Could a memory foam mattress help you rest better? If you turn and toss all night and awaken at dawn with stiff joints and a painful back, a memory foam mattress pad might be the answer to a refreshing, pain-free nights sleep.

Coil spring mattresses have been around a long time and have improved tremendously. Springs in individual pockets, padding material and basic design changes have all been steps in the right direction.

But no matter how manufacturers improve coil spring mattress you are still sleeping on a bunch of metal springs that can never be made fully comfortable.

This is the mattress your grandparents used because that is all that there was - except maybe some cotton ticking stuffed with corn shucks and straw!

Antiques are great to collect and look at, but is this what you want to rely on for a good night's rest?

Today, we have a better choice.

Coil spring mattress have been around since the Civil War with only minor improvements and no significant changes. In the past century and half automobiles, airplanes and computers have not only been invented but continue to be dramatically improved in an on-going basis.

There just hast to be a better way to get pain-free sleep.

The space age and NASA provided us an answer when memory foam was developed as an off-shoot of their research.

Memory Foam Mattresses Win The Comparison Here are just several of the benefits offered by memory foam mattresses and why they provide a better night's sleep.

Even Body Support

When you lie on a coil spring mattress, it forces your body to adjust to the springs.

The springs exert constant, even pressure against you all the time and even forces you to move to get comfortable.

While you are pushing the springs down to get comfortable they are pushing back just as hard . This is a major reason many people wake up in pain with stiffness and aching muscles.

A memory foam mattress works differently.

The foam mattress material moulds around your body, because the weight of your body pushes into the mattress and the foam material gives, rather than pushing back as a coil spring does.

You can even feel this difference as you lay down. Memory foam accommodates your curves and body parts so you can relax totally.

Because a memory foam mattress moulds to each person individually in the bed you do not feel springs forcing you to roll toward each other or toward the center of the bed. Coil spring mattresses have not been able to solve this problem because they cannot provide even support of your weight.

Sensitivity To Temperature

As memory foam senses and responds to different temperatures it softens to a different degree according to the temperature of the body lying on it. The higher the temperature, the softer the foam becomes.

This makes the bed warm and comfortable depending upon the body pressure applied by your weight and the temperature of the various  parts of your body in contact with the memory foam mattress.

Your trunk is the heaviest and warmest part of your body and the mattress softens under it. Since your arms and legs are lighter and cooler, the foam under them is a little more firm. This makes the whole experience comfortable, just like you were floating above it rather than lying on it.

There is no coil spring mattress that can provide this feeling.

Longer Usable Life

Standard coil spring mattresses have a real life of about 5 years although most people keep using them for a longer period. This is one of the main reasons they seem to get more uncomfortable. They are getting worn out and the springs are failing to do their job.

A memory foam mattress should last at least ten years and some manfacturers offer guarantees of up to twenty years, each of those nights will be comfortable and restful.

A king memory foam mattress may seem more expensive than the run-of-the-mill king coil mattress but that is because you cannot buy a  cheaply made memory foam mattress. You cannot say the same for a king coil mattress - there are many that are cheaply made.

The finest memory foam mattress topper probably is not the type you thought it was. For years many of us have believed that we wanted a firm or an extra firm mattress. All of the advertisements talked about how their mattress supplied us the support we required. So we automatically thought that the more support built into our mattresses, the healthier it was for us. As a result we went to the local sleep center, examined the mattresses and chose the one which gave us the most support. And, in fact, extra support means a firmer mattress.

Unfortunately, extra stiff support doesn't inevitably mean better support. That is because not all of us need the same degree or type of support while we're asleep. Some people sleep on their backs, some on their stomachs and a lot of us sleep on our sides. Each position requires a bed with a distinct amount of firmness in order to be comfortable.

Pick the correct kind and amount of support for your individual sleep pattern, and you will get a very good nights rest and wake up refreshed, ready to sort out a fresh day. Choose the wrong foundation and you get up to a morning that starts your day with a painful back along with aching joints. Purchasing the right bed at first is always the perfect thing to do however adding the right mattress topper to your existing bed can drastically improve your sleeping experience with out a great expenditure of money.

Select the proper type and amount of foundation for your personal sleep type, and you'll get a very good nights sleep and wake up refreshed, ready to sort out a new day. Select the unsuitable support and you awaken to a morning that begins your day with a painful back along with aching joints. Buying the correct bed at first is always the best thing to do however adding the right mattress topper to your present mattress is able to vastly improve your sleeping experience with out a great outlay of cash.

There are various mattress toppers to be had and deciding on the best one for you is often about as perplexing as shopping for the mattress was. They are available with a wide choice of shell materials in a wide cost range. You needn't be excessively concerned concerning the cloth type or color as long as it offers some degree of durability. It'll, in any case, be covered by your sheets. It is the fill material in the bed topper that is important.

Originally posted 2009-11-30 13:45:14.