Three Tips for Choosing the Best Mattress for Your Back |
Posted: December 8, 2017 |
Back pains can begin at an early age; through an accident that causes a misalignment or herniated disk, through pregnancy or tension, or a variety of other ways. Back pains that have been under treated or caused by poor mattress support only get worse over time. When You like it Soft If you’re one of those people who think there is nothing better than sinking into a soft mattress, you probably have poor sleep posture. That seemingly blissful sleep in a bed that is billowing up around you is what is causing you to cry out in pain when you try to straighten your back in the morning. Continuing to use an overly soft mattress will create chronic pain and strain the muscles that are trying so hard to keep your back in alignment. Eventually, that poor sleep posture will lead to poor posture in your daily wake hours as well. As a soft mattress user, you might find it difficult to make a sudden transition to a firm mattress. Choose a mattress that gives softly around all your pressure points. Memory foam and pocketed coil mattresses are an excellent alternative as they give you a soft feeling while you sleep, while giving adequate distribution to the pressure points of your back to ease you into proper body alignment. The Stoic Straight Back You may have found sleeping on hard surfaces easy when you were younger and your back was straight and healthy. Place a board under a thin mattress and you were happy. However, that rigid surface will only aggravate a back injury or misalignment due to accident or pregnancy. Hard surfaces grind against the pressure points, causing chronic pain throughout the day, even restricting arm, neck and back movement. As you grow older, your bones tend to calcify, creating stiffness in the joints and causing the discs to grind together. Although proper diet and exercise can slow the process, the pressure against the thoracic curve becomes greater as we grow older if we insist on sleeping on hard surfaces. Begin your transition to a softer mattress with a gel or innerspring mattress. If you’re ready to make an investment that will give you full back support without feeling too soft or cushiony, try a hybrid that is half memory foam, half springs. Injury Caused Back Pain Repairing a back injury is a long, slow process because of the complexity of the spine, which is divided into five regions, each with their own functions and because our backs are constantly in motion. They are our main support structure. Minor under treated back injuries can cause limited motor movement, lack of grip in hands and nerve damage. If your chronic pain was caused by a back injury, you should use a therapeutic mattress, even if the injury was considered minor. Your transition to healthier, more comfortable sleep comes in choosing the mattress type that fills your particular need. All mattress types, as well as mattress brands and bed essentials can be found online, such as the catalog offered by Bed’r Mattress.com. A spokesperson for the company offers this advice. “A latex foam mattress is the best to use for therapeutic rest. Made from a natural foam derived from living hevea brasiliensis trees, the product can be purchased exactly to your specifications of softness or firmness, and still comfortably support all the pressure points for a gentle, painless sleep.” The enormous selection allows you to find just the right prescription for your chronic back pain.
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