Okay, I debated for a while but I guess I'm going to toss this out there to see if anyone else has experienced it or resolved it. Yes, I can post a hammock picture... I'm using a Warbonnet Blackbird XLC. I've got the foot end up 6-12 inches higher than the head end. I think I'm close to a 30 degree hang on the suspension (I'll take a darn protractor out next trip in a few weeks). I'm using an HG Incubator underquilt.
Anyway, the hammock is a right hand lay. It forces me to sleep with my head on the opposite side of the shelf. After a few hours of sleeping, I wake up and my right hip (the one buried into the hammock) is sore. BTW, yes, I am a side sleeper... I can't seem to find a comfortable position to lay on my left side though as this puts my shoulders/head under the shelf and my feet are now awkwardly up against the netting or the ridge (if I go semi-fetal). The soreness rolls into the next day but does vanish with some exercise. It still reminds me though of why I went up to hammocks in the first place (to get away from hip and shoulder pointers from sleeping on pads in a tent).
Any thoughts here on what is going on? My first year with this hammock was great... but year 2 has been a struggle there and I've had it on 3-4 trips with the same issue each time now. It might be something stupid like my first year was on my back and now I'm trying to force a side-lay that just isn't feasible. Not sure about that. Could be changes to my body as I get... ahem... older... (male, upper 40's now).
Next trip is in two weeks and short of "getting a new hammock", I'd love to have a few things to try. Oh, and I am looking a new hammock (this stuff is addictive) but I'd kind of like to understand what's going on here before I invest in something else and have the same problem.
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