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milestogo

(18,506 posts)
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 12:41 PM Jan 2

What is your default sleep position?


41 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Back
3 (7%)
Stomach
3 (7%)
Right side
12 (29%)
Left side
18 (44%)
Standing up
0 (0%)
Move constantly
4 (10%)
I do not sleep
0 (0%)
OTHER
1 (2%)
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beaglelover

(4,143 posts)
1. I start out on my back but as soon as I start snoring I wake myself up and move to my left side.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 12:46 PM
Jan 2

Then I alternate between left and right side about every 90 minutes. The days of sleeping for hours at a time are gone I'm afraid.

milestogo

(18,506 posts)
7. No, I think some people change from one position to another
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 01:04 PM
Jan 2

during the night. For example, I chose "back" because that is my default position. But during the night I also sleep on my right side and my left side. Never on my stomach.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,775 posts)
5. Left side mostly
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 12:58 PM
Jan 2

I broke my right shoulder in '22, so that side can get sore, but I do flip flops. I also sleep like a flamingo, with one leg bent at the knee and the other straight.,

AllaN01Bear

(23,535 posts)
6. port side . ( left ) when in bed . many times i have had to sleep in recliner sitting straight up.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 01:00 PM
Jan 2

gives el gato 10

hlthe2b

(107,141 posts)
8. Left side until I injured my right shoulder/biceps tendon--now that is impossible
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 01:04 PM
Jan 2

to find a comfortable position for shoulder/upper arm lying on the opposite side.

So, I've had to learn to sleep mostly on my back but leaning into my left side. (a special pillow helps).

I empathize with all who struggle to find a comfortable position to sleep. It can be miserable. The best advice I have is to not go to sleep with active pain. You'll never fall asleep. Slather your topical meds (Aspercreme and the like) and take any NSAIDs --if you can-- so that you get some pain relief overnight.

surrealAmerican

(11,514 posts)
10. I don't actually "move constantly" ...
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 01:17 PM
Jan 2

... but I move periodically: left side, right side, and belly - not usually on my back.

electric_blue68

(19,091 posts)
11. I'm not sure I have a default. I like back, left, and right...
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 01:20 PM
Jan 2

Very rare, briefly on stomach now. Too fat in that area (not super fat, but enough to not stay too comfortable for long). Each night I'll feel more comfortable this way, or that way, sometimes changing within a night.

I empathize w you posters and shoulder issues. I was lucky, left shoulder ripped rotator muscles (a freak accident), and resultant bone scar affected my ability to use certain drawing techniques, and ruined the new style I crafted over several years;
but not daily activities in general, otherwise. If I'd been a gymnast, that's have been different! Luckily, didn’t affect sleeping on that side. At least if it had, I still had 2 comfortable positions to choose from.

A toast to better, and good sleep, DU'rs!

2naSalit

(94,012 posts)
13. Kind of...
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 02:32 PM
Jan 2

On my left side but at a 45 degree angle toward my back assisted by pillows. That's it, after a few hours I have to get up for a couple hours and then go back to bed for another three or four hours. If I manage to get into another position I wake up with nasty pain in my neck, shoulder or back. Sometimes it makes me puke.

LogDog75

(212 posts)
14. My default position is on my back
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 02:56 PM
Jan 2

I know I change positions when I sleep but when I fall asleep I'm on my back and when I wake up I'm on my back.

True Dough

(21,205 posts)
15. Why is it that
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 05:25 PM
Jan 2

right-handers outnumber left-handers, but more DUers are left-side sleepers than right-side sleepers? Is it because they want to keep their dominant hand/arm free for fiddling around?

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