Fifty percent of adults in the UK currently suffer from back pain and it is estimated that 80% are likely to have back problems during their lives.. Choosing a good quality mattress can help to reduce and prevent the onset of back pain.
A high quality mattress that is supportive in the correct places for the body can help to protect and support the back muscles, reducing the stress placed on them and providing the back with the correct amount of support where it’s required most.
People who suffer from back problems will already realise how important it is to buy a mattress with the correct level of support and comfort. Buying a high quality mattress with excellent comfort and support can help to not only reduce the symptoms of lower back pain, but can also stop back pain in the future. Buying a high quality and supportive mattress now can help back health in the long term.
One of the main causes of lower back pain is from sleeping in an incorrect position from poor mattress support or sleeping on a low quality mattress. This causes strain on the back muscles putting them under stress, which then creates pains in the back.
Not only does a poor quality mattress cause this stress by putting the spine in the wrong alignment, but it can also affect sleep patterns giving a poor and uncomfortable sleep, which results in people not sleeping long enough and being disturbed during the night.
If you have had lower back pain, you will realise how it can affect your life, not just disrupting your sleep but also making daily tasks difficult. Gardening, decorating and housework can become an irritant to back pain sufferers, and back pain also costs the economy £5bn a year in sick days, with 300,000 people claiming capacity benefits for back problems and 1.1m are disabled because of the problem.
Many of us keep our mattress for far too long and they start to show signs of use both on the inside and outside. When a mattress is getting old, it won’t give the correct amount of support and protection for the back muscles.
Memory foam mattresses and latex foam mattresses are unique and effective mattresses that confirm to your body shape, which means that your back muscles are supported in the right places and will reduce stress on your joints. At Click 4 Beds, we stock memory foam mattresses and latex foam mattresses available from Breasley, Nestledown, Sleepeeze and Airsprung.
