Hi Pspa123,k
I don’t think there is such a thing as a pillow that works for neck pain in general… only a pillow that may work for your neck pain (at least if the cause of your neck pain is a pillow that is causing your head and neck to be out of alignment). There is more information about choosing a pillow in the main pillow topic here and it also includes links to some of the other pillow topics on the forum but pillows are such a personal item and there are so many unique preferences involved that I don’t think that anyone will be able to tell you which pillow will work best for you and deciding which pillow is best for you will really come down to your own personal experience.
I’ve personally tried both the K-Lex standard latex/kapok pillow and the Easy Breather memory foam/polyester pillow and both of them were great and very well made with a beautiful cover. The K-Lex has an organic cotton cover but I don’t know the type of fabric that is used in the Easy Breather ( I think it may be a viscose/rayon fabric but you can check with Nest Bedding). Based on my perceptions the Easy Breather is softer and has a higher profile and the K-Lex standard has a little lower profile and is a little firmer but it’s also more resilient because of the latex. The Easy Breather has 75% memory foam “noodles” and 25% polyester fiber and the K-Lex has 76% latex “noodles” and 24% Kapok fiber. The Easy breather has a zipper that lets you customize the amount of fill while the K-Lex doesn’t. With the foam “noodles” and the fiber … both of them are “scrunchable”.
While my own pillow preferences seem to change over time … for the moment I personally still prefer and sleep on the Lanoodles pillow which has a higher profile and is a little more resilient than both of them but of course that’s only my own current personal preference and doesn’t say anything about which pillow someone else may prefer or which one would be the best choice for someone else to keep their head and neck in good alignment in all their sleeping positions.
If you have a pillow that uses shredded foam and/or fiber then you can also “form it” to make a dip in the middle of the pillow so when you are sleeping on your back there is good support under your neck and then when you turn onto your side there is a higher profile that provides good support in between the side of your head and the mattress for side sleeping.
Phoenix