Firm Mattress for Lower Back Pain
January 26th, 2012After twenty plus years of consistent bodybuilding, my lower back has seen better days. Although my back is still in reasonably good condition, I can definitely feel my lower back is not as good as it once was after waking each morning. For the first few minutes at least, my lower back hurts when I first get out of bed. Some days are better than others. Recently I decided to buy a new mattress since my old mattress was beginning to sag a little and the result has been quite a surprise.
My old mattress was definitely not a soft one but what I would consider to be medium firm. Lately I felt like my lower back was beginning to feel worse after waking so this prompted me to take action and look for a new mattress. I was certain what I wanted was a firm mattress but I did try a range of mattresses while shopping around. What surprised me most was the wide range in prices. Some of these mattresses were many thousands of dollars and not what I would call comfortable or supportive. In my opinion it is just not necessary to spend thousands of dollars on a supportive mattress.
After trying a number of mattresses I settled on what the shop assistant said was one of the firmest mattresses they sold but not the firmest. The firmest was like lying on the floor and I didn’t want to go quite that firm. The price was very reasonable in comparison to many of the very expensive mattresses I did not feel were supportive at all. This mattress cost just $600 reduced from $1200 on an end of year sale.
The result after sleeping on my new very firm mattress over the last few weeks is nothing short of amazing. I feel noticeably less lower back pain on rising each morning and I believe I am sleeping better as well. It will probably take months to really gauge just how much my new firmer mattress has helped ease my lower back pain but I can say one thing for sure, my new mattress is considerably more comfortable than my old, sagging one and I am enjoying going to sleep all over again.
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