Can people with pain sleep on a firmer mattress?

Author: Synwin–Custom Mattress

It has long been thought that a firm bed, or a very firm mattress, if a Simmons mattress is to be slept in, is best for those with chronic back pain. In order to test whether this traditional statement has scientific truth, Spanish scientists recently conducted a related experiment. The experimental results show that for back pain sufferers, the type of mattress that can best relieve their back pain is medium firmness, not the hard board firm that people often say.

The researchers explained that because firm mattresses provide better support for the entire body, doctors generally recommend firm mattresses for people with back pain. However, experiments have shown that, in terms of reducing back pain itself, the hardness of the mattress chosen should be moderate and not too hard. According to the researchers, the waist is one of the most prone to problems in all parts of the human body.

Most people will suffer from back pain at some stage of their life, either due to injury, careless use of the waist, or accident. In mild cases, the pain lasts for a few days, and in severe cases, it can last for months or years, and even become a chronic disease that worries you all your life. At the same time, few people know that people spend staggering amounts of money on low back pain treatment.

For example, Americans spend as much as $50 billion a year on low back pain. Spanish researchers compared 313 people with low back pain to sleep on firm mattresses or mattresses with moderate firmness. They asked subjects to sleep on a random mattress and then reported to the researchers how their waists felt when they went to bed at night and when they woke up in the morning.

After three weeks, compared with those who slept on firm mattresses, those who opted for the moderately firm mattress reported significantly less back pain and improved ease of getting out of bed.