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Need Help To Sleep? - Try a Memory Foam Mattress

Do you ever wake up feeling that because you haven't slept well, you really don't want to get out of bed and start the day with a happy smile? The reason might be that your body didn't relax properly because it can't find a comfortable position to sleep in, one that gives support in all the right places such as your knees, hip, waist and neck. One possible solution to this problem is to start sleeping on a memory foam mattress. Unfortunately this option is expensive, so you might want to try a memory foam pillow or mattress topper before you go for the mattress?

Memory foam was developed in the 1970's for NASA to provide comfortable support in the seating for astronauts at take off and landing, it wasn't available in the shops until the 1990's. Since that time the market has grown considerably and is still growing very quickly, especially as the medical profession recommend its use to relieve back pain and pressure sores.

Tempur-Pedic (R) was the first manufacturer of memory foam products which were originally mostly used in hospitals. It wasn't long before they found that patients using the memory foam products appeared to sleep better. They seized the opportunity and began to sell their products to the public. There are a lot more manufacturers in the game nowadays with some of the larger players in the Far East and China.

So, how does it give you help to sleep? Memory foam is visco-elastic which means that it responds to temperature change by becoming softer when it is warm and harder when it is cold. That means your body warmth softens the immediate area of foam and moulds to your shape.

If you are considering purchasing a memory foam product then you should bear in mind that some memory foam at the cheaper end of the market can be just a little too visco-elastic. In cold weather it can become as hard as concrete and it can turn into a soft gooey mass when it gets very hot. Ask for a guarantee that the foam you are about to buy will not suffer from this problem.

If you're still not convinced that changing to a memory foam mattress will give you more help to sleep then you might consider trying one of the less expensive solutions first. Memory foam pillows are popular and appear to receive good reviews from users. A memory foam topper that you lay on top of your existing mattress is another lower cost option. Some of the better manufacturers offer trial periods allowing you to take the product home to try it out then return it if you don't like it.

What should you look for? There are differences in the way mattresses are made so it is important to find out from a retailer how they are put together and which would suit you best. Rule of thumb - mattresses can either have three or four inches of memory foam over a denser supportive core. For help to sleep, more depth isn't necessarily right either as you might sink in too far before reaching the core! Tummy sleepers should purchase 2 inch (5cm approx.) foam, side sleepers and medium sized people should buy a foam memory mattress with three inch (7.5cm approx) foam and large/heavy people or back sleepers should buy the four inch (10cm approx).

The advantages are clear - what about disadvantages ….. why wasn't memory foam used by NASA? Foam is a man-made product that gives off gases when new. In your home this wears off in a very short space of time, but could have been a hazard in a space capsule! Nevertheless, if you are sensitive to this type of gas, you should think about finding a natural product like a foam latex mattress.

Although it is recommended that you try out memory foam mattresses in a local shop to find the one that suits you best, it is more cost effective to buy online.

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