Thank you for including tips for stomach sleepers that are actually helpful and not just a "stop sleeping on your stomach"! Because of joint problems and hypermobility, sleeping on my stomach is the only option that truly works for me and causes the least amount of pain and discomfort, and it's been really discouraging to up until now only get "don't sleep on your stomach" as suggestions to help with the neck hump.
I had always woken up with a more pronounced hump than the night before. I changed to the Carbon X Butterfly pillow and saw an immediate difference. Combined with the neck hump 3-minute drill, my hump is almost gone and so is the neck pain and headaches.
I'm interested to know if you've fixed this hump in your younger years, middle age or old age? You don't have to give exact age. I've seen my older family members develop these humps and am wondering if it is inevitable or if it is fixable in the long term.
@@Flamencoista I developed it in my late 20s due to bad posture sitting in front of the computer for hours at a time. Only started seeing an improvement mid 30s due to stretches and proper pillow. It might be fixable for older people but I suspect that it would take a bit longer. For me it took about 3 months to see noticeable results.
I’m a stomach sleeper (although I’m trying to sleep on my left or right side, but keep turning on my stomach while in a deep sleep), thank you so much! That is what I needed! Blessings 🙏🏻
Stop side sleeping and start backsleeping. And dont say you can't, i know it isn't something sidesleepers want to hear as it is uncomfortable at first. I was a hardcore embryo sidesleeper till i was 18 years old. So for 4 years now i'm sleeping on my back as i had posture problems and pain throughout my whole body. From one day to the other i forced myself in an instant to only backsleep without a pillow. First days/weeks it may be really weird but once you got it (and you will) your Quality of life, your sleep and your posture will DRASTICALLY improve. I even got rid of my years long shoulder problems with resulting shoulder impingements and i sometimes forget i ever had them since im so healthy and far away from problems now.
@@MaxMustermann-ze1iv Back sleeping can exacerbate sleep apnea and breathing problems if you have narrow airways like I do. Back sleeping isn’t healthy for all people.
I've started working on it & using these exercises & I can feel the difference .... I know it's going to take a loooooog time ....hope I can stay w/this ... TY
Thanks Tim. I will be trying the pillow under the tummy right now- wish me luck! This pain came out of no where so I’m thankful for the free chiro tips to save the day. Subscribed 😊
Hi I really appreciate these videos! No-one ever explained the cause of the hump before as fat protecting the spine. Wow! That makes sense! I love when people that know share their knowledge like you are! Hey I am a side sleeper. Any tips for side sleepers? Also could you demonstrate the exercises to do before bed that you went through before addressing stomach sleepers. I can try to get it from watching a few more times but thought I would ask! You are doing wonderful job! Thank you so much!!!
Thank you for this. I already slept with just one thin pillow, and I am now sleeping with no pillow at all. I usually sleep on a mix of my back and sides, but without a pillow I have stuck to sleeping on my back. Sometimes this is comfortable and seems to help, and sometimes less so, as I wake up with shoulders tensed and rounded anyway. As far as you're concerned, is the no pillow a good or bad idea?
hey im a student in 12th grade and im thinking of PT as my career. Your videos help a lot so thanks. I wanted to ask do you practice or recommend yoga to any of your patients?
I personally do not practice yoga very much but sometimes recommend it to my patients if they’re interested in a way to exercise at home with low impact activities. Good luck with your studies!
Thank you! I sleep on my back only and nowadays with a very thin pillow due to lower back, hip and neck pain and been doing so for about 7 years, been active all my life even been lifting weights...still a neck hump...might be because I do spend some time in front of the computer....I am in my early 50's
Great video!! Finally I understand how my neck hump developed. I also have Scheuermann, so extra bad hump😢 I use the “backmitra” and lay on it every day for 20 minutes to open my chest and line up my neck and upper back.
@@Deanna_mechael Stomach sleeper here. You side sleepers are weirdos. It’s so friggin uncomfortable and I have NEVER been able to sleep on my side without my arm going numb.
@@Lazymath007_ My left arm is stretched out completely vertical above my head, and my right arm is also pointed up, but I sort of wrap it around my head and rest my right hand on my left forearm. I either have my left arm under or above my pillow depending on my mood.
Thank you for the tips, i'm a bit torn because I start my sleep on my left side with my head quite tucked in. This is very comfortable for me. I wake up in the morning on my back and turn to my right side if it's still really early for me to get up. Head tucked in again. I might need to strap myself down. I've tried sleeping on my back at the onset but my head keeps turning upwards or my chin tucked so much I sometimes wake up cause I couldn't breathe (i get nightmares and wake up out of breath). I'll try the exercises and maybe just alot more time for the stretches before going to bed. Thanks again for the tips
helloi have scoliosis, and my hump has become very pronounced in the last 6 years. i love this information. thankyou for sharing your expertise, if this works for me. i will be very grateful. please would you kindly tell me what is a "backmitra" and how can i obtain andor purchase?
Please would you demonstrate the sock method, with your back to us & placing the Sock as directed n then actually showing how to apply said method? PLEASE 🙏
I'd stop seeing the chiropractic, I really don't have any faith I'm them ,the best they can say is that one side is smaller or bigger than the other side .But here's the thing all of us have one side bigger or smaller than the other it's normal
Hi, Tim! I'm new here. Right now, I weigh 210 lbs. (I weighed a lot more in the past, but I was 50 years younger - I'm now 70). I was totally disabled for a while, and I'd like to get back on my feet and get going. Right now, I have to use a walker for stability. I sleep in a hospital bed right now, because I am prone to aspiration pneumonia. I also have scoliosis. I have a hump in the back of my neck. I was wondering if I were to sleep on my stomach do you think that might actually help me? I wake up every single morning with headaches from my neck, no matter what pillow I use, and because I'm in the hospital bed, I always slide a bit and I wake up with my head on the pillow, but my neck is not supported. I have other questions. Do you have a website where maybe I could get these addressed? What city do you practice in? Also, I'm hunched over so I'm thinking about a stiff back brace. What is your stance on those? Thanks so much! Sandy
I have sway back posture and I’m trying to stomach sleeping version. Should my pelvis be higher than my head and stomach?? I sleep on the floor on a futon type of mattress and I am wondering if I should have two pillows under my pelvis and one under my head and stomach
I have like so many questions because I don't know where to start with this. I am a mix of everything. I sleep with multiple pillows but the main pillow i have is like my one pillow i sleep on. I have multiple pillows due to some breathing issues. And I'm a pillow hugger as well 😆 which also I'm a side sleeper. It gets better... I also move in my sleep. I roll around all the time. So knowing all this, do you have a suggest for how I should sleep knowing all of this. Because I'm just confused because i pretty much do almost exactly all of them. I do not know where to really start.
I have acid reflux and I'm told by gastro doc to sleep elevated. Is there any hope for sleeping elevated and getting rid of hump while sleeping. Thank you for any help.
My problem is actually the result of a double frozen shoulder…my external arm rotation is basically non existent anymore & it just feels as if my shoulders are locked in a slight forward position. My shoulder blades were super affected, too. Thus, most of the exercises are really tough to do for me…namely the reason why I have this issue in the first place. It’s been several years and slowly but surely I felt that my spine around the neck area just wouldn’t open up properly anymore. It’s quite frustrating. I’ve started to use a yoga stool for headstands and this actually helped a LOT! Mostly I feel like: could someone just pull my neck straight, please?!
I use magnesium oil rubbed into the shoulder, calcium is the contractor but magnesium is the relaxer element. It won’t work overnight and it can itch like crazy to begin with. May not cure it totally but hopefully you can get some relief. Magnesium citrate orally can help but can be laxative. Epsom salt baths also good :). Hope that helps!
Thanks for the video its very useful. Just a quick question please if you have time to answer- so most of the time my shoulders and area around neck are painful. Can it be something related to it??
Hey Doc! I get thumb and wrist pain sometimes, could that be affected by the c7 vertebrae? I'm starting to get a neck hump too but getting headaches and that thumb pain I feel like comes from that
I bend to much while writing while eating i can't sit straight while doing anything , and don't want further problems like bending shoulders so sir can you give me some tips about it so I can start applying it
Can I sleep without a pillow to help straighten my posture if I’m a back sleeper? Even with thin pillows I feel my neck being pushed forward. Or is it bad for the neck?
Thank you for including tips for stomach sleepers that are actually helpful and not just a "stop sleeping on your stomach"! Because of joint problems and hypermobility, sleeping on my stomach is the only option that truly works for me and causes the least amount of pain and discomfort, and it's been really discouraging to up until now only get "don't sleep on your stomach" as suggestions to help with the neck hump.
You solved my all problems in 1 video thank u so much
Thank you for taking time to tell us what to do, instead of trying to sell us something ❤
I had always woken up with a more pronounced hump than the night before. I changed to the Carbon X Butterfly pillow and saw an immediate difference. Combined with the neck hump 3-minute drill, my hump is almost gone and so is the neck pain and headaches.
I'm interested to know if you've fixed this hump in your younger years, middle age or old age? You don't have to give exact age. I've seen my older family members develop these humps and am wondering if it is inevitable or if it is fixable in the long term.
@@Flamencoista I developed it in my late 20s due to bad posture sitting in front of the computer for hours at a time. Only started seeing an improvement mid 30s due to stretches and proper pillow. It might be fixable for older people but I suspect that it would take a bit longer. For me it took about 3 months to see noticeable results.
How about waist hump? I have a serious problem with that
Ótimo video , porém, vc fala muito rápido .Para quem está lendo LEGENDAS é bem ruim.Obrigada !
I’m a stomach sleeper (although I’m trying to sleep on my left or right side, but keep turning on my stomach while in a deep sleep), thank you so much! That is what I needed!
Blessings 🙏🏻
Please include what side sleepers should do. You covered back and stomach but not side sleepers. Thank you in advance ☺️
Stop side sleeping and start backsleeping. And dont say you can't, i know it isn't something sidesleepers want to hear as it is uncomfortable at first. I was a hardcore embryo sidesleeper till i was 18 years old. So for 4 years now i'm sleeping on my back as i had posture problems and pain throughout my whole body. From one day to the other i forced myself in an instant to only backsleep without a pillow. First days/weeks it may be really weird but once you got it (and you will) your Quality of life, your sleep and your posture will DRASTICALLY improve. I even got rid of my years long shoulder problems with resulting shoulder impingements and i sometimes forget i ever had them since im so healthy and far away from problems now.
Yes exactly
He says side sleeping is ideal.
@04:17
@@MaxMustermann-ze1iv Back sleeping can exacerbate sleep apnea and breathing problems if you have narrow airways like I do. Back sleeping isn’t healthy for all people.
I've started working on it & using these exercises & I can feel the difference .... I know it's going to take a loooooog time ....hope I can stay w/this ... TY
Really it recovering.
Still alive?
As a stomach sleeper I’m definitely going to try these out.
Great! Hope you found the video to be helpful!
Update
Thank you so much. You are a kind man for sharing all this for free... 😊
Thanks Tim. I will be trying the pillow under the tummy right now- wish me luck! This pain came out of no where so I’m thankful for the free chiro tips to save the day. Subscribed 😊
Hi I really appreciate these videos! No-one ever explained the cause of the hump before as fat protecting the spine. Wow! That makes sense! I love when people that know share their knowledge like you are! Hey I am a side sleeper. Any tips for side sleepers? Also could you demonstrate the exercises to do before bed that you went through before addressing stomach sleepers. I can try to get it from watching a few more times but thought I would ask! You are doing wonderful job! Thank you so much!!!
would you tell us how you can disappeared it?
Thank you for this. I already slept with just one thin pillow, and I am now sleeping with no pillow at all. I usually sleep on a mix of my back and sides, but without a pillow I have stuck to sleeping on my back. Sometimes this is comfortable and seems to help, and sometimes less so, as I wake up with shoulders tensed and rounded anyway. As far as you're concerned, is the no pillow a good or bad idea?
Demonstration would be helpful!
hey im a student in 12th grade and im thinking of PT as my career. Your videos help a lot so thanks. I wanted to ask do you practice or recommend yoga to any of your patients?
I personally do not practice yoga very much but sometimes recommend it to my patients if they’re interested in a way to exercise at home with low impact activities. Good luck with your studies!
Your videos helped my mother quite a lot. Thank you very much.
Thank you! I sleep on my back only and nowadays with a very thin pillow due to lower back, hip and neck pain and been doing so for about 7 years, been active all my life even been lifting weights...still a neck hump...might be because I do spend some time in front of the computer....I am in my early 50's
Great video!! Finally I understand how my neck hump developed. I also have Scheuermann, so extra bad hump😢
I use the “backmitra” and lay on it every day for 20 minutes to open my chest and line up my neck and upper back.
helloi have scoliosis,
please tell me what is a "backmitra" and where can I obtain or purchase one?. thank you kindly, in advance😊
will try this for a while and let you know what happens. looks and sounds promising.
What about side sleepers?
Which is majority of us lol
Right
@@Deanna_mechael Stomach sleeper here. You side sleepers are weirdos. It’s so friggin uncomfortable and I have NEVER been able to sleep on my side without my arm going numb.
@@kconrad5893 where do you put your arm?
@@Lazymath007_ My left arm is stretched out completely vertical above my head, and my right arm is also pointed up, but I sort of wrap it around my head and rest my right hand on my left forearm. I either have my left arm under or above my pillow depending on my mood.
That's wonderful thank you .I will follow the last posture
Thank you!!! Great video and very clear instructions!! Love the scapular traction.
Thank you for the tips, i'm a bit torn because I start my sleep on my left side with my head quite tucked in. This is very comfortable for me. I wake up in the morning on my back and turn to my right side if it's still really early for me to get up. Head tucked in again. I might need to strap myself down.
I've tried sleeping on my back at the onset but my head keeps turning upwards or my chin tucked so much I sometimes wake up cause I couldn't breathe (i get nightmares and wake up out of breath).
I'll try the exercises and maybe just alot more time for the stretches before going to bed. Thanks again for the tips
Thank you Tim!!! I’ve been trying to correct my posture and your videos help me
Appreciate you not just saying to stomach sleepers 'just stop sleeping like that'! lol... we like real solutions too :D
Thank you so much! I'm gonna let my teen son practice this. 🙋
Thank you, that's a beautiful explanation, could do a video for frozen shoulder
Thank you so much for the video! Will try the technique tonight!
Helpful!! Thank you.
Do you have any sleep tips for side sleepers?? Thank you!
helloi have scoliosis, and my hump has become very pronounced in the last 6 years. i love this information. thankyou for sharing your expertise, if this works for me. i will be very grateful. please would you kindly tell me what is a "backmitra" and how can i obtain andor purchase?
I have a big hump. I sleep sideways.
Thank you for sharing, Blessings.
Keep spreading the good news and show love towards others
Please would you demonstrate the sock method, with your back to us & placing the Sock as directed n then actually showing how to apply said method? PLEASE 🙏
Thank you for these videos. My chiropractor doesn't recommend anything to help with this issue or even excercises. Thanks again.
I'd stop seeing the chiropractic, I really don't have any faith I'm them ,the best they can say is that one side is smaller or bigger than the other side .But here's the thing all of us have one side bigger or smaller than the other it's normal
amazing channel so much practical and useful info bravo
Those with sinus issues have to have their head slightly elevated. Would you suggest adding a wedge?
What is good sleeping position for side sleepers to reduce neck jump and poor posture? Thanks!
It’s so sad we have to search this up
Going to try it tonight...let you know if it helps.
Hi, Tim! I'm new here. Right now, I weigh 210 lbs. (I weighed a lot more in the past, but I was 50 years younger - I'm now 70). I was totally disabled for a while, and I'd like to get back on my feet and get going. Right now, I have to use a walker for stability. I sleep in a hospital bed right now, because I am prone to aspiration pneumonia. I also have scoliosis. I have a hump in the back of my neck. I was wondering if I were to sleep on my stomach do you think that might actually help me? I wake up every single morning with headaches from my neck, no matter what pillow I use, and because I'm in the hospital bed, I always slide a bit and I wake up with my head on the pillow, but my neck is not supported. I have other questions. Do you have a website where maybe I could get these addressed? What city do you practice in? Also, I'm hunched over so I'm thinking about a stiff back brace. What is your stance on those? Thanks so much! Sandy
I have sway back posture and I’m trying to stomach sleeping version. Should my pelvis be higher than my head and stomach?? I sleep on the floor on a futon type of mattress and I am wondering if I should have two pillows under my pelvis and one under my head and stomach
As a matter of fact I have been doing some of these sleeping positions fo the past five years!
Does it work?
GREAT WORK!! Thanks a lot!
Thank you I'm going to try this
I have like so many questions because I don't know where to start with this. I am a mix of everything. I sleep with multiple pillows but the main pillow i have is like my one pillow i sleep on. I have multiple pillows due to some breathing issues. And I'm a pillow hugger as well 😆 which also I'm a side sleeper. It gets better... I also move in my sleep. I roll around all the time. So knowing all this, do you have a suggest for how I should sleep knowing all of this. Because I'm just confused because i pretty much do almost exactly all of them. I do not know where to really start.
I have acid reflux and I'm told by gastro doc to sleep elevated. Is there any hope for sleeping elevated and getting rid of hump while sleeping. Thank you for any help.
Put risers under your headboard legs to raise up the bed about 3-6”. Then try to lay on your back with no pillow.
@@peanutcampbell thank you.😊
These exercises can be very effective
Hi. For back sleepers who have GERD, what pillow(s) would you recommend? It has been said with GERD,it's best to sleep upright.
My problem is actually the result of a double frozen shoulder…my external arm rotation is basically non existent anymore & it just feels as if my shoulders are locked in a slight forward position. My shoulder blades were super affected, too. Thus, most of the exercises are really tough to do for me…namely the reason why I have this issue in the first place.
It’s been several years and slowly but surely I felt that my spine around the neck area just wouldn’t open up properly anymore. It’s quite frustrating. I’ve started to use a yoga stool for headstands and this actually helped a LOT! Mostly I feel like: could someone just pull my neck straight, please?!
I use magnesium oil rubbed into the shoulder, calcium is the contractor but magnesium is the relaxer element. It won’t work overnight and it can itch like crazy to begin with. May not cure it totally but hopefully you can get some relief. Magnesium citrate orally can help but can be laxative. Epsom salt baths also good :). Hope that helps!
thank you for the magnesium oil tip. i also will try this.
Thanks for this.
GOD BLESS YOU SON... THANK YOU
Why didn't you give examples for side sleepers? I'd really like to know. Thank you!
Simply because there isn’t necessarily a side sleeping position that promotes thoracic extension.
hi!! thank you so much for this video!
What about a side sleeper?
Thank you for the information
Hey doctor can you please tell how much time will it take for stomach sleepers to get rid of this annoying thing
What's the best sleeping position then for side sleepers?
Can you go to no pillow when back sleeping?
What about side sleeping?
Thank you for help in that ugly hump.
Do they really go away?
I can't seem to find comfort in any pillow. I'll try to find a thin pillow. 🙌🏼
What about using a special pillow for neck pain that has a dipped area in the middle? Is this okay for sleeping on?
Thank you a lot it helped me a lot😇
what was the drill for side sleepers?
Thanks for the video its very useful. Just a quick question please if you have time to answer- so most of the time my shoulders and area around neck are painful. Can it be something related to it??
I sleep like this pillows naturally :)
How about a posture corrector as you sleep? Helpful
Um ... and side sleepers?
I’m a side sleeper you did back sleeping and stomach sleeping but you left out the side sleeping
Is neck humps feel hard i mean i can feel the bone and feel like my bone of this area has curved i mean not fat..😐i am so confused
Me too! I have no fat on my hump it's my spine!
i have the same problem but it appeared after my orthodont so the reason is in my teeth position
thanks for sharing!
Hey Doc! I get thumb and wrist pain sometimes, could that be affected by the c7 vertebrae? I'm starting to get a neck hump too but getting headaches and that thumb pain I feel like comes from that
What pillow and mattress do you recommend using? I’m in the market of buying a new pillow and mattress
Hi please may I ask if this would be ok for me…I have spondylosis and also a full thickness tear to my supraspinatus in my left shoulder?? Thank you 😊
I bend to much while writing while eating i can't sit straight while doing anything , and don't want further problems like bending shoulders so sir can you give me some tips about it so I can start applying it
Do you recommend wearing a posture corrector during the day? If yes, any recommendation for a small framed woman.
Thank you so much 🙏
I try now i feel weird in my stomach.... but gotta fix this neck hump. Thx.
Can I sleep without a pillow to help straighten my posture if I’m a back sleeper? Even with thin pillows I feel my neck being pushed forward. Or is it bad for the neck?
I see al ot of comments about side sleepers. I have sleep apnea and back sleeping doesn't work. Any suggestions?
Do people really sleep in 1 posture all night? I can never get comfortable and toss and turn all night. What else could I do to help?
Sir, my brother has hump of neck since childhood but whenever his uric acid level increase it causes neck hump pain.
Great video, but there seems to be no help out there for side sleepers.
How about side sleepers? 🤔
Is sleeping on a Japanese Futon better than a mattress? Recently I find my mattress making my posture worse as I sleep.
I have a question. When I put my hands/arms above my head my arms go numb. What causes that and what can I do about it?
I dont use any pillows, but I'll sometimes put a blanket under my face. Is using a pillow at all necessary?
What pillow do you recommend doc? send me a link, I need one
Thanks 🙏 really helped
Thnk yu so much for sharing
I'm 67 will these exercises help someone who has had a hump for as many years as I have?
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Thanks for watching and for taking the time to subscribe :)
@@PTProgress can you make a video on lower back braces, I just started a job in ups and I don’t want to mess up my back
Cool, i will try
Sooo our pillows should actually be that thin????? Off topic which is best to sleep then on our back or sides???
Thank you 😊
Hello my Name is Abdullahi from Somalia, I would like to know what is the best advice you should give to a student who is intending to start BPT
what’s btp
@@jokeman1584 Bachelors of physiotherapy I think
When a hump is quiet large is there a need for surgery? If not as one ages will it keep getting worst?
Wow. Thank you.
How about side sleepers?
Any tips for reading in bed? Thanks !
tips for side sleepers??
Thanks!