled: The China Question. A woman on the show basically refused to buy all products made in China. Believe it or not, we are often getting requests from people who are looking for an American-made pillow. Arc4life’s pillows are all made right here in the United States.

Now, I’m not saying there is anything wrong with China-made products, but we have found here at Arc4life that for higher quality pillows we like to make them right here.

So, if you are looking for a quality neck pillow that’s made in the U.S.A., I recommend Arc4life’s Neck Pillows.

Additional Reading Resources

• Which Neck Pillow is Right For My Needs?
• Traction Neck Pillows Made in the USA
• The Secret to Your Best Nights' Sleep;Hint: Neck Position
• " I am a Side Sleeper" What pillow should I Use?"
• Choosing A Neck Pillow You Can Adjust Easily