Sleep Better TONIGHT! How To Sleep With Shoulder Pain
Counting down the four WORST positions to sleep in with a painful shoulder, and what you should be doing instead! Fix your sleeping position to minimize your shoulder pain and sleep better through the night. Simple tips from a physical therapist to help you get a more restful, pain-free night’s sleep and experience less shoulder pain when you wake up.
The only thing worse than shoulder pain is shoulder pain that wakes you up in the middle of the night.
We all know that sleep is important for healing; it’s the body’s time to recharge, recover, and repair. But when your sleep gets interrupted by the very thing it’s trying to heal… well… that’s a recipe for disaster.
Most often the shoulder pain that you’re experiencing in the night or in the morning is due to your sleeping position with that shoulder. Most people unknowingly put too much pressure on it or hold it in such a position that stress is placed on already-impaired structures.
If you suffer from shoulder pain that is waking you up at night or hurts so bad you can barely move it in the morning DO NOT despair! One of the best things you can do for it is to make some simple adjustments to HOW you’re sleeping to get a better night’s rest free from shoulder pain.
In this video I’m sharing four simple tips to eliminate your nighttime shoulder pain. These are different fixes for your sleeping positions to decrease stress on your shoulder and help you to sleep better.
I’ll present this in a “Top Four” format - we’ll countdown the four worst sleeping positions for your shoulder and I’ll give you some simple tips on what you can do instead to make for a more restful, comfortable night.
WORST SLEEP POSITIONS FOR SHOULDER PAIN - AND WHAT TO DO INSTEAD!
4. ON YOUR BACK WITH YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD - it’s better to bring that arm down to your side, but even then it’s still in an extended position and can put stress on the front of your shoulder. Instead lay on back and supported under your your elbow
3. ON YOUR NON-PAINFUL SIDE, INJURED SIDE UP - Grab two pillows to hold it up (2 pillows better than one). Prop one under your elbow and the other in front of your body.
2. ON YOUR PAINFUL SIDE, INJURED SIDE DOWN - Best thing to do is unload it. Grab two pillows and put one about 6 inches below the other. This creates a canal to unload the shoulder as you have one supporting your torso and the other supporting your head/neck.
1. ON YOUR STOMACH WITH YOUR ARMS UNDER YOUR HEAD
Honestly the fix here is just don’t do it. If you want to fix your shoulder pain, neck pain, upper back pain, and lower back pain - you need to stop sleeping on your stomach.
I hope those tips help you to sleep better with your shoulder pain. I give those to my physical therapy patients regularly and I know they can be super effective. I hope you find them helpful in alleviating your pain as well.
If you are experiencing shoulder pain, one of the best ways to relieve it is with the proper home rehabilitation exercises. These videos are some of my best stretching and strengthening routines you can do at home to alleviate shoulder pain:
✅ ELIMINATE SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT PAIN: https://youtu.be/Aq6RMo7RJ9c
✅ MY GO-TO ROTATOR CUFF WARM UP ROUTINE: https://youtu.be/DHkrqV-D9SE
✅ ELIMINATE POPPING AND CLICKING IN YOUR SHOULDER: https://youtu.be/yR6EnBqjKNs
✅ AT HOME EXERCISES TO STRENGTHEN YOUR ROTATOR CUFF - NO EQUIPMENT NEEDED: https://youtu.be/3OtA0cwuUDE
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➡️ MORE GREAT SLEEP VIDEOS FROM TONE AND TIGHTEN ⬅️
HOW TO SLEEP WITH BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA: https://youtu.be/-Qxmc4E7IwA
HOW TO SLEEP WITH NECK PAIN: https://youtu.be/xZfIn_OHADI
MORNING STRETCHING ROUTINE: https://youtu.be/6OZVVfuF3o8
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Counting down the four WORST positions to sleep in with a painful shoulder, and what you should be doing instead! Fix your sleeping position to minimize your shoulder pain and sleep better through the night. Simple tips from a physical therapist to help you get a more restful, pain-free night’s sleep and experience less shoulder pain when you wake up.
The only thing worse than shoulder pain is shoulder pain that wakes you up in the middle of the night.
We all know that sleep is important for healing; it’s the body’s time to recharge, recover, and repair. But when your sleep gets interrupted by the very thing it’s trying to heal… well… that’s a recipe for disaster.
Most often the shoulder pain that you’re experiencing in the night or in the morning is due to your sleeping position with that shoulder. Most people unknowingly put too much pressure on it or hold it in such a position that stress is placed on already-impaired structures.
If you suffer from shoulder pain that is waking you up at night or hurts so bad you can barely move it in the morning DO NOT despair! One of the best things you can do for it is to make some simple adjustments to HOW you’re sleeping to get a better night’s rest free from shoulder pain.
In this video I’m sharing four simple tips to eliminate your nighttime shoulder pain. These are different fixes for your sleeping positions to decrease stress on your shoulder and help you to sleep better.
I’ll present this in a “Top Four” format – we’ll countdown the four worst sleeping positions for your shoulder and I’ll give you some simple tips on what you can do instead to make for a more restful, comfortable night.
WORST SLEEP POSITIONS FOR SHOULDER PAIN – AND WHAT TO DO INSTEAD!
4. ON YOUR BACK WITH YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD – it’s better to bring that arm down to your side, but even then it’s still in an extended position and can put stress on the front of your shoulder. Instead lay on back and supported under your your elbow
3. ON YOUR NON-PAINFUL SIDE, INJURED SIDE UP – Grab two pillows to hold it up (2 pillows better than one). Prop one under your elbow and the other in front of your body.
2. ON YOUR PAINFUL SIDE, INJURED SIDE DOWN – Best thing to do is unload it. Grab two pillows and put one about 6 inches below the other. This creates a canal to unload the shoulder as you have one supporting your torso and the other supporting your head/neck.
1. ON YOUR STOMACH WITH YOUR ARMS UNDER YOUR HEAD
Honestly the fix here is just don’t do it. If you want to fix your shoulder pain, neck pain, upper back pain, and lower back pain – you need to stop sleeping on your stomach.
I hope those tips help you to sleep better with your shoulder pain. I give those to my physical therapy patients regularly and I know they can be super effective. I hope you find them helpful in alleviating your pain as well.
If you are experiencing shoulder pain, one of the best ways to relieve it is with the proper home rehabilitation exercises. These videos are some of my best stretching and strengthening routines you can do at home to alleviate shoulder pain:
✅ ELIMINATE SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT PAIN: https://youtu.be/Aq6RMo7RJ9c
✅ MY GO-TO ROTATOR CUFF WARM UP ROUTINE: https://youtu.be/DHkrqV-D9SE
✅ ELIMINATE POPPING AND CLICKING IN YOUR SHOULDER: https://youtu.be/yR6EnBqjKNs
✅ AT HOME EXERCISES TO STRENGTHEN YOUR ROTATOR CUFF – NO EQUIPMENT NEEDED: https://youtu.be/3OtA0cwuUDE
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➡️ MORE GREAT SLEEP VIDEOS FROM TONE AND TIGHTEN ⬅️
HOW TO SLEEP WITH BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA: https://youtu.be/-Qxmc4E7IwA
HOW TO SLEEP WITH NECK PAIN: https://youtu.be/xZfIn_OHADI
MORNING STRETCHING ROUTINE: https://youtu.be/6OZVVfuF3o8
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Be sure to LIKE, COMMENT, SUBSCRIBE, and SHARE if you found this video useful!
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Which position do you sleep in? Did you try any of these tips and did they help you? Leave your comment below, and thanks so much for watching!
Thank u I have a right rotator cuff injury and I’m sleeping so much on the left arm now the left arm is sore ! Will try these thank u 🙏
I always sleep on my back, I never slept on my side, it is uncomfortable to me
Ok Thanks i will try
I wait untill im to tired to care about the pain, works every time.
awesome!! 💃🎉😢😂❤
I found this video through a Google search and OMG! The next morning I woke up after sleeping with all 3 tips, I felt instant relief! I somehow got used to sleeping on my stomach with my arms up and was suffering from shoulder pain. I couldn’t even lift my arm up to put my shirt on for 2 weeks. I can now raise my hand up with no pain in my shoulder at all! Saved me a trip to urgent care or the emergency room. Thank you!!!
4:05 I'm taking back what I've been saying about my wife buying all these pillows covering our bed. Now I need them.
I wonder how long or will take me to get used to changing my sleep position. I’m walking up several times a night Body wants to flip over into its favorite position. 😫
oh great ideas! i cant wait to try them. i used to sleep on my affected shoulder, but used the bed edge under my diaphragm area, which made that area hurt really bad, but my shoulder didnt hurt, cause it was down in a hole. now im using a new mattress, my back and diaphragm pain is gone, but now my shoulder is killing me. so i cant wait to try the pillow under my side, to put my shoulder into a hole kinda thing you mentioned (omg thank you!). and will use more pillows on my unaffected side, instead of a t shirt in my armpit, cause it still hurts after a few hours. i just want some sleep! 3 hours is not enough. thank you so much for posting this! its been almost 6 years since this started.
I sleep on my left side the painful side. I tried position 2 and I slept peacefully. Thank you very much for your help!
I got a "new" couch , 2 days later i can barely lift my right arm, very painful and sore .. Got any tips for someone who sleeps on a couch ?
you need to hang some acoustic tiles or a rug on the wall, soak up some of that echo, because this is hard to listen to.
Very poor 😢
i toss and turn at night when im asleep
please add English subs
There is a distracting echo effect of the voice.
Thanks so much for this video l now know the answer of my sore right shoulder as l used to slept on it for years
You solved my back & shoulder problems in one night. I slept so well and woke up with improved back and shoulders. I really need to invest in pillows!
I can never slept in no other position except on my stomach. Usually use two pillows. One above my hips n the other at my head. I think sleeping on floor with mattress with my injured shoulder towards the edge so that it rests on floor instead of under my head or body helped. Now I just need to do some exercises to help heal my shoulder