not the best bed for back pain sufferers
Written: Dec 26 '04
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Pros: Very warm in winter
Cons: Back pain on waking most days.
The Bottom Line: Don't recommend for back pain sufferers especially.
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| jrisser's Full Review: Tempur-Pedic Adjustable Sleep System |
We bought this bed 2 years ago because we thought it would help relieve our back pain. Unfortunately, it hasn't. I had less pain when sleeping on a 20 year old, less firm Serta frame & mattress.
This excerpt about a study on mattress firmness and back pain found that medium firmness beds did the best job in relieving pain:
"People with back pain have long been told to invest in a firm mattress - the more solid, the better. Now it turns out that a firm mattress may not be the best choice.
In one of the first studies to put mattress firmness to the test, scientists from the Kovacs Foundation, a nonprofit Spanish research institution, swapped out the beds of 84 men and 229 women with chronic low-back pain. They randomly replaced the beds with either a firm spring mattress or a medium-firm spring mattress.
Before and after the experiment, participants were asked to rate the severity of their back pain while lying in bed and when arising, as well as how disabling their back pain was.
After three months, those who slept on medium-firm mattresses reported less back pain during the daytime, while lying in bed and when getting up in the morning than those who slept on firm mattresses. Those with medium-firm mattresses also took fewer painkillers, according to results published recently in the Lancet."
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Mattress Size: Queen
Mattress Firmness: Extremely firm
Amount Paid (US$): 1500
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