Sleeping on side or on back in hammock

[Shug]

I tested all my hammock laying on my side and was comfortable enough in all of them for the short timeI laid there. But I am by nature a dedicated back sleeper.
Shug

[PatapscoMike]

I'm a side-sleeper at home, but I find sleeping on my back to be a lot easier in a hammock. Sometimes I fall asleep on my side but I always wake up on my back with my pillow missing.

[ahursey530]

I side sleep in a blackbird XLC double layer (70D) and El Dorado single layer (the new 40D fabric) and cant tell much of a difference between the fabrics personally. I tend to wake up more during the night while in a hammock but feel more rested in the morning overall. When I wake up if I am on my back I have to turn on one side or the other to get back to sleep. I am around 240lbs if that figures into anything... ;-)

[TallPaul]

I side sleep with my knees up sometimes. I’ve found an 11’ gathered end works best for me.

[cougarmeat]

I've heard bridge hammocks might be more conducive to side sleeping - but remember to bring a pillow to support your head. In a Gathered End, by morning I can puddle down to a curled up position - after all the muscles are relaxed; but at the start I'm in the more traditional figure-4. I usually don't judge the potential quality of subsequent nights on the sleep of the first night when lots of adjustments, physical and mental, are in play.

[Fancy Shoes]

Thanks for the replies. I have been seeing a Chiropractor 4 times a week for the past 3 weeks! Finally waking up with no back pain. During the day the pain is a lot less. When i started, I was barely able to tie my shoes.

He has been putting me on a machine that pulls my hips down, upwards of 80lbs of force right now. Its called a decompression machine, but similar to the old torchere methods of pulling people apart with a horse.

[rodentface]

I've always been a 100% side sleeper in a bed.

I slept on my side in a bridge hammock, but wasn't able to bend my legs enough due to its relatively narrow width.

Then, I slept on my side in an 11' gathered end.

Now, I sleep exclusively on my back in a GE. I never thought I'd be able to sleep on my back. Only took me about a week to get comfy doing so.

I'm still nearly a 100% side sleeper in a bed, but I sleep way better in a hammock. I never thought I'd be among the folk who say such a thing.

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[Heavyhiker]

I always start on my back in my WBBB but always end up on my side. I guess old habits are hard to break

[xMagnolia]

I rotate, side to side and sometimes on my back, in a ENO single and in my big Brazilian full time Hammock. I use a tiny little pillow under my neck and that seems to be just the thing.

Charlotte

[Fancy Shoes]

How many of you have woke up on the flooor like me after your hammock slides down over the night! ��