Persistent or recurring neck and back pain is a widespread problem in Germany. One cause can be an incorrect sitting posture, uncomfortable office chairs or even incorrect footwear. However, the main reason for the development of back pain is usually an incorrect pillow and thus a pathological sleeping posture.

More and more young people are also suffering from back and neck pain. In a survey conducted by the Robert Koch Institute in 2020, over 60% of respondents reported persistent and/or frequently recurring back pain in the past year. One-third of respondents even reported that their pain was already chronic. Overall, according to the RKI survey, women are even affected by back and neck pain significantly more often than men.

The Robert Koch Institute survey shows that back pain is increasing in frequency and intensity, and preventive measures to alleviate back problems are coming into focus. The current study situation in Germany raises one question in particular for us:

Is a side sleeper pillow good for the back?

To get to the bottom of this question, we asked our customers to share their experiences with KomfortKissen with us.
You can find the answers in this blog post! 

To begin with, it was of course important for us to know to what extent customers' sleep quality had changed with our KomfortKissen .
And over 90% (see chart 1) of the customers surveyed stated that they sleep better with the side sleeper pillow!

(Graphic 1)

Healthy sleep without back pain

Thanks to its special shape, the KomfortKissen helps to relieve back, hip and neck pain in particular, as it can be placed between the legs and also between the arms. Without the comfortable shape of a side sleeper pillow, the upper leg lies too low and the hips turn inwards during sleep, which puts strain on the joints and spine. This unnatural posture during sleep can quickly lead to pain in the pelvic area, back and neck. The KomfortKissen keeps the leg up during sleep and therefore the hips straight. This position also stretches and relieves the spine and relieves back pain. 

Our customers can also confirm this insight via KomfortKissen .

60% of our customers notice a reduction in pain after just a few nights with the Komfortkissen and over 20% report that the pain has disappeared completely after a short time (see chart 2).

(Graphic 2)

Our customers also noticed an improvement in pain in the shoulder and neck area after a short time. Almost 60% of the customers surveyed (Figure 3) noticed a reduction in pain in the neck and shoulder. Over 20% confirmed that they no longer have pain in these areas since using the KomfortKissen .

(Graphic 3)

Our KomfortKissen against back pain! 

The survey of our customers has shown that our KomfortKissen can alleviate back pain as well as pain in the neck and shoulder area and change it in the long term. The back-friendly posture adopted when sleeping with the side sleeper pillow helps to prevent and alleviate back problems!