Q Numbness keeps waking me. Is there anything I can change about how I sleep?
A Start with the height of your pillow. Too high a pillow tightens the muscles at the side of the neck and narrows the passage further. Avoid lying on your arm or curling the wrist, and try not to keep the numb arm on the underside.
Detailed Answer
When you lie on your side and your lower arm bears your body weight, night-time numbness worsens. Keeping the arm straight so the wrist does not bend, or supporting it with a light cushion, helps. How often numbness wakes you is a good indicator of treatment response, so it is worth recording.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
Shallow sleep raises muscle tension, and that tension increases numbness again. That is why we often address night-time numbness first. When sleep recovers, daytime numbness commonly eases as well.
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