Saturday, February 7, 2009

Back Pain: Does It Matter If Your Mattress Is Hard Or Soft?

By Ras Reed

There has been a conception among back pain victims and medical examiners alike that the nature of the Mattress that you sleep on can either reduce or intensify your back pain condition. Until recently however, there was no scientific confirmation to back up this hypothesis.

Some individuals have experienced relief from their back pain by sleeping on a hard Mattress ; others have obtained a sense of relief from sleeping on a softer Mattress . To test the hypothesis that the nature of a bed may add to the state of a back pain victim, Dr. Kim Bergholat and other colleagues of the Funen back center in Washington D.C, picked out a hundred and sixty back pain sufferers and assigned them to sleep in three different kinds of beds for three months in a row.

The three beds were a water bed, a body contouring or conforming bed and a hard bed. The hard bed was supplied by innovation futon for the goal of the investigation. Both the water Mattress and the body contouring Mattresses were offered by Akva and Tempur respectively. Both Akva and Tempur sponsored the research.

The end result of the research were uncertain. This is because most of the people grappling with the problem who were given water beds never began the study because they were unmoving about not sleeping on a water bed. Most of the victims who were assigned the futon hard beds also leave the study before credible facts could be gathered.

The figures that was amassed from the few left indicated a liking for water beds and the body contouring beds . Some people grappling with the problem also reported a drop in back pain after sleeping on a hard bed . Thus, the question about whether a hard bed or a soft bed is good for alleviating back pain is in truth relative. It all depends on which works best for you or NOT!

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