A short YouTube transcript excerpt of Sachin Patel discussing the trade-offs between side and back sleeping. Patel recommends side-sleeping to reduce snoring (tongue less likely to obstruct the airway) but also notes back-sleeping can be beneficial for airway health; he raises concern that untreated deviated septum and poor sinus drainage may worsen airway issues over time.
Like that's where I comfortably want to go, is I want to sleep on my side, but then I have to talk myself into sleeping on my back because I know how beneficial it is. And I will say this, I'll admit this, is that when I want to help people stop snoring, one of the things I do is I encourage them to sleep on their side because that allows their airway to work a little bit more freely because their tongue doesn't fall back into their throat. But I'm so intrigued by what you're saying, because I understand now that it could be compounding a problem in the long run if we don't correct for the deviated septum and the sinus is getting smaller, not draining adequately.
Your Doctor Won't Prescribe This… But It's the Most Powerful Medicine on Earth
