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[Califanna]

This topic must be here somewhere, but I could not find it with a search. How to learn to sleep on your stomach to save your rear end? Is it possible?

[quadinva]

I tend to sleep on my stomach, but try to roll around as much as possible throughout the night due to pressure on knees whle on my stomach. Short of it= yes its possible to sleep on your stomach.

[Doodle]

Califanna, do you have problems with your rear? I agree with Quadinva, I tend to roll around so that I dont gain alot of pressure in one area!

[mellowgator]

i sleep on my side with a pillow between my legs.

[isobar]

I sleep on my stomach most of the time it's a good idea to change positions through out the night you'll be less spastic in the morning.

[isobar]

I sleep on my stomach most of the time it's a good idea to change positions through out the night you'll be less spastic in the morning.

[Tetracyclone]

With 3 fused vertebrae, if I sleep on my stomach my neck hurts. There is equipment you can get to ret your face in.

[Painted Daisy]

I have recently started lying on my stomach to give my rear a break, at the urging of my PT. I have found it also helps keep the muscles of the hips stretched out for walking in my braces, which is an added bonus. I also flip flop at night, sometimes on sides w/ pillows between legs and sometimes on back. It's a pretty good workout, but before you know it you'll be doing it automatically.

[MTB John]

I'd love to be able to sleep on my stomach but like TC my neck hurts after a while.
One thing I did try with some degree of success was a pillow under my chest.
This allowed me to cradle my head in the crock of my arm at a 45 degree angle. Still couldn't fall asleep but..

[Califanna]

quadinva, on 07 September 2011 - 10:40 PM, said:

I tend to sleep on my stomach, but try to roll around as much as possible throughout the night due to pressure on knees whle on my stomach. Short of it= yes its possible to sleep on your stomach.

How to do it is the problem. Do you prop pillows under anything to get comfortable? With spasms how do your legs function? I don't know where to put my face, in pillow, sideways, above pillow. Where do my arms go?
I can't master it. Help.

[Trinity]

Sleeping on my front was easily my most comfiest position but due to some problems I am unable to do it at the moment. You can use pillows to "bridge" certain areas of your body can make it a lot more comfortable and take the pressure off your pressure points like your knees, feet etc I never bothered with this and never had any issues. I did sometimes used to put a pillow under my hips and my chest to take the pressure off my back a little

This is a picture that shows where you can support yourself, I think it's a little over the top but it gives you a general idea

[The Black Sheep]

I always sleep on my belly or Indian-style. The backs of my thighs really start to burn after sitting so long and I just lay flat on my tummy and turn my neck to the side. I wake up ever 2 hours or so to cath and if I feel the need to shift, what I usually do is sit indian-style, cath, then flop to the sides or forward. I think there are muscles that are dying to be stretched in the night and I feel restless in one position. It's like mid-night yoga to sit and stretch.

Edited by The Black Sheep, 08 September 2011 - 10:10 PM.

[Califanna]

The Black Sheep, on 08 September 2011 - 10:10 PM, said:

I always sleep on my belly or Indian-style. The backs of my thighs really start to burn after sitting so long and I just lay flat on my tummy and turn my neck to the side. I wake up ever 2 hours or so to cath and if I feel the need to shift, what I usually do is sit indian-style, cath, then flop to the sides or forward. I think there are muscles that are dying to be stretched in the night and I feel restless in one position. It's like mid-night yoga to sit and stretch.

I think I would be more tired in the morning if I tried your way. But then you are young and I am not. But thanks for sharing.

Being I am alone in bed, I am faced with sometimes not knowing that one leg is on top of the other. Do any of you have mirrors facing your bed so you can see yourself? Not the kind above the bed, but that would work too.