Pain in Back & Shoulder Since using CPap

[MaryT]

Ever since I've been on cpap in October, I wake up with a sore neck, shoulders and backache. Have any of you had problems with pain when waking up?

When I sleep on my side with my mask, I have to sleep with my head in a position that will keep the mask from falling off, on the edge of the pillow, and so perhaps my neck is in a bad position. I'm trying to find out if I need better neck support. I'm not accusing my cpap therapy for giving me aches, but perhaps if this is common, then I can find a way to deal with it by buying more support pillow for my shoulders.

also, maybe the cpap puts me to sleep so hard that i dont toss and turn and therefore my body gets stiff. And I have a tempurpedic mattress, but I'm waking up in pain so i have to sleep on my recliner (no pain when i wake up). I dont know what to do. I do often wake up in the same position as I fell asleep in.

[snnnark]

It is fairly common, especially for those who used to toss and turn all night! Making sure your neck and spine are aligned may help and some here like to sleep with a teddy bear or similar to keep the arm up, thus preventing the shoulder being pulled down. A body pillow is another idea.

But it sounds like your cpap therapy is working well, Congrats!

[BlackSpinner]

Yes. With me it was my hips.
Now that you are sleeping in the same position most of the night you really need to pay attention to your pillows and mattress. I had to get new pillow and a mattress cover.

[Hawthorne]

With some nasal pillow masks when the seal is weakening, I wake up with stiff, sore neck and shoulder muscles. I feel like I am holding my head a certain way when I go to sleep. It is not a natural and relaxed way but I feel I have to "hold that positon" to keep the nasal pillows in. It's a signal to me to change the pillows or use my one of my other masks for a night or two.

[jbn3boys]

Since you mentioned that you feel you have to sleep at the side of your pillow in order for your mask to hang over the side, I would highly encourage you to invest in a cpap pillow. There are several different kinds available. I can't recommend one since I haven't tried them, but I'm sure they would help you to sleep in a more natural position.