I gained 14 pounds of my weight back because I had this massive pain in my neck and shoulder. It was so bad that I could not even do cardio workouts because it would give me shooting pains in my back and neck.
I even spent over $500 at the chiropractor, which gave me some relief, but it was not permanent. I was a mess. After almost losing 80 pounds, putting 14 of that back on, really added a big negative depression in my life. I needed to find relief and I could not find it at doctor.
I started researching Amazon and read around 500 reviews, over a months time. I was initially looking for stop snoring pillows for the hubby, which I am still looking for, but in buying a pillow for him, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise for me. I found this contour neck pillow on Amazon.
I pulled the pillow out when I got it and kept it in the plastic to try it out. I gave it to the hubby and he lay on it and first thing he says is “way too hard, but I will try anything.” This standard size pillow is really small too and after about 3 nights, it did not only NOT stop the snoring but was too small for him and he hated it. I felt defeated. I then thought…well let me try the pillow.
The first night I was not ecstatic about it at all. It kind of hurt my ear to lay on my side, as the memory foam is harder then I would like, but I toughed it out for about a week and the weirdest thing…my pain in my shoulder and neck started to not feel so bad. In fact I did not realize that until after a few days. The only change I made was this little hard, memory foam pillow. Huh.
After a few weeks I got used to the hard foam but went on the lookout for one; a bigger pillow for the hubby, and two, a softer pillow for me, that kept the contour for the neck and shoulders. We went to SAMS Club on a whim one day and ran into this serta pillow
This pillow rocks and we both use it to be pain free. I wish I would have ran across that first on Amazon because it is actually cheaper, on amazon, not SAMS, then he first one, but for some reason I just did not see it the first time. Oh well.
I wish this pillow worked for the hubby’s snoring but we have both felt great as far as back and neck pain, so that is a plus and worth every penny. Now that I found my solution, now I am back to finding the perfect non snoring pillow for the hubby!
If you have neck and back pain and have not been able to relieve it, I would highly recommend trying out a pillow like this…love it!
Have a great day!