Saturday, June 11, 2011

Your Pillow May Be Making You Sick!

Is your bed pillow more than 2 years old? If you have night-time allergies or wake up with a crick in your neck, your pillow may be the cause!

As your comfy pillow gets older, it can be a breeding ground for dust mites -a major cause of itchy eyes, wheasing, coughing and asthma. Believe it or not, up to 30% of the weight of your old pillow may be dust mites....GROSS! We had one customer who's husband kept having asthma attacks at night. She never thought it was the pillows since she kept an inside cover on, and washed them every other week. She decided to try one of our "Side Sleeper" pillows for him and he hasn't had a nighttime attack since.

A proper pillow will also give your neck the best support which is necessary for restful sleep. Think about it. If the spine in your neck is not supported correctly, nerves can become pinched. These pinched nerves can cause you to wake up during the night and your arm is tingly. Sometimes, only a couple of fingers are asleep and you don't realize that your neck is the cause.

We sell position-specific pillows for back sleepers, side sleepers and stomach sleepers. We also have natural latex and latex bits blended with Dacron. We do not recommend the use of memory foam (visco) in pillows because it builds up too much heat under the head and it does not conform well to supporting the head correctly -I don't care that the famous brand ads say.

Try a new, supportive pillow. It's an inexpensive investment to improve your health.

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