Comfort guides for home use
Turn in bed, get up, and sleep with less pain
Step-by-step guides for people who still move independently but need safer, lower-friction ways to reposition in bed.
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RA morning stiffness: how to get moving when your joints won’t unlock at 3am
When rheumatoid arthritis morning stiffness hits in the night, the first turn can feel impossible—especially if your bedding grabs your clothes. This guide gives a low-friction, low-effort way to resettle without fully.
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Recovery & Sleep
How to get out of bed after a caesarean without straining your incision (even at 3am)
A 3am, half-asleep method to turn and get out of bed after a C-section using abdominal precautions and the log-roll—especially when microfiber sheets, a twisting duvet, or compression stockings make everything grab and.
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Bed Mobility
The leg-driven turn: bed mobility after open-heart surgery (sternotomy nights)
A 3am, arm-free way to turn and resettle after a sternotomy—when sternal precautions mean you can’t push with your hands, and the bedding grabs at your clothes right as you’re drifting off again.
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Bed Mobility
The gentle turn: repositioning at night when bones feel fragile
If osteoporosis has you scared to move at night, use a low-force, two-part turn that breaks the “grab” from a grippy protector, a slight bed tilt, and a long nightshirt—so you can resettle and stay more asleep.
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Bed Mobility
Stop pushing through sore knees: a hip-first turning method for 3am resettling
If your knees are too sore to “push” you onto your side, stop asking them to. Use a hip-led movement to break the friction seal first, then roll with your trunk and a pillow-assisted leg position so you can resettle.
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Bed Mobility
Breaking free: a lateral method for sinking mattresses
If memory foam cradles you so deeply that turning feels like escaping quicksand at 2–4am, use a sideways-first method. You’ll break the foam “dip,” borrow lateral momentum, and finish the roll with less.
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The Snoozle Slide Sheet
Move in bed with less friction
A tubular slide sheet for people who still move independently but need less resistance from the mattress. Reduces friction for turning, repositioning, and getting to the edge of the bed.
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Essential reading for anyone new to bed mobility.
What is a slide sheet?
How low-friction sheets work and who they help.
What is Snoozle?
A tubular slide sheet for independent home use.
Slide sheet vs satin vs transfer
Side-by-side comparison of common bed mobility aids.
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