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I wake up sore
This cluster describes what pillow geometry does and does not do. It does not diagnose anything, does not tell you what is wrong with you, and makes no claim that any pillow treats any condition. Persistent or severe pain, and anything involving numbness, weakness or radiating symptoms, is a question for a clinician — not a pillow index.
I wake up with a sore neck
A loft mismatch holds the neck out of line with the spine for hours at a time — bent down toward the mattress if the p…My bottom shoulder aches from side sleeping
An under-lofted pillow lets the head drop toward the mattress, which loads more of the upper body's weight through the…
What a pillow can be asked to do here
| loft in measured range | Pillow loft within the range your own measurement implies. This is first for every constraint in this cluster, because no surface is soft enough to rescue a pillow your head has already flattened. |
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| remeasure after change | The measurement is a property of body AND mattress. Change the mattress and the answer changes, even though the pillow did not. |