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There are three main features that a pillow should have:

• It should provide proper support for both when lying on your side and on your

back.

• The correct climate control is very important, as many people perspire on their

ordinary pillow.

• A good pillow needs to adapt itself to individual sleeping needs.

The PRO-PIL-O

The American sleep researcher Dr. L. H. Dixon developed the neck support of the Pro

Pil O,

so you can enjoy the perfect sleep. Thanks to its precise orthopedic shape, you

always lie

correctly. The cervical spine is relieved of stress, and the neck and shoulder

muscles can

relax. In doing so, the soft neck support plays an important role.

Climate control is also perfectly resolved

The fine cotton pillow cover, combined with the generous ventilation channels, ensures

that

dampness is efficiently conveyed away. One side of the pillow cover contains

original

Comfortemp®. This unique material can both cool and warm, and can thus

even out

temperature fluctuations.

Its individual adaptability is unique

You can alter the height of the pillow, and also choose between two slightly different

neck

supports. By turning the pillow cover (Comfortemp® above or below), you even

have two

climate sides available. Please note that you should allow yourself a few

weeks to become

accustomed to the pillow, since your muscles are adapted to your

“old” pillow. Allow your

body and yourself the necessary time to adjust.

Pro Pil O Viscomed is a high-tech product derived from space travel technology and

made in

Germany. The thermo-elastic properties of the material perfectly support the

orthopedic

characteristics of the pillow. It adjusts to body temperature and so to the

shape of your body

and not vice versa. So the pressure is evenly dispersed while

optimal ventilation is granted.

History of the Pro Pil O

The need for a neck support pillow

The human cervical spine has a heavy-duty job: the seven cervical vertebras carry the

head,

which weighs about 9 to 13 pounds. The cervical easily come under distress during

the course of

the day, especially cramping up at work at a computer, i.e. Only during sleep

regeneration and

relaxation are possible for the cervical and ligaments. Unfortunately, the

majority of the pillows

reinforces and hardens wrong positioning. They don’t offer the right

anatomic support to relax the

cervical and the ligaments. Only well constructed neck

support pillow can achieve this.

The development of the Pro Pil O

Dr. Dixon (MD) working in a hospital in San Francisco observed that after surgery patients

had

extreme difficulties with the positioning of the head. The existing pillows could not

support the

head and neck in a relaxing way. The patients had to deal with an additional

burden.

Dr. Dixon searched in many store to find better pillows than the ones used in the hospital.

She

didn’t find any. So, in 1980, she started to develop a pillow together with the

orthopedic workshop

of the hospital. First the only anatomically right shape was formed: the

softly slopping trough for

the neck that flows into the trough for the head to support head

and neck in the right position.

The next step was to define the necessary elasticity and to

find a way so patients would not

perspire on the pillow. At this point Dr. Dixon still assumed

that people of different size and height

would need different sizes of pillows.

Pro Pil O in one size only

During the development phase it became obvious that patients of all shapes and sizes were

comfortable with one and the same size. When sleeping on the back the shape of the spine

independent of the size. This was clear from the beginning. But lying on the side was the

issue.

The test results were that first of all when resting on the side the shoulder is bent

forward. Nobody

rests on the shoulder in an upright position. This already reduces the

difference between small

and big people a lot. Also, heavier people sink deeper into the

mattress. The result is that one

size fits all. Nevertheless the Pro Pil O can be adjusted in

height for the matter of getting used to it

or for very hard mattresses.

The Pro Pil O is comfortable

Comfortable is a matter of definition is this case, because soft doesn’t equal comfortable.

The

comfort of a pillow can be defined as follows:

• Head and neck have to be supported anatomically correct in both positions: on the

side and

on the back

• The elasticity has to be right. The pillow has to carry right. The pressure should not

build up

to quickly.

• The ventilation channels should not close through the pressure of head and neck. Air

has

to circulate under head and neck always.

• The cover has to be permeable, washable and suited for allergic people.

Pro Pil O is made in Germany and sold successfully in Europe for years. It is now available

in the

US.