Posture Form Co-Founder Lone Lawson talks about how “the year like no other” has spurred positive change. Their adjustable ergonomic pillow company has now transitioned to being recyclable and plastic-free.
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If you’ve been finding you’ve had a sore neck lately, you’re not alone.
A strange side-effect of Covid-19 restrictions is a rise in the number of people suffering from ‘tech neck’, an uncomfortable phenomena caused by excessive technology consumption and poor posture when working from home.
Despite an initial downturn in April this year, local manufacturer Posture Form is now experiencing a surge in sales for their therapeutic pillows as customers wanting to improve their sleep posture to counteract what they’re doing during the day.
Our adjustable contour pillows harness a brand new memory foam technology and they have been designed uniquely for ultimate hygiene, comfort and spinal support.
NexGen foam is exclusive to Posture Form and the result is a whole new league of adjustable posture and neck support pillows. This foam has far superior airflow to traditional memory foam which very importantly results in much cooler sleeping. Ideal for our hot Aussie summer nights!
NexGen foam has incredible porosity, superior performance and excellent longevity. Due to the open cell and graphite infusion it holds it’s height throughout the night. The result is the perfect supportive pillow.
Crafted from safe and hypoallergenic medical grade materials, the pillows are beautifully soft and supportive.
Our NexGen memory foam pillows offer core quality elements:
NexGen pillows have been tested by the world’s best recognised pressure redistribution profiler, the medically certified XSENSOR Foresite Pressure Mapping System. The results showed that NexGen pillows have significantly lower concentrated pressure impact than traditional memory foam pillows by a staggering 40 per cent!
For the initiated, that means supportive, comfortable bliss.
The vast majority of pillows are not adjustable, which means achieving perfect support for all body types and sleep positions with one pillow is virtually impossible.
An ergonomic pillow should cradle your head and neck and importantly fill in the space between your neck and shoulders. If you are experiencing headaches, neck pain or poor sleep it can be an indication that your pillow is not doing its job.
The height and design of an adjustable pillow are keys to supporting healthy spinal alignment.
NexGen pillows are often referred to as ergonomic or cervical neck support pillows. Most importantly, they are ideal for both side and back sleepers because they encourage perfect sleeping posture.
Buying pillows on the enticement of a sale? Often pillows are purchased without much thought – a push here, a caress there, and the decision is made.
According to Posture Form Co-Founder Lone Lawson when you are buying pillows you need to do a bit of research and consider factors such as structural design, adjustability, respiratory health and posture support. Read more
How do I sleep better? Is the pandemic causing you to feel stressed? It can be really difficult to get to sleep – and stay asleep when you are anxious. With such widespread coverage, the 24-7 news cycle, and social media feeds jammed with coronavirus content, many of our patients are reporting that they feel overwhelmed and stressed. This is understandable, so it’s important to find ways to calm yourself, naturally.
A 2017 study published in Computers in Human Behavior[1] found that, “Exposure to chronic stress can suppress immune function and increase susceptibility to infection.”
That’s not a good combination.
Pain has the ability to stop sleep dead in its tracks before calm has a chance to descend. Then, if a sufferer does manage to slumber, pain has an unconscionable ability to reach its uncomfortable tentacles deep into slumber often waking someone from much needed rest. To compound matters, just as pain triggers insomnia, insomnia exacerbates pain. It’s no wonder so many Aussies are exhausted and sore. Read more
Do you lay awake, wide eyed and desperately wishing for sleep, night after night? Significant sleeplessness can be an intermittent or long term foe and its effects on your health can be alarming. Yes, there’s the tired, irritable self we’ve all experienced from time to time when we’ve burnt the candle at both ends instead of heading to bed early at a reasonable time. But insomnia is a different beast.
The 2016 Sleep Health Survey of Australian Adults reported that we, Aussies, are missing out on sufficient shuteye en masse, with a lack of sleep affecting an estimated 33-45% of adults. Twenty percent of us also suffer from a significant form of insomnia. Read more
The most Googled personal question worldwide is, ‘Why am I so tired?’ Statistically speaking, those who use this search term are most likely to be between 12 and 18 years old. It seems teenagers are the most tired demographic of all.
Sadly, according to the article Sleep Deprivation in Adolescents and Young Adults 70% of Australian teens are chronically sleep deprived. This may be double that of any other age group. Many are labelled as depressed, mood-disordered or lazy, when simple exhaustion is to blame.
Adolescents are in a biological transition, moving from a childhood to an adult circadian rhythm. This involves a change in the sleep hormone, melatonin. Teenage brains produce melatonin later at night than the brains of children. The peak production of this crucial hormone is between 11am and 8am. This leads to both falling asleep and waking later. However, life doesn’t work to this schedule. Teen’s sleep is usually interrupted with an early alarm artificially signalling the beginning of a new day.
Professor Matthew Walker, author of Why We Sleep writes, “Sadly neither society nor our parental attitudes are well designed to appreciate and accept that teenagers need more sleep than adults and that they are biologically wired to obtain that sleep at a different time to their parents.” This creates a dearth of adequate teen sleep.
Australian paediatric and adolescent sleep physician Dr Chris Seton has identified an additional issue affecting teenagers. Dr Seton uses the term ‘Screenagers’ to describe those whose bedtime is further delayed by the hormonal changes caused by exposure to screens, and so blue light, near bedtime. Blue light suppresses melatonin, and can confuse the brain and blur the boundary between wakefulness and sleep.
Changing rhythms, melatonin and screen use are common culprits, however, there are other issues that might also affect an adolescent’s ability to sleep. Lifestyle factors such as poor time management, high caffeine or sugar consumption, or a late-night part-time job can all contribute to your adolescent’s sleep difficulties.
Consider the possibility that mental illness, worry or stress are keeping your teenager awake. Check environmental factors, too. Is their bedroom conducive to a good night’s sleep? Is it dark, comfortably cool, perfectly quiet, and secure? Do they have a supportive and comfortable mattress and pillow ?
It can be difficult to uncover and resolve teen sleep problems, especially if they’re due to a combination of factors. To combat this, Dr Seton urges parents to help their teen’s as a matter of priority. “The effects of sleep deprivation in teens go way beyond tiredness and academic failure,” states Dr Seton. “They can also include altered body image, school lateness and absenteeism, cyber and non-cyber bullying, depression (15 fold), anxiety, drug-use risk elevation, poor stress coping and more.”
Ultimately, if lack of sleep is affecting your child’s ability to function and thrive, it is essential you consult a relevant health expert as the first step toward helping your teen sleep as well as is possible.