Problems With Sleep? Try a Memory Foam Mattress
Are you constantly tossing and turning all night long and you really have no desire to get up and start the day with a smile? One of the possible reasons is that your body is unable to relax as it can’t find a suitable position to lie in, one that would be supportive in all the main areas such as knees, hip, belly and neck. One possible solution to this problem is to get a memory foam mattress – however this is a quite expensive variant , so how about using a memory foam pillow or mattress topper in the instead ?
Created for NASA in the 1970’s, memory foam was to provide comfort for astronauts at ascend and landing, it never became available in the shops until the 1990’s. Since that time the market has grown and is still growing very rapidly , particularly as the sphere of medicine recommends its usage for soothing back pains and pressure sores. Regardless of the fact that the first manufacturer was Tempurpedic and used mainly in hospitals, the company soon heard that people who lay on the foam, slept better, and they broadened manufacture to sell to everyone. Since then other companies have designed their own memory foam goods , such as memory foam adjustable beds. The most powerful producers now appear to be China and the Far East.
How does it help you to sleep? Memory foam is visco-elastic and that means that it adjusts to the body temperature by growing softer when it is warm and harder when it is cool . That means that your body heat softens the immediate area of foam and it fits to your shape. I would like to warn you – with the less expensive , lower density foams, the foam can grow as hard as a board when the it is really cold or it might turn into far too soft when it is hot . The more expensive brands are much more likely to work correctly through a wide range of temperatures.
If you’re still not certain why not get a foam pillow or a memory foam pad for instance. Most companies offer a wide choice of goods and the better ones will offer a trial period and longer warranties too so that if the product doesn’t please you, you can send it back.
How do you choose a memory foam mattress? There are differences in the way mattresses are made so it is vital to find out from a seller how they are constructed and which kind of construction will suit you best. Rule of thumb – mattresses can either have three or four inches of memory foam over a denser supportive core. More thickness isn’t necessarily right either as you might sink in too far before reaching the core! If you sleep on your front you should buy 2 inch (5cm approx.) foam, side sleepers and medium sized people should buy a foam memory mattress with three inch (7.5cm approx) foam and heavier people or back sleepers should buy the four inch (10cm approx).
There are lots of advantages but what about the disadvantages? Why wasn’t memory foam used by NASA? Foam is a man-made product that gives off gases when it’s new. In your home it lasts for a very short space of time, but might have been problem in a space ship ! However , if you are sensitive to this gas , you should think about finding a natural product like a foam latex mattress.