If You Sleep in This One Position, Doctors Say You Need to Stop Immediately

Some sleep habits feel comfortable only because the body has learned to tolerate them. You may fall asleep faster in a familiar position, wake up in it without thinking, and assume it cannot be doing much harm if it helps you rest.

But doctors and sleep experts often warn against one position in particular: sleeping on your stomach. The concern is not that one night will ruin your health, but that repeated stomach sleeping can place the neck, spine, shoulders, and lower back under strain for hours at a time. HuffPost’s syndicated report identifies stomach sleeping as the position doctors most strongly advise people to stop relying on.