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Health Benefits of Memory Foam the "lean" of your body as a side sleeper
23rd April 2006 will be less pronounced and this will
Author: Blair Stephens help your spine stay properly aligned in
Many people tout the physical health sleep.
benefits of super firm inner spring Another example of people who will suffer
mattresses because of how effective they extreme discomfort from super firm inner
should be for stabilizing and aligning spring mattresses is anyone with chronic
the skeleton. What those firm bed hip problems like arthritis or people who
enthusiasts don't take into account is have just had lower back surgery or hip
the rest of the human body which is made replacement surgery. People in a low back
up of muscles, fats, curves and bumps and or hip post-operative condition have to
that the firm mattress that helps one lie flat on their back for a long time to
person get into and stay into alignment heal properly and if they are on a super
puts someone else completely out of a firm mattress it can actually cause more
healthy position. This is why memory foam harm than good. This is because a
is such an excellent specialty sleep traditional mattress will force their
option for so many people who can't get lower body to be slightly elevated which
healthy sleep because of their physical throws off the lumbar spinal alignment.
discomfort. Again, a memory foam mattress will
For instance, men and women are relieve this kind of misalignment.
proportioned very differently - Additionally, memory foam has been widely
especially in the hip area. A super firm used in hospitals and rehabilitation
mattress will end up elevating a women's centers across the country for recovery
hip area in sleep if she has a wider from debilitating injuries, major
pelvis or if she has a little extra surgeries and for long term care because
physical cushioning. A firm inner spring it prevents any bed sores or other
mattress, with no give, will therefore problems among people who must stay in
push the pelvis up if she sleeps on her one position for a long time to heal.
side or on her back. This means that her Another interesting facet of sleep
lower back will certainly be out of mechanics is the height and weight
proper alignment with her spine offering distribution of you and your partner and
no relief from any back conditions or how you affect each other in the bed. On
sleep problems she may be suffering. This a traditional mattress, if you are a
is especially true of women with narrow small or light weight female and you are
shoulders and wider hips who aren't married to a very large and heavy man,
particularly heavy. They may not have the your body will constantly be tipped
hefty upper body weight it takes to towards them and will have to adjust
correctly depress the shoulder area of a whenever they move or shift. This does
firm inner spring or traditional mattress not create a very restful environment to
and this misalignment will stress the your body, nor does it create an
spine. Likewise, if you are a side environment conducive to proper spinal
sleeper with wide shoulders and slim hips and body alignment. If you sleep on a
you will suffer from the same problem, memory foam mattress, what your partner
only instead of lower back issues, you does is completely independent of you and
will probably have problems with shoulder your sleep position. Memory foam isolates
compression. With a memory foam mattress, individuals on either side of the bed and
many of these issues are eliminated. protects you from being jostled as your
Visco elastic memory foam is specifically loved one tosses and turns, adjusts or
designed to conform to the shape of your gets up frequently in the night. You also
body, so if you are a woman with wide won't roll into them as they create a
hips, a man with wide shoulders or a deeper impression in the mattress.
person with differed proportions, the Firm mattresses are also not always
mattress will conform to those parts of successful for people with chronic
your body and will also support your conditions that are aggravated by
shoulders and back so that you can get pressure like various forms of arthritis,
healthy sleep in proper alignment. insomnia, bursitis and spondilosis. All
Side sleepers have notorious back of these conditions are chronic and
alignment problems. One limb and shoulder difficult to live with. Healthy sleep and
is under the weight of the body while the complete body rest are integral to
other is free hanging. Much of the body's treatment and to a sufferers quality of
weight is resting on the hip joints which life. Firm mattresses can aggravate
can lead to a misalignment of the spine pressure points that are frequently
and side sleepers tend to oddly twist effected by these conditions as well -
their spine as their body leans forward compounding the problem. Memory foam
or backward. On a super firm mattress mattresses, however, can relieve the
this is only amplified because there is pressure and offer uniform support and
no pressure relief. If you do sleep on a comfort to sufferers of these conditions.
firm mattress and you like to side sleep, Additionally, the warmth of visco elastic
back specialists will recommend that you memory foam can be therapeutic for these
sleep with a body pillow so that your people as well.
free arm has a surface on which to rest Basically, although hard or extra firm
and to put between your knees to elevate beds do successfully support the skeletal
some of the pressure and misalignment of system, they do not support every person
your hips. They may also recommend a successfully. The goal of healthy sleep
memory foam mattress or memory foam should always be uniform support and
mattress topper because this will also alignment, in which your body can truly
redistribute the pressure from your hips relax and you will be able to get true
and shoulder and knees to the whole body rest. This is why a memory foam mattress
which is far better for you. or a memory foam mattress topper may be
Additionally, on a memory foam mattress, the right choice for you.






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