People tend to snore mildly when sleeping on the back or in the supine position. If that is the case with you, changing the position to side sleeping may help alleviate snoring. In fact, positional therapy has been around for a long time being one of the easiest snoring remedies to try.

When people sleep at night, the jaws relaxes and throat tissues recede back into the mouth, which creates a partial blockage in the upper airway. When one inhales air in such a situation, the throat tissues and the roof of the mouth vibrates creating the snoring sound. The snorers remain unaware of the problem, but the bedfellow may come to know about it and suggest visiting a doctor.

Sleep specialists recommend positional therapy in order to reduce snoring. However, there are some challenges with getting used to a new position on bed apart from supine position. If snorers complain of trouble finding it tough to acclimatize with the position, they can talk it to the doctor in the compliance therapy.

One of such concerns, which snorers face while sleeping on the side, is rolling back on to a former position in the middle of sleep. If you also talk about the concern with your doctor, he or she will recommend you to use a tennis ball to deal with the concern as a form of compliance.

One of the easiest tricks to eliminate falling over on the bed to back sleeping problem is to sew tennis balls into the back of the night suit. Placing 2 or 3 tennis balls in a way it runs along the spine might just avoid rolling over the bed back to supine position. If you try to do that unknowingly during sleep, the tennis balls will remind you subconsciously that the new position may not be comfortable to sleep.

Moreover, one tends to return to side sleeping position without even waking up from sleep. You can also create pockets in the pajamas that are sufficiently large to insert and remove the tennis balls while sleeping on the side. This will ensure the tennis balls stay intact over the course of a 5 to 7 hour sleep without falling off in the middle of the slumber. If you are a somewhat overweight adult, however, try using a softball instead of the tennis ball to get used to side sleeping.