Yes, the trick is to keep your head and spine aligned straight. I put a flat pillow under my upper back/shoulders and another pillow above that under my head. This keeps my spine aligned and less neck pain in the morning.

I have this problem. If I lay flat On my back I have pain in the lower part of my neck, the big vertebrae that is right across in line with your shoulders starts to hurt. I get shooting sensations up my neck into my head and sometimes get tingling or some other weird sensation I can’t describe in my left leg and arm. I have to sleep on a very flat pillow on my sides

Yes this is so me....I also have pain behind my ears....I was told it was fibro pressure points or occupital neuralgia headaches

Here's a link
https://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/occip...

I sleep with loads of pillows propt up x
i use to sleep without any pillows x

Yes it's horrible, sometimes like laying on bricks.
Having trouble figuring out what matress is going to help make me somewhat
Comfortable if that is possible.