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