[femto113]

Just leaving this here in case it saves someone else a little suffering: it was life changing to start sleeping with a pillow between my knees. I used to wake up with debilitating lower back pain every morning, which I worked through with stretching and yoga and such but then I saw a commercial for one of those bowtie shaped foam pillows that go between your knees and figured "what the heck" and ordered one. It was weird at first but seemed to help a bit, then one night I came home late, tired, and couldn't find the thing so just jammed a regular pillow between my knees--the following morning was the first time I woke up without back pain in years. It's definitely hard on the pillows so now when I buy a new pillow for my head I demote the old one to knee service.

[cannam]

If anyone else is as baffled as I was by why you would put a pillow between your knees: the idea is apparently to improve your alignment if you happen to sleep on your side.

(I do sleep on my side, but this idea has never occurred to me, and I tend to picture other people lying tidily on their backs - so I was picturing someone sleeping on their back with a pillow placed in an unaccountable position.)

Will be trying this tonight.

[surfsvammel]

I have done this my entire life. I think. When I met my partner, she found it strange and hilarious. Now, she is the one who always need a knee-pillow.

[madelyn]

100% this. A "knee pillow" has been life changing for me.

I picked up the practice originally after long hikes. It's amazing how much it helps with the soreness.

I just take a regular, commodity pillow and fold it in half. Any kind you can get at your local store works great!

[geocar]

I want to try this.

Can you share any details about that "regular pillow?" Ideally an online link that will ship internationally, but failing that: Materials, thickness, density, really anything that might be relevant would be helpful.

[femto113]

Nothing magical, it's just the same as I was already buying for my head: a mid-range (~$50USD), standard-size, down pillow. I mostly buy them from Bed, Bath & Beyond but the nearby store closed I've used a variety of brands from other department stores over the years.

[Ensorceled]

I've been doing that for a decade now and what a relief! I'm the same, I just use an old pillow nothing special purpose.

I also find lower leg straight and upper leg on the pillow (so you look like an 'h') works really well.

[ad404b8a372f2b9]

Uh that's wild, I thought everybody did that. I can't sleep unless I fold my covers between my knees.

[dzhiurgis]

Pregnancy pillows are the best lol