Sleep Positions & Rest
How to sleep without loading your spine — positions, pillow setup, mattress selection, and the morning vulnerability window.
Recovery happens during sleep. Disc hydration is restored, muscle tissue repairs, and the nervous system consolidates motor patterns. But sleep also involves 6-8 hours of sustained posture — the longest continuous postural exposure in your day. Get it wrong and you're spending a third of your life loading damaged tissue.
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