Foam Mattresses Can Reduce Back Pain
It is estimated that there are 50% of adults in the UK suffering from back pain and 80% are likely to have back problems at some point in their lives. Many people don’t realise the health benefits that a good quality mattress offers reducing the onset of back pain.
Sleeping on a good quality mattress with the right level of support in the correct places can protect the muscles and give the right amount of support where it’s needed most to reduce stress placed on them.
People who suffer from back problems will already realise how important it is to buy a mattress with the correct level of support and comfort. Having a good quality mattress with optimum comfort and support can help to not only relieve the symptoms of lower back pain, but can also prevent back pain in the future. Sleeping on a high quality supportive mattress can help to improve back health in the future.
One of the most common causes of lower back pain is from sleeping in an awkward position from lack of mattress support or sleeping on a poor quality mattress. This causes strain on the back muscles putting them under stress, which then creates pains in the back.
Not only does a poor quality mattress cause this stress by putting the spine in the wrong alignment, but it can also affect sleep patterns giving a poor and uncomfortable sleep, which results in people not sleeping long enough and being disturbed during the night.
If you have experienced lower back pain, you will understand how it can affect your life, not just disrupting your sleep but also making everyday tasks difficult. Gardening, decorating and housework can become an irritant to back pain sufferers, and back pain also costs the economy £5bn a year in sick days, with 300,000 people claiming capacity benefits for back problems and 1.1m are disabled because of the problem.
Many of us keep our mattress for far too long and they start to show signs of use both on the inside and outside. When a mattress is getting old, it won’t give the correct amount of support and protection for the back muscles.
Memory foam mattresses and latex foam mattresses conform to your body shape, which gives your back muscles the right amount of support where it’s needed most and reduces strain on the joints. At Click 4 Beds, we stock memory foam mattresses and latex foam mattresses available from Breasley, Nestledown, Sleepeeze and Airsprung.
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