AutisticBeaner
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I've heard from a couple of bodybuilders that once they got bigger and their neck got thicker their sleep apnea got worse. There is also the fact that doctor use the neck circumference as an indicator for potential sleep apnea. But that may be solely due to fat people (who obviously have thick necks) or people who just store a lot of fat in their neck for whatever reason. The fat in the neck then pushes onto your airway when you're lying on your back. This could explain the bodybuilders' experience because when they get bigger, with the muscle they also inevitably put on some fat. So what I'm wondering about is if additional muscle also pushes onto your airway and potentially leads to sleep apnea. I don't think so though because first of all when your lying down, the neck muscles, unlike fat, should be able to hold themselves up, without putting any pressure on the airway. And second of all, nature obviously wants us to breathe as well as possible at all times. If additional neck muscle would push onto the airway then this would mean that ideally your neck would be as narrow and weak as possible so nothing pressurizes the airway and that can't be it, can it? Does anyone know anything about this?
