hi i really need help! i did a valve heart repair (open heart surgery in national guard riyadh saudi arabia) but there phisio therapy advices are not best for, explaining how or what sleep positions i must take in order to sleep? (i have scolios mild too) pain killers not enough
Hello, There is no problem in sleeping at any comfortable position except prone (on your chest) , even after open-heart surgery after complete healing of the scar wound. In the initial part I have found that left lateral position is best, as during open-heart surgery there is some amount of post-operative pleurisy (inflammation of lung covering) , so if you sleep on one side, there is less movement on the same side and that will help in decreasing the pain, the other position is Supine (sleeping on your back) which is good. So finally in may be view best is sleeping on side (left), ok for supine (on back) . Avoid prone (sleeping on chest). Regards Chat Doctor.