Health beds

Very few people give a whole lot of thought to their mattress or bed, but in actual fact these items of furniture are amongst the most important products that we will ever buy.

A good bed can last for between 10 and 15 years and during that period most people will average spending about 8 hours per day lying on it. This means that a mattress is pretty important to our health and well being.

There are many different types of mattress filling and they vary from coiled springs, which have been around for many years, to slow recovery foams. You can discover more about these fillers and how they work else where, but for now here is a summary that gives a basic explanation.

Most mattresses that have been based on springs provide a bouncy springy support that can be very hard, very soft, or anywhere in between. Many thought that the firmer mattress was better for the body and that it helped the back, but ideas change.

These days some new mattress fillers in the form of special foams have become the norm. These foams and mainly one called visco elastic memory foam have revolutionised the bedding industry.

Memory foam is what is frequently described as “a slow recovery” foam. This means that, rather than springing back to its original flat profile when someone gets off a bed, the foam slowly (almost in slow motion) springs back up to its original flat outline.

This may seem odd, but it means that a mattress made from this material wraps around anyone on it and does not spring, oscillate or bounce when they move their sleeping position.

This means that a second person sleeping in the bed will not be disturbed and it also means that the upwards pressure to spring back to its original shape is less than a mattress made from regular springs. All told this makes for a very different sleeping experience and one that many sleep experts consider superior to other forms of bed.

Which type of bed or mattress will suit you is of course down to your preferences. Some people like hard beds, some like soft beds and in the same way some people will be partial to a memory foam bed and other will not. To find out more you can go to a local bed store and try out some of their widely varying beds.