Sleeping

[jfkbengals]

(04-21-2021, 02:55 PM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: Have anyone ever had to learn to change positions when you sleep?  I’ve always been a stomach/side sleeper but recently I’ve had some pretty bad shoulder pains that make it almost impossible to sleep on a shoulder.  So I’ve tried learning to sleep on my back.  Ugh. It’s been some pretty bad nights of sleep lately.  It just feels so uncomfortable to lay on my back.  Does anyone have any helpful suggestions?  Has anyone else had this problem?

I feel for you, as I have had the same issue.

I always sleep on my left side or stomach with my left arm above my head.  Years back I somehow hurt my rotator cuff, and it was DREADFUL trying to sleep.  Even if I managed to fall asleep in a different position, I would manage to roll over into those positions and wake up in excruciating pain because of it.

Recently I went through it again, albeit only for one night.  When I got my second covid shot in my left arm, it would hurt to the touch or if I lifted it above my head.  Not much sleep at all that night, as I kept waking up in pain from being on top of it or having it up past my head.  Once I would get out of those positions, I couldn't drift off because they were uncomfortable.   Eventually I would fall back asleep, but then rinse and repeat...