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| Tuesday, January 27, 1998
Japanese-style bed pillow plumps up competition in sleep products market
By Joan Whitely
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There may be some therapeutic merit to the sobakawa,
according to Paul Saskin, clinical director of the Regional Center for Sleep
Disorders, which is associated with Columbia Sunrise Hospital and Medical
Center.
Without endorsing it, Saskin explains that any
highly conforming pillow may help two sorts of sleepers: people who tend to
snore when lying on their back, and people with fibromyalgia, which can cause
pain in the neck and upper back.
In the case of a back-position snorer, the pillow
could provide better cervical support to keep the sleeper's airway open wider,
which would cut back on snoring, an audible vibration that occurs when the
airway is narrowed.
In fibromyalgia, a pillow could "realign the neck
just enough to ease pain in the upper (trapezoid muscles)," Saskin says.
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