Please help, can't sleep on back or sides

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I can't sleep because it hurts so bad. The pain is in my low back/buttock and it radiates to my left hip if I lie on my sides. The pain is worse when I lie on my back. I can't get in any comfortable position to sleep. It started years ago intermittently, but now it's every night. I have little to no pain during the day. No pain while sitting. When I'm sleeping it is excruciating, but when I sit up, the pain subsides. My doctor sent me for MRI of the SI joints and was normal. The MRI detected an ovarian cyst on my right ovary plus a small fibroid in my uterus. The doctor says that wouldn't be the cause of my pain. Anybody else have pain only while sleeping, and severe pain when lying on back? My left hip hurts too when I lie on either side. What could this be? I see a rheumatologist for inflammatory arthritis but he says that's not the problem because the MRI showed no inflammation.
 
Hi April,

It's the hardness of your mattress !

I had this problem too and I simply purchased a memory foam topper for my mattress, the thickest one possible. I am now thinking of going for a memory foam mattress (like the one by Tempurpedic or some of the others). Ordinary foam will not do, it has to be memory foam (which is, unfortunately, a bit more expensive). You can also put a pillow in between your legs when you sleep so that your hips are better aligned.

I still have a bit of a problem occasionally and have to switch from side to side during the night. But nowhere near the pain I used to have. This is why I am thinking of getting the mattress (I have had the topper for about 4 years now so it's time). I find that sleeping on my back for a reasonably long period of time results in pain so I try to sleep only on my side .. I do, however, go on my back from time to time to give my hips a break.

Try the memory foam topper and the pillow between your legs and see if that helps. It could be something as simple as that.

Best of luck and I hope you get a good night's sleep very soon.

Estria
 
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