| Hip pain is a common discomfort people have, it does | | | | exercise and changing your sleeping position and |
| not let you feel comfortably either when you are | | | | getting an ergonomic pillow to accommodate your |
| awake or when it is time to sleep. But in order to | | | | legs in the right position. This is where the Leg |
| understand this pain, why it happens and how we | | | | Wedge Pillow proves to be right what people who |
| can obtain hip pain relief, we have to know how the | | | | suffer from hip pain need. This orthopedic pillow |
| hips work. A joint is formed by the ends of at least | | | | keeps pelvis correctly aligned and relieves pressure |
| two bones that are connected by ligaments. The hip | | | | on the hips as well as in all joints. People will feel a |
| consists of two parts: a ball or femoral head at the | | | | great difference in how their hips, lower back and the |
| top of the femur, and a rounded socket or | | | | rest of the body feels after sleeping comfortably |
| acetabulum in the pelvis. The surfaces of the ball and | | | | without feeling pain. |
| socket are covered by a material called articular | | | | But there is more. Most people are side sleepers, |
| cartilage, which cushions the bones and allows them | | | | which mean they prefer to sleep on their sides. |
| move easily. | | | | However, people who like this sleeping position know |
| So what causes hip joint pain? Arthritis is one of the | | | | that the most common set of discomforts are hip |
| most usual causes, and more precisely osteoarthritis, | | | | and lower back pain. And here is another cause for |
| which involves a breakdown of cartilage in the joints, | | | | hip pain: sleeping in this position the natural shape of |
| and when cartilage wears away the bones rub | | | | the body causes that the leg that is furthest from |
| against each other causing this pain. It is more | | | | the sleep surface to be misaligned and it is pulled |
| frequent in people older than fifty years old. Another | | | | straight down by gravity, creating pressure and |
| cause is the avascular necrosis, which happens when | | | | tension on the hips causing more pain. The Leg |
| there is not enough blood supply to the bone, like | | | | Wedge Pillow, when used as a leg spacer pillow, helps |
| when someone has been through organ | | | | people to stay on their side without feeling any |
| transplantation. | | | | discomfort. People can feel the pressure and tension |
| Treating hip pain | | | | release as your spine and your hip are properly |
| In most cases that are not as extreme as the ones | | | | aligned right after they place the Leg Wedge Pillow |
| which require hip surgery or hip replacement, doctors | | | | between their legs, which allows them to sleep |
| recommend medication, physical therapy like hip | | | | comfortably and quietly and forget about hip pains. |