We’ve all been there – either on a long car ride or on a red-eye flight. You are tired and limited to your seat for the next few hours. You want to sleep – but just can’t get comfortable. Your neck and shoulders ache as you lean from one side to the other. Sound familiar?

Enter the travel pillow. The right travel pillow can provide you with the needed comfort and support to let you sleep soundly, and say goodbye to stiff necks.

But how do you find the right pillow? With so many travel pillows on the market, it can be a confusing process. Here are 5 things you can do to find the best travel pillow:

Do you wake up some mornings with a stiff neck or pinched nerve?

Unlike most chronic pain, neck pain can occur sporadically, coming and going at times for no apparent reason. Being able to identify when the neck pain is only minor and when it is a more medically major neck pain is important in deciding when to seek treatment, and how to treat specific symptoms.

Here are some common Characteristics of Minor Neck Pain: