That $45 ergonomic pillow I bought made my neck worse for 3 months

I saw this fancy curved memory foam pillow online and thought it would fix my morning neck pain. Spent $45 on it back in February, and for 3 months I woke up with a stiff neck every single day. I thought I just needed to get used to it, but finally I switched back to my old flat pillow and the pain went away in 2 days. Has anyone else had a trendy pillow actually make things worse?

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williams.sage25d ago

Oh man, that's rough. I guess my old flat pillow is a lot smarter than I gave it credit for. Guess I'll stick with my lumpy $10 one for now.

the_simon25d ago

Haha "lumpy $10 one" - that's exactly what I've got too. I think my pillow has actually molded itself to the shape of my head by now, like some kind of gross memory foam situation but without any of the actual benefits. Every night I wake up with a kink in my neck and swear I'll finally buy a real one tomorrow, then tomorrow comes and I'm like nah, this lumpy disaster is fine actually. At this point I think my pillow is less of a pillow and more of a flattened pancake with a grudge against my spine.

jana_jones25d ago

Toss that sad pancake already, your neck deserves better.