This post is intended to raise awareness about how pillow use-habits can contribute to neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, tension, etc., and offer some DIY solutions.

We all want to move better, feel better, and get injured less easily, right? Well, looking at how you sleep might make a difference in how you’re moving and feeling the rest of the time.

How might a pillow cause problems?

The positions you practice matter — and the positions you spend the most time in, you master.

MOST people have mastered hunching, chin thrusting, rib thrusting, shoulder elevating, and inwardly rotating the upper arms. This position states, “I sit a lot”. It’s the chair-bound screen-oriented position.