Is something that should bring you comfort while you sleep actually causing you pain?

Turns out it could be.

Your pillow could be hurting your neck as well as your sleep.

Check out our related article: Neck Pain and Its Main Causes.

Constantly looking down at your smartphone will most definitely lead to neck aches. The action has been dubbed tech neck.

But, sleeping on your back with a pillow too thick that bends your head forward is just as bad as staring down at your smartphone all day.

Sleeping on your side with your head bent drastically to one side, as well as sleeping on your stomach with your head twisted and turned at all sorts of angles while you sleep.

Staring at your screen gets a bad rep, as it should, but sleeping with a bad pillow is just as bad for you, and perhaps even worse.

In the article below, we will discuss 7 tips that will help you pick your perfect pillow, and help prevent you from getting tech neck while you sleep.

Your neck is part of a long flexible column, known as the spinal column or backbone.

Your spinal column extends through most of your body, and the region that makes up your neck is called the cervical spine.

The cervical spine consists of seven bones that are separated from one another by intervertebral discs.

The discs allow the spine to move freely and act as shock absorbers during activity.

Due to the complexity of the cervical spine, the odds are pretty high that it'll act up at some point during your life and cause neck pain.

Your neck pain might be a little soreness, or it could be a more intense pain making it tough to do simple things like turn your head.

There are many common causes of neck pain.

Fortunately, neck pain rarely leads to more serious problems, but that doesn't make it any more enjoyable.

In the article below, we'll talk about the most common reasons why you could be experiencing neck pain.

Neck pain is extremely common.

If you haven't had neck pain of some sort yet in life, consider yourself lucky. But, also realize the day will soon come when you suffer like the rest of us.

Neck pain can be caused by simple things like poor posture, that's why it's so common.

Leaning over your computer desk or hunching over a workbench is enough to induce neck pain.

Osteoarthritis is a very common cause of neck pain as well.

Neck pain is rarely a symptom of something more serious or an underlying issue.

However, you should seek medical care if your neck pain is accompanied by numbness or loss of strength in your arms or hands, or if you have shooting pain into your shoulder or down your arm.

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If you don't have any of those symptoms, know that your neck pain is likely to go away with time. 

Medical intervention is rarely needed to treat neck pain.

They say the best treatment is prevention, so how can we prevent neck pain from happening?

The first step is to know what causes it.

In the article below, we'll take a look at some of the most common causes of neck pain.