{"id":31017,"date":"2023-11-15T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-staging.saatva-node-stage.tsc-starts-coding.com\/?p=31017"},"modified":"2023-11-15T14:51:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:51:47","slug":"anti-snoring-pillows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saatva-node-stage.tsc-starts-coding.com\/blog\/anti-snoring-pillows\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Anti-Snoring Pillows Really Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My husband has been kicked out of bed more than a few times in our marriage for snoring<\/a>. He\u2019s not alone as roughly 60% of men and 40% of women<\/a> snore. Now that we\u2019re in the market for a snoring solution, I decided to use my research skills to find out if anti-snoring pillows are the real deal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I spoke with Jeffery Durmer<\/a>, MD, PhD, a neurologist and board-certified sleep medicine physician, and it turns out that snoring\u2014and anti-snoring pillows\u2014is a lot more complex an issue than I thought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read on to find out how anti-snoring pillows work, what to look for in one, and other methods you can try to reduce snoring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is an anti-snoring pillow?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Anti-snoring pillows come in different sizes, shapes, and materials. Some are meant to elevate your head and some look like a regular pillow, but they\u2019re all meant to provide support to your head and neck during sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some\u00a0pillows<\/a>\u00a0are specifically made to be used when wearing a\u00a0CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine<\/a>\u00a0if you have\u00a0sleep apnea<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These pillows are designed to keep your chin further from your neck to open up your airway. Ideally, the pillow needs to be higher toward you and taper away, in order to support your neck more than your head, explains Durmer, as your head doesn\u2019t need as much support as your neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do anti-snoring pillows work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To find out how anti-snoring pillows work, Durmer says we need to understand why we snore in the first place. Because our necks are flexible and tend to be a weak spot in our upper body when lying down flat at night, it\u2019s common to get kinked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverybody has this kink that causes the airway to suck itself closed,\u201d explains Durmer. Therefore, pillows are an invention that repositions this airway so we can breathe\u2014and it\u2019s backed by science<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you have a high-end anti-snoring pillow, or you use soft moldable pillows that can support this alignment to keep the airway open, you can reduce snoring.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the best pillow to help stop snoring?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The best anti-snoring pillow is going to be different for everyone. There are several different anti-snoring pillows that vary according to shape and type of materials, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n