I will surely try to sleep this way as I get so
blocked up at times as soon as I lay on my back.
--- Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...> wrote:
> I used to suffer from chronic sinus congestion,
> particularly after waking
> up in the morning.
>
> About a year ago, I started sleeping propped up by a
> number of pillows, so
> I'm essentially in a semi-sitting position when I
> sleep. I got the idea,
> interestingly, during a trip to Williamsburg, VA,
> during which I learned
> that sleeping lying flat, the way most people do
> now, is a fairly recent
> innovation that arose in the 19th Century. Before
> then, people who could
> afford beds and pillows did, in fact, sleep in a
> semi-sitting position
> (upper body at at least a 45 degree angle from the
> mattress) - in the
> belief that sleeping lying flat was extremely
> unhealthy because it
> prevented the sinuses from draining.
>
> Well, I've discovered a great deal of wisdom in that
> pre-Victorian belief.
> I began emulating our Colonial forebears and
> sleeping pretty much sitting
> up - with the result being that not only do I now
> suffer little or no
> sinus congestion regardless of the season, but my
> lower back problems have
> also all but disappeared, because my weight when I
> sleep has now been
> shifted to my buttocks and upper thighs.
>
> I tried earlier putting phone books under the legs
> of the head of my bed -
> this did not provide enough lift to give me the same
> benefits that
> sleeping sitting up has done.
>
> I'd be interested to hear if anyone else sleeps this
> way - or if anyone
> who tries it accrues the same benefits that I have.
>
> Karen Mercedes
> http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
> ________________________________
> I want to know God's thoughts...
> the rest are details.
> - Albert Einstein
>
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