Say hello to Sarah, a 31-year-old from the UK who has been struggling with chronic pain. She’s now ready to share her story and what finally helped her overcome it.
Health Concerns
Sarah endured "prolonged and debilitating neck and shoulder pain which had lasted around 9 months with no known cause."
"After suffering with the pain for so long it became part of my daily life. I tried over the counter medicines, sports massages, daily stretches, restricting upper body workouts in the gym and while this eased the pain a little it never freed me of the pain."
But she hadn't yet tried optimising her sleep posture - so Sarah decided to purchase a sleep posture pillow to see if it would help.
Did It Make a Difference?
"My first purchase was the medium Levitex pillow. The pillow helped immediately and I remember feeling like my entire neck was weightless/neutral – something I had never felt previously. I then added the Levitex mattress into my sleep routine which has completely eradicated the pain I was in."
A New Way to Sleep
Sarah listened to the advice from James about how her sleep position and the pillow she was using at the time was probably the root cause of her pain. So she switched from being an Applauder to an optimum sleeping posture - The Dreamer.
"Once I was educated on the importance of sleep posture I incorporated it into my sleep schedule every night."
The improvements
- Neck pain: 5
- Shoulder pain: 5
- Back pain: 0
- Headaches: 0
- Disturbed sleep: 5
- Feeling on waking: 5
- Sleep quality: 5
She added: "Constant pain with no known cause is not to be taken lightly, the pain affected my daily life both physically and mentally. Simple things such as driving to work became troublesome as my range of movement in my neck was impaired. The freedom from pain has been brilliant beyond words and I am forever grateful to the entire team for listening to me as an individual and wanting to help me."
Living with unexplained chronic pain can be mentally and physically draining. After trying just about everything without much success, it might feel like a losing battle. But Sarah’s experience shows that there are two things most of us don’t consider in our fight against pain: the surface that we lie on - and the position that we go to sleep in.
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