In recent years, a preponderance of research has shown that something as simple as sleeping on your side may be the answer to reducing back pain, heartburn, and sleep apnea — conditions that affect tens of millions of people — even if it doesn’t also provide relief to some other issues people think it does. “Side sleeping does have clear benefits over stomach or back sleeping, but only for certain groups of individuals," says Raj Dasgupta, a pulmonary and sleep medicine physician at Huntington Memorial Hospital in California. Here's what to know about who benefits most from side sleeping—and how to make the transition from sleeping on your back or belly to sleeping soundly on your side. (While we sleep, our mind goes on an amazing journey.) In recent years, a preponderance of research has shown that something as simple as sleeping on your side may be the answer to reducing back pain, heartburn, and sleep apnea—conditions that affect tens of millions of people—even if it doesn’t also provide relief to some other issues people think it does. “Side sleeping does have clear benefits over stomach or back sleeping, but only for certain groups of individuals," says Raj Dasgupta, a pulmonary and sleep medicine physician at Huntington Memorial Hospital in California. Here's what to know about who benefits most from side sleeping—and how to make the transition from sleeping on your back or belly to sleeping soundly on your side. (While we sleep, our mind goes on an amazing journey.)In recent years, a preponderance of research has shown that something as simple as sleeping on your side may be the answer to reducing back pain, heartburn, and sleep apnea—conditions that affect tens of millions of people—even if it doesn’t also provide relief to some other issues people think it does. “Side sleeping does have clear benefits over stomach or back sleeping, but only for certain groups of individuals," says Raj Dasgupta, a pulmonary and sleep medicine physician at Huntington Memorial Hospital in California. Here's what to know about who benefits most from side sleeping—and how to make the transition from sleeping on your back or belly to sleeping soundly on your side. (While we sleep, our mind goes on an amazing journey.)