MedCline Shoulder Relief System, Side Sleeper, Small/Medium 5'9" and Under

I feel compelled to leave a review for this products because I was hesitant to purchase because of the hefty price tag and not many favorable reviews.I LOVE THIS PILLOW!!! I suffer from jammed shoulders which have bothered me while sleeping for YEARS!!!! This pillow solved all my problems; the achy shoulders in the a.m., the falling asleep arm problem at night, my aching hips AND my snoring problem!! The first night I used it I woke up feeling so refreshed because I actually slept well!!! For the first time in so very long!! I super love the body pillow that comes with it, I'm not sure how I lived without it for so long!The only downfall of the product is the size. Its BIG (and heavy) !! We have a queen sized bed and now are going to have to get a king size because my husband says he barely has enough room! Oops! Totally worth it though!!For reference I am 5' 5" , 140lbs. The wedge pillow fits my body length perfectly.EDIT: 6 months later the foam started breaking down in the wedge causing me lower back issues. SAD. It *was a dream come true....now its just a useless $200. pillow. I do still use the body pillow, which helps slighty with my shoulders, however, for the price i paid i expected to get more than 6 months use out of the wedge.Back to jammed shoulders, but a painfree lower back.

The best night sleep I have had in years! I have been sleeping on a wedge pillow since my SI Fusion and am a side sleeper. I needed something that would align my spine as well while I sleep. This pillow solved all my issues! I didn’t have to worry about my shoulder pain and I could finally sleep on my side. The base pillow isn’t too elevated like a wedge pillow and the body pillow was firm yet soft enough to mould to your body. The base pillow almost seems flat to your bed but it’s not. The support I experienced last night allowed me to rest so good I slept through my alarm. I highly recommend the quality and support you receive from this pillow. I have a king size bed and it takes up my area. I’m not sure how to store this but really plan on keeping on my bed like a pillow.

This system is big, heavy, and hot. I find it difficult to move with my shoulder. It feels claustrophobic and uncomfortably hot to me. This doesn’t come with a pillowcase(s) so unless you or someone you know are handy with a sewing machine this is going to be getting spot cleaned or Fabreeze’d.

I'm a side-sleeper and was looking for a way to side-sleep without crushing my shoulders. This product does what it claims to do: gives you a way to position yourself on your side while providing a place for your arm so that your shoulder is comfortable.The dealbreaker is that there is no natural way to roll over or switch sides. A quick google search will tell you that we do this in our sleep 10-40 times a night to aid in circulation and avoid muscle cramps. This cannot be naturally done with this pillow setup, and I found myself consciously waking up and disentangling myself to switch, and this basically destroyed my sleep quality for the night.Further, the main mechanism behind this pillow to aid in shoulder relief is simply elevating the torso on the "ramp" part, which quite frankly was the most uncomfortable part for me, as it's quite hard. The same effect can be accomplished with your own (softer) pillow placed under your torso.I was enthusiastic about it when I first laid in it because my shoulders felt relief, however the cost of waking up throughout the night is not worth it for me. I would happily pay the exorbitant price (and did) for a magical way to relieve my shoulders of the crushing of side-sleeping, but unfortunately this was not magical for me.

After couple of months of use I have found the body pillow is all I need with fat pillow on top to support my neck and keep shoulder comfortable.This is not a cure for all the neck and shoulder pain for I still suffer off and on throughout the night but it has afforded me relief enough to get much needed rest however much or little.Everyone with some age on us suffers in one way or another and any help is better than nothing. Don’t buy the wedge, try body pillow for two weeks straight with regular pillows on top