How to Reduce Back Pain with the Right Mattress

Bad back pain can ruin your whole day. A painful back makes it difficult to engage in day-to-day activity, and it may even prevent you from sitting or standing for long periods of time. It can be a constant distraction at work, and keep you from relaxing fully at home with family and friends.

If you’re struggling with bad back pain, you already know the importance of keeping proper posture throughout the day. But there’s also the night to consider. The mattress you sleep on makes a big difference when it comes to chronic back pain.

Want to reduce back pain and feel your best, day after day? Replacing your mattress can do wonders for your comfort level. Consider these factors when looking for your next mattress.

Choose the right firmness

It’s a myth that an extra-firm mattress will fix all your sleep issues. On the contrary, a very hard mattress may exacerbate your back problems.

However, you don’t want to go too far in the other direction. A soft mattress might not provide the support your joints and spine need to keep their alignment.

There are a number of ways to discover what firmness is right for your body:

• Adjust the firmness of your existing mattress. To test out a firmer feel, you can place your mattress on the floor temporarily, or even slip a board between the mattress and the box spring. To make your mattress softer, add on a mattress pad.
• Try out different beds. Next time you sleepover at a hotel or a relative’s house, compare the firmness of their bed to your own and take note of how your back feels the next morning.
• Give a mattress a test run at a Matter Brothers showroom. This is a hands-on way to gauge many different mattresses at once.

You can’t go wrong with a new bed

Don’t let analysis paralysis prevent you from solving your back problems. Simply sleeping on a new bed was proven to be highly effective in a study from Oklahoma State University. Here are the factors that researchers identified:

• The average mattress age was 9.5 years, and the minimum bed age was 5 years.
• The cheapest mattresses were associated with more back pain.
• Participants reported around 60% improvement or more in back and shoulder pain simply switching to a new medium-firm mattress.

The above suggests that if your bed is more than five years old and you’re experiencing back pain, you might find instant relief with the purchase of a new medium-price or higher mattress.

Memory foam, innerspring or hybrid

If you’re having bad results sleeping on one type of bed, you might want to switch. Matter Brothers Furniture offers different mattress designs to ensure perfect sleeping comfort:

• Innerspring mattresses are a traditional choice, providing different levels of firmness with just the right amount of give.
• Foam mattresses conform to your shape and drastically reduce horizontal movement when shifting in bed.
• Hybrid mattresses combine the benefits of innerspring and foam mattresses, with coils providing support and a layer of memory foam reducing pressure.

Couple your mattress with an adjustable base for a truly customizable sleeping experience. An adjustable base positions your body at an angle, helping you keep your joints and spine aligned while sleeping. It can even reduce snoring and improve your circulation for dreamy comfort throughout the night.

Solve back pain today with a mattress from Matters Brothers Furniture

Make chronic back pain a thing of the past when you find a mattress to suit your needs at Matter Brothers Furniture. We’ll answer all your questions online or at one of our five convenient locations to help you find the right mattress today!