If you wake up in the morning with back pain or have constant insomnia, it might be time to replace your mattress. Sleeping on a bad mattress can cause lower back pain due to the lack of support, which strains back muscles.
A good sign that it's time to find a new mattress is that your current mattress sags in the places where you sleep. Below has background information if the time is right to purchase a new mattress.
At night some people like to watch television from bed. From the sleeping position, this is uncomfortable for the cervical neck and can cause problems with spinal alignment. Tempur-Pedic has adjustable bases that allow a person to sit up in bed starting at 700 dollars and go up to 5,000 dollars depending on comfort.
Types of mattress:
Innerspring mattress have a spring support system. There are many different types of steel coil systems, including units with springs connected into a single unit or individually wrapped pocketed coils. Spring shapes, designs, coil gauge, and number of coils in a mattress can vary.
* On Consumer Reports, they recommended 600-1000 coils and not to worry about coil variations since none really stood out when compared.
Hybrid mattress has both a spring support system and one or more types of foam, such as polyurethane foam, memory foam, or latex or gel foam.
* On Consumer Reports, memory foam that was several inches thick got great reviews.
* There's no guarantee that lumber-supported mattresses have any difference in improving back issues according to Consumer Reports.
Adjustable Air beds use an adjustable air chamber as the support system. Unlike the type of air mattresses, the air chamber of a residential air bed is surrounded by padding and coverings.
A box spring mattress is basically a wood frame, and if yours is intact, you may not need to spend more money to get one. Although certain brand require you to buy a box spring to get full warranty coverage.
Whatever you decide, try to test the bed by relaxing on it in the store for ten to fifteen minutes. Spending time with a mattress will give you a better idea if bed is not too soft or hard.
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