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The one caveat? “Side sleepers need a thicker pillow than back and stomach sleepers to fill the 4- to 6-inch gap in between their shoulder and the mattress,” says Michael Breus, PhD, author of The Sleep Doctor’s Diet Plan and a clinical psychologist who specializes in sleep disorders. Your spine should form a straight line “from your nose to your sternum,” he says.
To find the best pillows on the market, we used Breus’s criteria to analyze dozens of products, giving preference to those with innovative technology and high customer feedback scores. Here are our top picks. (Psst! You’re going to want a new pillowcase too.
BEST CONTOURED PILLOW: BROOKSTONE BIOSENSE 2-IN-1 SHOULDER PILLOW