Buckwheat pillows are becoming more and more universally recognized as an important tool in therapeutic pain relief in the spinal as well as other skeletal and neurological areas by chiropractors and other medical professionals. The wide recognition of this frequently results in questions being raised as to how best to make use of these buckwheat pillows in alleviating various pains and maladies.
My answer to these queries, is that a professional chiropractor or therapist would be the proper venue in which to seek these answers. These problems can be very complex, sometimes having their origins in parts of the body located no where near the perceived pain.
I can envision a scenario in which, by relieving some local pain or discomfort, a person could cause more harm than good. Perhaps applying the comforting support of a buckwheat pillow to your back, or under a hip, to provide relief on a temporary basis to allow you to get a good night’s sleep until you can get a professional diagnosis would not be a bad idea.
Treating your back or hip pain, over a prolonged period without professional medical advice, may be analogous to medicating miss-diagnosed heart burn with anti-acids. This often results in masking a serious heart condition that may result in a heart attack. Better safe than sorry.
None of what I’m saying should be mis-construed to mean that buckwheat pillows are not helpful in providing relief of back, neck, or hip pain. Chiropractors advise their patients to use buckwheat pillows to provide support to backs, hips, necks, etc. on an ever increasing frequency, after they have performed a professional diagnosis of the problem.
If you, or someone you know, is experiencing discomfort from what you perceive to be a misaligned vertebrae, pinched sciatic nerve, etc., my advise would be to make an appointment with a chiropractor, and ask them if a buckwheat pillow would be helpful in your treatment. They should then advise you on how best to benefit from various applications of them.








