Are you having neck pain so significant that you can’t turn your head?
Are your neck and shoulders in pain, even radiating into your arms, causing numbness?
Do you wake up fine, but start having excruciating back pain a few hours into your day?
It is recommended for you see your primary care physician if you are in pain for a prolonged time, however do your aches and pains persist? It could very well be your old mattress!
The surface you sleep on affects the quality of sleep and quality of rest you get. A bad mattress can exacerbate back pain, while a good mattress can help bring relief.
A good mattress should support and optimise your posture when you sleep, reducing fatigue and stress on your back muscles.
Here are four types of back pain:
- cervical vertebrae or the neck
- the thoracic vertebrate or the upper back
- the lumbar vertebrae or lower back pain
- the sacrum and coccyx or your hips and rear
The right mattress can greatly provide relief from one or all these types of pain and improve your chances of a back pain-free life.
Problem Area #1: Cervical Vertebrae or the neck
Cervical Vertebrae (CV) pain occurs in the upper part of the spine. The cervical spine, comprised of seven cervical vertebrae referred to as C1 to C7, support your head on your shoulders and provide anchoring for your neck muscles, which allows you to turn your head left and right. Interestingly enough, the very device most of you are reading this on may be causing your cervical vertebrate pain. Cellphone and tablet use maybe affecting your posture, ultimately being the culprit for your neck and shoulder ache.
Solution: Firm memory foam mattress
Memory foam mattresses will adjust to the curvature of your body and neck, just like any other memory foam mattress, but with a focus on firmness. The material doesn’t stretch and dip too low, thus protecting the neck from strain and allowing it to heal overnight. Try the SwissAire Ergo-Backcare mattress which is designed to provide extra firm back support with a balance on comfort.
Problem Area #2: Thoracic vertebrae or upper and middle back
Thoracic vertebrae pain occurs in the upper to mid-back, often causing a dull or throbbing pain that can trigger weakness in your arm. Upper back pain is often caused by back strain due to poor posture or overuse which are compounded by uneven pressures in your old mattress; in short, your back cannot fully relax and recover.
Solution: Latex mattress
A latex mattress can help provide curving support to keep your spine straight and shoulder pain at bay. Try the SwissAire Ergo-Contour. It focuses on relief for the shoulder area while at the same time supporting the body in all the essential places across the entire sleep surface. This can reduce upper to middle back pain issues.
Problem Area #3: Lumbar back pain
Similarly, lumbar back pain has almost the same symptoms as #2.
The lumbar spine is the largest cause of back pain worldwide. The pain varies between dull and throbbing- similar to thoracic pain and the area of pain can either be on the left or right side, depending on the type of sleeper you are or sharp and stabbing that causes numbness in your extremities. The solution to this type of pain is similar to #1.
Solution: Medium firm memory foam mattress
While a firm memory foam mattress may be the key to solving your neck pain, a medium-firm one is a solution to lumbar pain. Try the SwissAire Ergo-Swiss as it has a comfort layer with an exceptional and unique floating sensation while achieving excellent pressure relief. All inserts and inlays in the SwissAire Ergo-Swiss are ergonomically designed with anatomic profile cutting.
Problem Area #4: Coccyx or tailbone pain
Finally, coccyx pain can be caused by several things but the most common one is prolonged sitting on a hard surface. Basically, you can blame your job for that pain in your bum. Being a back sleeper will make the situation much worse as you are placing pressure on your lower spine all night.
Solution: Memory foam mattress
Back sleepers need a memory foam mattress to provide the proper support to their lower backs and keep pressure off the coccyx. SwissAire Ergo-Relax has an AireGel comfort layer which provides an exceptional and unique floating sensation all while achieving excellent pressure relief. It is flexible and the double layer of EvoPore HRC provides a body contour for dynamic anatomic postural support.
Regardless of the type of back pain, the type of mattresses you’re sleeping helps prevention for further aggravation of your back pain . After all, 1/3 of our lives is spent in the bed, sleeping 🙂