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70 of 70 found the following review helpful:
 Better Than Any Substitute Dec 26, 2007
By Mark Podrazik
As a trial and at the advice of my physical therapist, I used a rolled-up towel inside my pillow case as a temporary cervical neckroll. While this definitely helped, the towel would compress, as you would expect, and in the course of a night's sleep, the support benefit would be lost. The McKenzie Cervical Roll restores its shape beautifully, and provides excellent--yet comfortable--neck support for both back and side sleepers. I haven't done it yet, but I think it would also be very convenient to take along during extended travel, so as not to regress when away from home. If you are unsure if this will help your neck pain, try a rolled towel for a week--and then buy this roll to aid in a long term solution. Highly recommended.
36 of 36 found the following review helpful:
Surprisingly, it does the job May 02, 2008
By ken in the city
I used to use a tempurpedic memory foam pillow. It worked for a while to ease morning neck stiffness, but after a while, it didn't retain enough support to properly position my neck. At first, when i bought this, I thought it would have the same softness/degradation issues as the tempurpedic, but it doesn't! It's soft and unobstructive enough to feel like a soft bump in the pillow but I'm surprised that its firm enough to properly support my neck. I have not had any neck stiffness since I started using this roll in my pillow. And that goes for sleeping on both my back and side. I would recommend that you get this if you are a calm sleeper (i.e., don't move around a lot at night). Otherwise, the roll could shift around and actually be out of place relative to your neck, which could make things worse.
32 of 33 found the following review helpful:
 Rock and roll May 02, 2009
By Number 7
I really wanted to like this neck roll. I've had a painful neck for way too long now. The idea of supporting my neck while sleeping makes a lot of sense. It seemed like a relatively low price, however it's just a piece of foam. It's pretty expensive for foam.
After trying it for many weeks, I have come to the conclusion that it's causing more problems than it's worth. This roll is much, much harder than I was expecting. It seems okay, just really firm for the first few hours, then later in the night it feels worse and worse. I often wake up at 2 or 3 am because my neck is so incredibly sore. I can't lay back down on it because it feels like a rock and hurts bad. I pull out the roll, and try going back to sleep on the regular pillow. Sometimes I can't go back to sleep at all, which throws off my whole day.
If you already know that your neck is sensitive to extra firm rolls, I would say to stay away from this one and to look for a softer version of the same thing. This one might be good if you're using it for just a few hours I suppose. Overall I cannot recommend as I think I was better off without it.
25 of 26 found the following review helpful:
Great Product! May 12, 2007
By OraLee Kirkham
I'd struggled with trying to find the "right" pillow for a long time and lost plenty of sleep with neck pain; finally when the daily pain got really bad, my neurosurgeon prescribed Physical Therapy before resorting to surgery. The therapist recommended a cervical roll--when I went on line to look for one, the McKenzie sort of popped out at me. After comparing, I chose the McKenzie; by combining it and daily exercises, I sleep well and wouldn't dream (pardon the pun) of going to bed or even lying down for a rest without it.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
This worked for me Dec 30, 2007
By Susan Heller
I love this cervical roll. I realized finally that it was the way I was sleeping that has aggravated shoulder pain and once I started using this roll it helped me immensely to reduce that pain. It also helps prevent me from overextending my neck from side to side when I sleep thus cutting down on morning neck stiffness. I don't use it as recommended, I don't put it in a pillow case, I just use it loose as shown in the image. This way I can adjust it much easier as I turn from side to side, and even angle it in ways that suit my position.
My husband had used one just for neck pain and upper back pain and he didn't seem to think it helped his problem. So, it might not help all conditions, but it is a simple enough and inexpensive enough item to be worth a try.
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