The comparative characteristics of different pillows

What haven’t we seen when it comes to commercials?! We watched the weights being dropped onto the pillow lying on the glass sheet while the glass remained unbroken! We saw the imprint made by the knee (!) and watched it disappear "reeeal slooow!" We saw happy smiling faces lying on all kinds of stuff pretending they are comfortable. What does it have to do with real pillow usage? Nothing, right. Unless, of course, you want to drop weight on a glass sheet using your pillow as a glass protector instead of sleeping on it. Apparently not everybody understands that pillows are meant for the neck and head support, not the glass protection! Armed with this great insight we looked at the today’s pillow market and saw that the seemingly large variety of pillows available is deceitful. From the functional point of view all of them could be divided into 2 groups. All the pillows with soft filler such as goose down, feathers, synthetics, buckwheat hull etc. are one group.

Another group are the pillows made out of elastic materials such as polyurethane, foam rubber or latex and exhibiting a roll or rolls on the sides and an indentation in the middle. 

All the pillows of the first group are no good for sleeping at all because they are totally incapable of keeping the spine aligned properly in any position. They are good for decorative purpose only. It makes no difference what they are filled with because any filler moves away from the pressure point. So, even if you are comfortable at the moment when you lay down you become uncomfortable as your head makes an indentation where it is at and therefore lowers down.

Using second group pillows sometimes allows you to achieve a proper alignment in prone position at best.

When you are trying to lie on your side your shoulder inevitably pushes the pillow forward and your head ends up on a roll or hump of the pillow.

Such position is uncomfortable and leads to muscles and ligaments overstretching, which results in pain, muscle spasm, headaches and tiredness.

Sleep&Heal pillow is the only pillow that has a built-in intelligence to recognize your sleeping position be it on the back or on the side and readjust accordingly.

Please note that sleeping on your stomach is incorrect and any pillow will only make it worse, but if you happen to use Sleep&Heal pillow it will simply move away as you place your head under the front roll.

When you lie on your back the front portion of the pillow bends sown under the weight of your head and supports your head and neck.

When you turn during sleep you lift your head and the front roll flexes up without any effort on your part. It gets in between your cheek and your shoulder thus supporting your neck and head and decreasing the pressure of your head on your shoulder.

Proper alignment keeps your blood circulation undisturbed and your breathing passages unblocked resulting in better blood exchange in your head and decrease of snoring. It also creates favorable conditions for venous blood outflow and prevents swelling of the face after sleep and increased eye pressure.