Firm Or Soft Mattress For Low Back Pain

Study gets mixed results but more find soft bed slightly better for back pain.

Firm or soft mattress for low back pain.

This nectar memory foam mattress makes the list of best mattresses for back pain because it offers a medium firmness and is built with five layers of foam including a gel memory foam sheet that. It s one of the. In the past doctors often recommended very firm mattresses. They used either medium firm or firm mattresses for 90 days.

But one survey of 268 people with low back pain found that those who slept on very hard mattresses had the poorest sleep quality. Tempur pedic is known for its high quality foam which is perfect for back pain sufferers because it offers excellent pressure relief. The casper mattress has three zones of targeted support to help align your spine and hopefully ease your back pain in the process. Research is limited but in one study researchers assigned new mattresses to more than 300 people with low back pain.

Softer foam around your shoulders cushions your upper body. April 3 2008 if goldilocks had lower back pain she d still prefer the bed that was just right. Side sleepers need a slightly softer mattress and can look for something in the 5 5 to 6 5 range for firmness. Soft mattresses on the other hand can also be problematic.

Firm vs soft in an effort to confirm that hard mattresses exert a positive effect on the sleep of people with chronic low back pain as is commonly believed participants in a study tested bedding with varying degrees of firmness. The study a randomized controlled trial was published in the april 2008 issue of spine.