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How I cured my back pain, my hunchback, and improved my posture
I made 3 changes, and they worked!
I’m not sure when it started. It was at least a year ago, maybe two. But now it’s very noticeable. My mattress sags in the middle. It squashes my body into a dip, and it’s affecting my back and the health of my spine.
The first change was obvious and had an immediate effect
At the same rate as the dip appearing, my back had been aching more and more. So I started sleeping on the floor. The first night my bones ached and I was stiff when I got up the next morning. But I persevered. I added some cushioning between me and the floor in the form of a thick quilt. After a few nights, sleeping was comfortable on the floor.
But the real benefit was no backache. It slowly disappeared over the first week. Now it’s just a memory. So friends said, ‘just change the mattress’, but I think there was more to this problem, so I researched it on the internet and on YouTube — my favourite place for learning things — and was amazed at what I found. There is a growing movement for sleeping on the floor.
Many Japanese people sleep on futons, on tatami mats, on the floor, and have done this for a long time. And I watched many YouTube videos extolling the benefits of sleeping this way too. Good quality…
