Only those mattresses, which allow backbone to be straight during the time of lying, are named orthopedic. The effect of “straight spine” is reached by different ways, and many producers in detail explain, why their products are more orthopedic.
Actually, no mattress can be named orthopedic by itself.
Property of providing a correct position of user’s body is not characteristic of one concrete mattress, but it can be a result of agreement between “user’s body” and “mattress”.
Imagine a stout person lying on a soft mattress. It is evident that the mattress will sag in the middle, and the person will be in “banana pose”, which is harmful for the spine.
On the other hand, a thin girl lying on a very rigid mattress will be in an incorrect pose. Because mattress will not cave in, and her backbone will be in a curved position.
That’s why it is necessary to correlate your physique and properties of a mattress.
Stout people should look for rigid mattresses: spring models with strengthened springs made of thick wire, or springless models made of dense durable materials. For lean people it is better to choose soft spring models without coir or springless mattresses made of natural latex. People of medium body constitution can by models with independent springs, and models, in production of which the combination coir + latex was used.
Springless mattresses are usually recommended to children and teenagers. It does not matter on what mattress your little fellow will sleep, it is important only to buy a mattress, which will have an airing. As a rule, parents buy to their small children coir mattress with the thickness 3 - 7 cm. For older kids it is better to find a more enduring mattress, it should endure jumps, etc., that’s why if you bought a mattress with coir in it, it is not the best variant. For teenagers, springless rigid mattresses made of artificial latex are recommended.
Rigid mattresses are not recommended to older people. Stop your choice on soft or semirigid models. If you have pains in a waist, rigid mattress is contra-indicated for you, it is necessary to choose soft, waist supporting model.
People with problems in cervical spine on the contrary, should look for rigid mattresses. Rigid mattresses are often recommended by orthopaedist to their patients, suffering backbone diseases. Consider doctor’s opinion, but if you are healthy, you should not sleep on a board. If when you sleep on a soft mattress, your spine caves in, sleeping on a rigid bed you will make it arched.
The most important thing in a mattress is convenience for you. It should not be “it seems to be convenient”, but it should be really convenient. A good mattress should not be very soft or very rigid. But, of course, only you can feel, whether it is comfortable, that’s why use not only general advices, but also defer in your personal preferences. Go to the nearest shop and lie down on different models.
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