I’ve always read and been told that sleeping on your stomach is bad for your spine and neck but after a workout or long day at work, I find that laying on my stomach for an hour or so while I read or scroll on my phone makes my back feel so much better. Am I doing more long-term harm than good with this? Why does it feel so good on my back but is bad for it? Is it just not recommended for long periods of time but beneficial for shorter periods?
How on earth are you reading while lying on your stomach??
Anecdotally, I had a quenching desire to lie on my stomach after giving birth. Like, I was exhausted and sleep deprived and you could have told me that this would kill me and I’d still sleep on my stomach in the hospital. I later looked it up and apparently lying on your stomach helps with the back formation of the uterus.
Usually propped up on an elbow or two. Holding the book out or letting it lay flat in the ground.
Sometimes resting with my chin on the ground, my elbows splayed outward so I can hold the book upright in front of me and my knees bent with my feet up in the air like a fleshy scorpion.
Hell yes bro (or chick-bro whichever you identify as). Socks off and toes wiggling in the air. That’s the only way to do it.
That’s exactly what I do. Sometimes a pillow under my chin when my elbows get sore.
I’ve always wanted a massage table so I could lay flat on my stomach with my head in a neutral position and read by looking through the hole.
Sometimes I lay on my stomach with my head hanging over the edge of the bed and the book on the floor. My bed is only like a foot tall though. My ex sat on one of the corners and it broke the leg so I took the rest of the legs off and made it into a low rider.