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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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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Bed Mobility
The strict log-roll: turning in bed when your spine needs protection after surgery
Right after you climb back into bed post-spinal surgery, the first turn can feel like any tiny twist will hit the surgical site. This guide shows the strict log-roll: how to move shoulders, ribs, hips, and knees as one.
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Bed Mobility
Weighted blanket trapping you? A turn that works underneath the weight
If your weighted blanket calms you but pins you mid-turn, use a sideways “reset” first: slide your hips a few centimeters, then roll as one unit. This guide shows how to turn underneath the weight without throwing the.
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Bed Mobility
The stronger-side-first turn for people living with hemiplegia (3am bed protocol)
A 3am, stronger-side-leads turning method for one-sided weakness after stroke—when the weak side feels like dead weight and sheets/blankets/leggings keep you stuck.
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Pregnancy & Sleep
Can’t get comfortable in the third trimester? A turning method that works at 3am
When your belly is big enough to pin you in place, turning can feel like a full-body lift. This 3am method uses belly support, a small sideways slide, and a “knees-first” roll so you can change sides 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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