Q&A: What's the Best Position to Sleep in?

Today’s episode of Movement Detectivery is just me, Monika! No guest. I’ll be answering a recent question I received from a client about the best positions to sleep in.Now just a standard disclaimer that the answers I provide here are not meant to replace personalized advice from a medical or health care professional, and my thoughts and opinions are just that, OPINIONS, and do not constitute a practitioner/client relationship.I’d also like to mention that my answers are grounded in many philosophies for looking at the human body in motion, the most impactful one being Anatomy in Motion. AiM is a movement system that looks at how the body moves through the gait cycle and uses specific movement assessments and interventions to teach the body how to couple together closed chain joint mechanics in a way that is more ideal for efficient movement as per the Flow Motion Model taught and created by Gary Ward. This model is theoretical, but I have had great success using it both with myself and my clients to help with a multitude of movement restrictions that were at the root of their primary complaints. The answers to the questions in this episode will be through my AiM lens, and if you are interested in learning more and exploring AiM in your own body, you might be interested in checking out my self-paced online workshop, Liberated Body, which takes you through 4 90 minute movement exploration sessions covering the spine, feet, hips, and upper body.Go to https://www.monikavolkmar.com/liberated-body-workshop if you’d like to join in.You can also study AiM professional courses for movement and manual therapy practitioners online and in person. Go HERE for more info and the most up to date course schedule.I hope you enjoy this episode and find it useful. And if you’d like to ask a question that I can address here on the podcast, please shoot me an email ([email protected]), comment below, or message me on Instagram (@monvolkmar). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monvolkmar.substack.com