Side Sleeper Support

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Cbcb
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Side Sleeper Support

Post by Cbcb » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:20 pm

I am a side sleeper. If I roll over to sleep on my back, my back hurts for the next several days. I looked on Amazon for wedge pillows, but they all have a lot of bad reviews saying they are too soft.
Do you have anything to suggest??
Thanks,Cb

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Re: Side Sleeper Support

Post by Pugsy » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:26 pm

I had much better luck with finding something to support my back when on my side when I used a bed pillow made with buckwheat hulls.
The support feels great on the back and the added weight of the hulls keeps the pillow from sliding all over the place.

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Re: Side Sleeper Support

Post by amenite » Thu Oct 30, 2025 4:19 pm

I took my first sobokawa pillow (buckwheat hull pillow) and use it like a body pillow behind me. Later on I got a mixed buckwheat hull & foam pillow for the noggin and it works pretty well. The full 100% buckwheat filling is kind of noisy for the side sleeper IMO (it doesn't sound too noisy until your ear is right on it). But it worked well enough.

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Re: Side Sleeper Support

Post by zonker » Thu Oct 30, 2025 9:16 pm

Cbcb wrote:
Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:20 pm
I am a side sleeper. If I roll over to sleep on my back, my back hurts for the next several days. I looked on Amazon for wedge pillows, but they all have a lot of bad reviews saying they are too soft.
Do you have anything to suggest??
Thanks,Cb
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