About the inventor

Sleep&Heal pillow was invented by a Latvian-born Dentist in South Africa in 1993. Dr. Kim Kogan was born in Riga, Latvia in 1952. In 1976 he emigrated to the U.S.A. The next 20 years he spent in the US, Israel and South Africa. As a dentist he had to spend long hours working in the same pose, which caused him a lot of pain in the neck and shoulder area. His condition was aggravated by old sport injuries he sustained during his youth. By 1993 his condition became so severe that he could not work, eat or shave using his right arm. There was no pathology on his x-ray, nevertheless the pain from the neck irradiating into his right shoulder made him incapacitated. Medical advice was limited to physiotherapy and corticosteroid injections, which hardly helped. From a physiotherapist Dr. Kogan find out how important was the position of the body during sleep. He also noticed that he often felt worse after sleep. After examining the pillows available on the market Dr. Kogan noticed that none of them provided the necessary support for the spine or kept it properly aligned. He started to work on such a pillow shape that would always keep the spine properly aligned whether he slept on his back or on his side. As the result of his work and research a Sleep&Heal pillow was born. After a month and a half there was a noticeable improvement in his condition and he was able to get back to work. He also continued with physical exercises using weights. Never again he used a regular pillow, only Sleep&Heal and became free from pain. Today, in 2006, Dr. Kogan is still using his pillow as well as all his friends and relatives who are convinced that no pillow on the market works as well as Sleep&Heal. Being a medical man Dr. Kogan always wanted to help people to stay healthy. Now the benefits his pillow provides are available to all due to his invention and efforts.

To contact Dr. Kim Kogan send an email to: kimkogan@i-izzi.lv