Carries out nearly a half of the life of people in dream. From that as the person has had a rest at night, his health and working capacity during the day in many respects depends. Therefore the bed on which the person sleeps, and, especially – pillow is important.
Instruction
1. The pillow is necessary during sleep in connection with the structure of human body. If to sleep without pillow, then cervical vertebras are bent, and muscles of neck do not relax. It can lead to back pain and headache. Correctly picked up pillow has to support the head and neck. Therefore it is very important to choose pillow correctly.
2. Upon purchase of pillow it is necessary to consider also some factors. For example, width of shoulders of the person. For broad-shouldered people higher pillows – from 14 to 17 cm high (are recommended with standard height of 10-14 cm).
3. If the person likes to sleep on back, then he needs low pillow. It is necessary to consider also the hardness of mattress. At soft mattress it will be more convenient to sleep on low pillow, at rigid - it is better to choose pillow higher.
4. Pillows of standard dimensions have length from 40 to 80 cm and width from 30 to 50 cm. Fans of big pillows have to remember that the pillow should not be wider than mattress. For us square and rectangular pillows are usual, but the new type of this bed accessory – orthopedic pillows has appeared recently. They have the special semi-roller manufactured of other material which supports neck better and bends backbone less. On some orthopedic pillows the special dredging for the head is made.
5. Correctly to choose pillow for dream, it is necessary to be defined what material of filler is more preferable to you.
6. The oldest "antiquated" material for filling of pillows – goose or swan swelled also feathers. Advantages of feather pillows are that they provide good thermal insulation and absorb and evaporate moisture therefore easily restore the form when beating. But these pillows are categorically contraindicated to allergic persons as in natural feathers and down ticks are got. The person sleeping on such pillow constantly inhales their excrement.
7. The feather pillow needs to be dried at least once a year in the sun as because of high hygroscopicity it collects a lot of moisture inside. The term of operation of feather pillows – no more than five years. After this term the feather begins to collapse, and the pillow becomes "sanatorium" for pincers. It will be better to throw out it and to buy new.
8. Good natural filler for pillows is buckwheat pod. This filler thanks to the aromaterapevtichesky properties helps to relax well after unlucky day. Oversleeping of pod in pillow allows it to repeat easily shape of the head, to save the person from snore and to take off fatigue in extremities.
9. Pillows with synthetic fillers – sintepon, komforelyyu are very convenient. They do not cause allergies, are erased even in the washing machine and quickly dry. In such pillows the ticks are not got. Pillows on synthetic fillers serve 7-10 years, on many of them for convenience of washing there is zipper.
10. The most modern filler is latex – natural material from frothed rubber. It is used generally in orthopedic pillows. The elasticity of material allows such pillow to support the head and neck well. Weigh all pros and cons of the offered types of pillows and choose that which will help to keep your health!