This Article  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in JAMA  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Stanley P. Bohrer, MD, MPH
Quezaltenango, Guatemala

JAMA. 1979;242(26):2845.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

To the Editor.—

How often have you heard from your patients or friends with a chronic "low back problem": "No matter how firm a surface I sleep on, at times it is impossible to find a comfortable position," or "I wake up with a low back ache even if I sleep on a hard surface or sleep with my hips and knees slightly flexed."

I was recently in such a condition myself and happened to be living in a house that uses hammocks as extra beds. One night, after everything else had failed, I decided to try a hammock and, for the first time in weeks, slept comfortably and woke up free of low back ache. I have continued to sleep in a hammock for six months now, and it continues to be more comfortable for my back than a hard bed.

As a long-term sufferer, I have read much . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?