The best sleeping position for heart patients: What research say
Published on: Sept. 4, 2025, 5:13 p.m. | Source: Times of India
A good night's sleep helps one recover-- both physically and mentally-- after a long and tiring day. Sleep also has many benefits-- it restores energy, boosts immunity, improves mental clarity, focus, and memory, regulates hormones, supports heart health, and reduces stress and inflammation. A 2018 study titled 'Sleep and Cardiovascular Disease: Emerging Opportunities for Psychology' reads, 'Sleep plays a key role in both the development and progression of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Specifically, short sleep duration and insomnia, alone or in combination, are associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, after adjusting for other key risk factors. Inflammation, ANS dysfunction, and metabolic dysfunction represent plausible physiological mechanisms through which disturbed sleep affects CVD'. So, is there a sleeping position which is better suited for heart patients? Let's find out:
