Hi Lone,
I was reading about your journey and shoulder issues. You might want to consider changing pillows. Here’s a little bit of my pillow journey. You’d be surprised what the right pillow can do. And I don’t mean just any pillow, but the right one. If you look at all the pillows I’ve bought and tested, it’s pretty clear that a pillow can be just as important as the mattress and foundation.
The Oxygen Pillow has been a great addition to my setup. I usually rotate through 3 or 4 pillows, but since getting the Oxygen, I’ve been sticking to just two—my other go-to is the ESW latex cube-filled pillow. The Cube pillow turned out to be a solid complement to the Oxygen after a recent injury left me with multiple herniated and bulging discs.
I can’t stress enough that one pillow may not cover all situations, which is why I use a rotation. With the injury, I found these specific two latex-based pillows worked perfectly during my current lingering injury. I didn’t do well with traditional one-piece or shredded latex pillows, but a firmer latex uniformly cut noodle pillows and now these two, a uniquely designed latex and another newly designed cube-cut latex, have really done the trick.
Since the injury, I also resurrected my wedge topper from @EuropeanSleep, which I had been using on and off, but came in quite handy with the injury. It gives me a slight incline and adds noticeable cushion and pressure relief from my shoulders to my thighs.
Side sleepers in particular, need to get the loft of their pillow spot on, otherwise it can cause havoc to the shoulders depending on the mattress you are sleeping on.
Hopefully, this may give you insight on finding relief for your left shoulder, and maybe the focus to take a different approach to solving the issue.
Maverick
For reference, I am 6’ 220.