How Hard Should Your Mattress Be?
Finally, a study published in Lancet analyzed how hard a mattress should be. We've all been told the harder the firmer. Orthopedic physicians will even recommend a firm mattress to alleviate low-back pain. In this study they had 133 people with chronic low-back pain sleep on either a firm or medium-firm mattress for three months.
Surprisingly, the medium-firm mattress won! The patients who slept on the medium-firm mattress were twice as likely as those sleeping on the firm ones to report reduced pain while lying in bed or getting up in the morning. They also had less disability associated with back pain and were less reliant on pain-killing drugs.
Finally, a study published in Lancet analyzed how hard a mattress should be. We've all been told the harder the firmer. Orthopedic physicians will even recommend a firm mattress to alleviate low-back pain. In this study they had 133 people with chronic low-back pain sleep on either a firm or medium-firm mattress for three months.
Surprisingly, the medium-firm mattress won! The patients who slept on the medium-firm mattress were twice as likely as those sleeping on the firm ones to report reduced pain while lying in bed or getting up in the morning. They also had less disability associated with back pain and were less reliant on pain-killing drugs.
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