Choosing the best mattress for a bad back?

Essentia's Back Pain Mattress
Your back pain will never subside if you're sleeping in the wrong position every night. Proper support, spinal alignment, blood circulation and pressure point relief is of utmost importance to relieve upper and lower back pain, shoulder and neck pain.

You need a mattress that will help, not hinder your recovery. Our back pain mattress called the Energie is among the most advanced and best back pain mattresses in the world.


Energie Back Pain Mattress
The ENERGIE by Essentia
If you're suffering from:
- Upper or Lower Back Pain
- Shoulder or Neck Pain
- Cervical Spondylosis, or Arthritis of the Neck
- Pinched Nerve
- Muscle strain
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Cervical Kyphosis
- Scoliosis
- Kyphosis
- Whiplash Injury

You should consider the Energie mattress.


People who suffer from back injuries related to car accidents have called to thank us for the Energie. Neck pain can often be resolved with one of our support pillows alone.




Is a Firm Mattress better for your back?
Who says sleeping on a firm mattress is good for your back? The opposite is true, studies show that sleeping on a firm mattress is not good for your back.

People confuse hardness with support. 95% of orthopedic surgeons in one survey said they believed a mattress plays a roll in lower back pain management. 31 million Americans have suffered from acute or chronic back pain.



Firm Mattress Studies
According to a study published in the British medical journal, the Lancet, researchers found that patients suffering from back pain were twice as likely to report improvement when sleeping on a medium to firmness mattress as opposed to those patients who slept on a firm mattress.

The trial involved 313 adults with chronic lower back pain and backache. As a part of the study, the subjects were randomly assigned to two groups. The first group slept on a medium-firm mattress instead of their normal mattress and the second group on a firm mattress.

When compared to the patients who slept on a firm mattress, patients who slept on the medium-firm mattresses reported reduced incidents of back pain in bed, reduced back pain upon rising from the bed, and reduced back pain related to disability. The study results indicated that a medium-firm mattress provides a better balance between back support and comfort for lower back pain than a firm mattress.

Contrary to popular belief, sleeping on a mattress that is too firm exerts additional pressure on the back, resulting in more back pain for some patients. So the best mattress for a bad back is a medium-firm.



Mattress Materials for Better Sleep
The material used for mattresses and the support system inside it are crucial to maintaining a healthy back and deep sleep. Coil mattresses cannot compete with the support, comfort and durability that memory foam mattress or latex can provide.

Memory foam provides superior support due to the contouring support and pressure point relief it can provide. Most of the time memory foam mattress prices are directly related to the materials used.



Soft, Medium or Firm Mattress?
We need to re-evaluate our purchasing habits. The decision of a soft, medium or firm mattress doesn't apply. It depends entirely on your body type and the level of support you seek. Top heavy or bottom heavy, 5 feet tall or 6’5, many factors need to be taken into consideration.



History of the Firm Mattress Myth
During the Neolithic period, mattresses were made of piles of leaves, grass and straw with animal skins over top. Later, in Ancient Rome, mattresses were made from bags of clothes stuffed with reeds, hay, or wool; the wealthy used feather stuffing. These mattresses were made from materials that would compress and hang down in the middle forcing people to sleep in a hammock position. This caused back pain. As a remedy, hard boards were added under the mattress for support. This practice was carried forward for many generations and gradually evolved into the firm mattress myth.





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