{"id":191129,"date":"2016-05-30T17:06:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T09:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/sleeping-position-health-191129.html"},"modified":"2016-06-13T10:03:02","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T02:03:02","slug":"sleeping-position-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/health\/healthy-practices\/wellbeing-tips\/sleeping-position-health-191129.html","title":{"rendered":"Sleep Style: How does your sleeping position affect your health?"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Have you ever woken up in the morning with a strain in your neck or a bad shoulder ache that won't go away no matter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/natural-healing\/alternative-medicine\/how-to-reduce-lower-back-pain-with-natural-remedies-142054.html\" target=\"_blank\">how you massage it<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/wellbeing-tips\/improve-your-posture-172111.html\" target=\"_blank\">how straight you sit at work<\/a>? You may want to reconsider your sleeping position because, chances are, the way you sleep is becoming the main cause of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/7-solutions-to-solve-backache-70020.html\" target=\"_blank\">your spinal woes<\/a>.<\/p> <p>There are three basic sleeping positions you should know: back, side and stomach. However, there are variations to these as well, which all <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/healthy-habits-reasons-take-sleep-seriously-129174.html\" target=\"_blank\">affect your health and wellbeing<\/a> in a slightly different way. Even though sleeping on your back is considered to be the \"best sleeping position\" by many experts, it is still important to discover the different health benefits that the various sleeping styles offer, in order to decide which is the best for you, specifically.<\/p> <p>Head on up to our gallery to learn about a range of sleeping positions and how they affect your health, one position at a time.<\/p> <p><em>Dione Chen<\/em><\/p> <p><em>Photos: Getty Images<\/em><\/p> <h2> <span>Read more:<\/span> <\/h2> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/benefits-of-cold-showers-170848.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hydro Therapy: 10 Surprising benefits of taking cold showers every day<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/natural-healing\/alternative-medicine\/herbal-tea-health-benefits-168808.html\" target=\"_blank\">Zero Caffeine: 5 Herbal teas and their secret health benefits<\/a><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On your back, on your side, or on your stomach - which sleeping position is best for you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":565,"featured_media":191137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Do you snooze on your back or on your tummy? 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