Sleep Positions, Ranked

Theo Grant

Most people fall asleep without a thought about how they are lying, then wake up wondering why the same shoulder or lower back aches every morning. This is a clear look at what your position is actually doing overnight: the real difference between back and side sleeping, how pillow height changes the load on your neck, why one hip might take the brunt of it, and small adjustments that let you wake up without that familiar stiffness.