New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- It's amazing how much time humans spend sleeping, yet a lot of us wake up with stiffness in the neck or back and lingering pains. Thanks to our sleeping posture, which is slowly wearing down spinal health.

"The way you sleep can actually make your joint pain worse," warned Dr Dushyant Chouchan, Orthopaedic and Sports Injury Surgeon, AIIMS Raipur.

In an Instagram post, the doctor shared how sleeping positions affect joint pain and offered some minor tweaks to everyday sleep habits that can help you wake up feeling fresh and free from neck and back pain.

For the side sleepers, Dr Dushyant said that placing a pillow between the knees is the optimal way to achieve a pain-free sleep. "If you usually sleep on your side, ...