Unique Swedish innovation helps social snorers Are you disturbed by snoring? Perhaps you are a snorer yourself, or know someone who snores? Well, there is now help at hand. The pioneering Eezyflow sleep collar reduces snoring and also works as a travel collar – so you can get better sleep, and a better quality of life. By Malin Norman | Photos: Eezyflow
Eezyflow sleep collar is a top-of-therange medical device for snorers, made of high-quality materials including pure polyurethane foam, known as memory foam, and is designed to reduce or eliminate snoring. Its founder, AnnChristine Krook, explains the idea behind the sleep collar: “I have lived with snorers since I was ten years old. 30 12 | Issue 127 | August 2019
years of frustration and a great many sleepless nights helped me see a pattern,” she says. “The snoring stopped in a certain sleep position, on the side with the head slightly tilted back and the mouth closed.” Krook devoted herself to finding a solution and studied medical data, attended sleep
congresses and conferences, and met with a number of doctors and researchers in order to learn about snoring, its causes and risks. She discovered that the sleep position she was trying to attain could be compared to the so-called recovery position, in which an unconscious but breathing person can be placed as part of first aid treatment.
Social snoring and sleep apnea Snoring can affect both men and women, and as recognised by Krook, snoring has been a global social problem for decades. The definition of social snoring is to snore without breathing pauses or with less