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 understand that a high quality mattress can help to reduce the discomfort 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 have back problems may already understand how important it is to find the right level of support and comfort in a mattress. 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. Buying a high quality and supportive mattress now can help back health in the long term.
One of the main causes of lower back pain is from sleeping in an incorrect position from poor mattress support or sleeping on a low 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 people keep their mattresses for far too long, to the extent to which they begin to show signs of wear and tear on the outside, not just the inside of the mattress. An old mattress won’t give the right level of support and protection for the back muscles.
Memory foam mattresses and latex foam mattresses are supportive and effective mattresses that contour to your body, which means that your back muscles are protected in the correct places and will prevent stress on your joints. At Click 4 Beds, we stock memory foam mattresses and latex foam mattresses available from Breasley, Nestledown, Sleepeeze and Airsprung.
