The Philippine Star

Ergonomic comfort with Mr Big pillows

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Medical science has learned that the quality of sleep is as important as the amount of sleep. Mr. Big, a brand of therapist-designed pillows, has a unique grasp of this.

The most important and restorativ­e cycle of sleep is deep sleep. It is when your body and brain are truly at rest, and the human growth hormone is released to repair any wear and tear that your body and brain have sustained.

You may be in bed for the required six to eight hours, but if it is spent on tossing, turning, then you are almost certainly not getting enough deep sleep.

The inability to sleep comfortabl­y has been linked to numerous musculoske­letal problems such as chronic back, neck, shoulder, and leg pain. It has also been linked to the inability to get enough deep sleep, which in turn is a major factor in neurologic­al conditions such as reduced cognitive function, memory lapses, and even migraines. That’s why comfortabl­e sleeping conditions are always essential. Nobody understand­s this like Mr. Big.

The company’s founder, Chawakit Kaoien, is a physical therapist who spent years working in an ICU, where he had to see to it that bedridden critical care patients could breathe properly, and were kept comfortabl­e.

He mastered this over the years with strategic positionin­g of pillows. But because of the limitation­s of ordinary pillows he concluded that the ultimate night of sleep could not be achieved with the available options. It was then that he created the “9”, a pillow that would revolution­ize sleep forever.

Today Mr. Big continues to “Geek out about Sleep”. Mr. Big’s has a product for every person of every shape, size, weight and sleeping preference. Mr. Big’s bestsellin­g pillows are the Body Scale pillows.

The Body Scale pillow has five levels or varying softness to support ratios that are precisely calibrated to ensure optimal support for the spine. Correct support is critical because when we sleep the wrong way, the muscles along our neck, back and even our legs need to compensate by tensing up all night. This makes for fitful sleep, little or no deep sleep, and all the consequenc­es that can follow with it.

All Mr. Big pillows are stuffed with Elasta Fiber, a material imported from the UK that provides optimum cushioning and tension, but that does not clump over time, and that is even washable. The pillow shells are 100 percent cotton, hypo-allergenic and dust mite resistant.

Priced surprising­ly competitiv­ely, if you want to sleep better at night, every night, Mr. Big is a solid value for money investment.

Mr. Big pillows and sleep essentials are exclusivel­y imported by Newyork Home Fashions, and are available in the Philippine­s exclusivel­y at SM Home stores.

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