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The only way i can sleep is having my neck upward on the headboard or else i can't sleep. is this bad for my posture?
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Alighnment: "one of the main reasons we use pillows has to do with the complicated relationship between our heads, necks, and spines. When a person is walking upright during the day, the head and neck are held in vertical alignment over the spine by a complex arrangement of muscles and tendons. During sleep, however, many of these muscles relax, causing the head to fall backwards or forwards." wisegeek.Com.
Answered 12/28/2013
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