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@bsi15, I have obstructive sleep apnea and sleeping on my sides helps reduce my AHI events. I have fallen asleep in the sitting position but not sure I want to make it the norm for me.🙂 There have been studies done. Here are a couple I found on the topic.
-- Postural Effect on Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Sitting Versus Supine
https://www.sleepmedres.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.17241/smr.2022.01312
-- The impact of semi-upright position on severity of sleep disordered breathing in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a two-arm, prospective, randomized controlled trial
https://bmcanesthesiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12871-023-02193-y
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thanks for the links.
It's only studied in special cases
I have no sleep apnea , but GERD.
Make the study on Tibet Monks , are they healthy , content with their sleep ?
Do average people need 2-4 uncomfortable weeks to "learn" it ?
Is it similar as in that reported example ?
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He had a peculiar sleep habit in that he sleeps sitting with his back on the head
of the bed several times a night, and then sleeps lying down when his buttocks numb.
He slept in a supine position for 60.1% of his total sleep time.
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In the general population, the semi-upright position has been used in the management of OSA.
We hypothesized that the use of a semi-upright position versus a non-elevated position
will reduce postoperative worsening of OSA in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgeries.
OSA = obstructive sleep apnea