How to choose the stiffness of the mattress?

The stiffness of a mattress, especially of an orthopedic mattress, is one of the most important criteria for choosing it. There is an opinion that the harder a mattress, the more useful it is for the health of the back and spine, but this is not entirely true. Quite a hard sleeper is not less harmful to health than too soft. So how do you decide what kind of mattress should be? In this article, we will tell you how to choose the stiffness of the mattress so that it is optimal for your health.

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Which mattress is better - hard or soft?

When we sleep, our back relaxes, and the spine is in a natural position with all the bends.

Hard mattress

During sleep on a fairly hard surface, the lumbar and humeral sections experience the heaviest load. Ultimately, this not only worsens the quality of sleep, but also forms an incorrect posture, chronic problems such as neuralgia and vertebral replacement appear.

In addition, due to improper operation of the circulatory system, numbness of the muscles occurs, leading to awakening and uncomfortable sensations. And, of course, after all this, the whole body feels heaviness the whole morning, and the forces are not restored at all.

Soft mattress

At the same time, a very soft bed similarly leads to some problems. During sleep on a mattress with insufficient rigidity, the back relaxes, but the spine is in an unnatural arc position. This can lead to a violation of the blood supply, problems with muscle tone. Neuralgia, disturbances in normal breathing are also frequent problems during sleep in a soft sleeping place.

Therefore, in the question of how to choose the stiffness of the mattress, you must adhere to the golden mean and some recommendations that will help you choose a good and comfortable sleeper.

The choice of this very important thing for sleep depends on:

• age;
• weight;
• health status.

Consider all these nuances in detail.

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Weight recommendations

Weight is distributed evenly throughout the body during sleep. This means that full and thin people need different beds for a healthy rest of the body. How to choose the stiffness of the mattress, based on this criterion?- It's easy, if you take into account such recommendations:

• If the body weight does not exceed 55 kilograms, you can buy a soft mattress. Spring and latex models are the best option in this case.
• For people with an average body build and weighing 55 to 90 kilograms, a medium-hard mattress is the best. As a rule, these are products with an independent spring block, and the material - coir or latex.
• Full people, who weigh more than 90 kilograms, it is desirable to choose increased stiffness of the mattress. For this purpose, a spring mattress with a reinforced structure of strong metal or a filler made of dense material is suitable.

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Advice on age

Of course, at different ages we need a different bed, because the lifestyle and physiology of the body is fundamentally different. So, consider this factor and choose the right sleeping place:

• For newborns whose spine is not yet fully formed, it is best to choose the most rigid kind of mattress. To this end, the filler from coconut fiber is excellent.
• Children under 3 years of age are recommended a mattress with medium stiffness and a design without springs. Its filling may be different, but silicone products are best suited.
• Young people under 25 years of age prefer orthopedic mattresses with medium or slightly increased rigidity, because the spine continues to form exactly up to this age.
• From 25 to 50 years you can choose absolutely any type of bed. At this age, the main thing to rely on their preferences, lifestyle and the presence of diseases. Fortunately, there are a lot of variants of this product in the store.
• But after 50 years worth choosing the stiffness of the mattress more. It is in this period of life that there is a risk of disruption of the intervertebral discs.

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Recommendations for

Diseases Spine diseases are a common problem that occurs in people working on physically heavy and sedentary work. Therefore, if there is a problem, it is very important to choose a good sleeping place in order not to aggravate the situation:

• With ailments of the upper spine, it is recommended to choose a hard mattress with a spring base.
• In cases of violations of the lumbar region - on the contrary, it is worth sleeping on a soft mattress that supports the back well.

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Types of filler

The stiffness of the mattress is more determined by the material from which it is made. When choosing a mattress filler, it is important to consider its service life, stiffness, naturalness, as well as various practical points, for example, ventilation and the possibility of cleaning.

The most common types:

• Polyurethane foam. This is one of the most common fillers. There is an opinion among the people that it is dangerous for health because of the substances released, but studies have not confirmed this information. This filler allows you to create a sleeping place that has an anatomical effect - repeats the shape of the body. This is what ensures the support of the spine during sleep. In addition, this material is quite cheap and is available to almost everyone.
• Latex. This filler is in two forms - natural and artificial. Of course, the product made of natural materials is more expensive. Of latex, you get good orthopedic mattresses of medium hardness. But, as a rule, they are a complement to the spring type.
• Coconut fiber. This filler has excellent environmental properties, and is also user-friendly. It does not cause allergies, it is easy to clean, prevents the reproduction of bacteria and does not retain moisture. The stiffness of this type of mattress is high or medium. This material is perfect for a baby cot.
• Other fillers. In the store you can find many other types of mattress fillers. This is camel wool, polystyrene in the form of granules and even dried seaweed. Such products have useful properties and are purchased, as a rule, for a specific purpose - for cold conditions or for health problems.

Now you know how to choose the stiffness of the mattress. In a dream, we spend a huge part of our life, so a bed should not only be convenient, but also useful. It is not necessary to save on the bed, because many diseases of the spine are formed precisely during our rest.