I know that this is totally off topic but thinking about how many
gardeners have back problems I thought I'd ask my question here.
It's time for me to change my mattress and my back is giving me a lot of
problems.
I'm wondering about a Memory foam mattress, but I don't know anyone who
has one.
Are they as good as the advertising says, or is it just hype.

David @ an overcast side of Swansea bay

David Hill wrote:

I know that this is totally off topic but thinking about how many
gardeners have back problems I thought I'd ask my question here.
It's time for me to change my mattress and my back is giving me a lot
of problems. I'm wondering about a Memory foam mattress, but I don't
know anyone who has one.

Are they as good as the advertising says,

Yes

or is it just hype.

No

Caveat: try out as many bed/mattress combinations as possible. You
really should spend as much as you can afford - anything else is false
economy IMO - and you don't want to make the wrong decision.

--
Chris

On 01/10/2013 09:52, CT wrote:
David Hill wrote:

I know that this is totally off topic but thinking about how many
gardeners have back problems I thought I'd ask my question here.
It's time for me to change my mattress and my back is giving me a lot
of problems. I'm wondering about a Memory foam mattress, but I don't
know anyone who has one.

Are they as good as the advertising says,

Yes

or is it just hype.

No

Caveat: try out as many bed/mattress combinations as possible. You
really should spend as much as you can afford - anything else is false
economy IMO - and you don't want to make the wrong decision.

Which is why I am asking here.
Trying for a couple of minutes in a showroom isn't like using it for a
few weeks.

On 01/10/13 09:40, David Hill wrote:
I know that this is totally off topic but thinking about how many gardeners have back problems I thought I'd ask my question here.
It's time for me to change my mattress and my back is giving me a lot of problems.
I'm wondering about a Memory foam mattress, but I don't know anyone who has one.
Are they as good as the advertising says, or is it just hype.

Only you can answer that, because it is specific to your back.

My daughter had her spine surgically straightened, and has
to sleep on either a lilo -- or memory foam.

Plan to lie on a mattress for half an hour to find out
what works for you. Tell the assistants why, and
if they aren't OK with that then walk out.

Be aware that you can get mattresses that are mostly
foam with a bit of memory foam on top. Might or might
not be good for you.

You can also get "toppers", i.e. 5cm or 7cm thick
sheets that you put on top of your ordinary mattress.

My daughter now uses a 7cm memory foam topper.
(£120 from a foam-cutter shed, £170 from a bed shop.)

David Hill wrote:

Which is why I am asking here.
Trying for a couple of minutes in a showroom isn't like using it for
a few weeks.

Well, quite. But equally, everyone is a different size, shape & weight
so whilst I could say "Buy a Tempur memory foam mattress, it's
fantastic" I think it would also be imperative that you also try one
out, however briefly, before spending a lot of money.

So, memory foam mattresses are very good and worth the money but as
everyone is different, try them out first, however briefly. After all,
caveat emptor.

--
Chris

On 2013-10-01 09:40:15 +0100, David Hill said:

I know that this is totally off topic but thinking about how many
gardeners have back problems I thought I'd ask my question here.
It's time for me to change my mattress and my back is giving me a lot
of problems.
I'm wondering about a Memory foam mattress, but I don't know anyone who
has one.
Are they as good as the advertising says, or is it just hype.

David @ an overcast side of Swansea bay

I know a few people with them, including one of my immediate family.
All of them absolutely swear by them but one person says they can make
you hot - not in a pop star way, either! ;-) I use a memory foam
pillow because I have a neck problem, and it's fantastic. Weighs a ton
though!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 01/10/13 10:34, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-10-01 09:40:15 +0100, David Hill said:

I know that this is totally off topic but thinking about how many gardeners have back problems I thought I'd ask my question here.
It's time for me to change my mattress and my back is giving me a lot of problems.
I'm wondering about a Memory foam mattress, but I don't know anyone who has one.
Are they as good as the advertising says, or is it just hype.

David @ an overcast side of Swansea bay

I know a few people with them, including one of my immediate family. All of them absolutely swear by them but one person says they can make you hot

All foam has that problem! It is worth trying to mitigate that by putting some air between yourself and the foam, e.g. a blanket or towel.

On Tue, 01 Oct 2013 09:40:15 +0100, David Hill
wrote:

I know that this is totally off topic but thinking about how many
gardeners have back problems I thought I'd ask my question here.
It's time for me to change my mattress and my back is giving me a lot of
problems.
I'm wondering about a Memory foam mattress, but I don't know anyone who
has one.
Are they as good as the advertising says, or is it just hype.

David @ an overcast side of Swansea bay

I have a Tempur mattress and am very comfortable on it, but I don't
have back problems. I recently let a visitor have my bed and I slept
on my old Dunlopillo mattress on a spare bed. I was just as
comfortable on that. It's never the same with the mattress on your own
bed as in the showroom. Take your time! Good luck.

Pam in Bristol

In article ,
David Hill wrote:

I know that this is totally off topic but thinking about how many
gardeners have back problems I thought I'd ask my question here.
It's time for me to change my mattress and my back is giving me a lot of
problems.

Have you had it looked at by a good physiotherapist? I have had
back trouble for years, which got worse, and the causes were not
at all what I expected. I got MASSIVE improvement by having 1/2"
added to the heel of a pair of my sandals. The physiotherapist
might even be able to advise on the best type of mattress for you.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 01/10/2013 11:33, Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
David Hill wrote:

I know that this is totally off topic but thinking about how many
gardeners have back problems I thought I'd ask my question here.
It's time for me to change my mattress and my back is giving me a lot of
problems.

Have you had it looked at by a good physiotherapist? I have had
back trouble for years, which got worse, and the causes were not
at all what I expected. I got MASSIVE improvement by having 1/2"
added to the heel of a pair of my sandals. The physiotherapist
might even be able to advise on the best type of mattress for you.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


I had a lot of back trouble in my 40s and 50s, each bout caused by
nothing in particular, but each one taking weeks/months to get better.
At one time the only way I could travel anywhere was on my hands and
knees in the back of a van. Car seats just weren't an option

Eventually, an osteopath told me that, if anything, I needed massage
rather than manipulation. The lower back muscles had gone into spasm,
and relaxation was the only cure. Staggering about on Nurofen and trying
to lead a normal life is only likely to prolong the agony. IME a week's
rest is better than months of fighting it. Easily said now that I'm
retired :-)

In article , david@abacus-
nurseries.co.uk says...

I know that this is totally off topic but thinking about how many
gardeners have back problems I thought I'd ask my question here.
It's time for me to change my mattress and my back is giving me a lot of
problems.
I'm wondering about a Memory foam mattress, but I don't know anyone who
has one.
Are they as good as the advertising says, or is it just hype.


Why not find a hotel that has them and spend a night or two so you
can try one out properly, before committing yourself to buying

The White House Hotel in Swansea has memory foam mattresses and so
does the Haveli at Pontyclun

http://www.havelihotel.co.uk/

Janet

On 10/1/2013 9:54 AM, David Hill wrote:
On 01/10/2013 09:52, CT wrote:

Caveat: try out as many bed/mattress combinations as possible. You
really should spend as much as you can afford - anything else is false
economy IMO - and you don't want to make the wrong decision.

Which is why I am asking here.
Trying for a couple of minutes in a showroom isn't like using it for a
few weeks.

I was amazed at the difference our memory foam mattress made - it was
worth every penny.

In article ,
lid says...

On Tue, 01 Oct 2013 09:54:07 +0100, David Hill
wrote:

Trying for a couple of minutes in a showroom isn't like using it for a
few weeks.

You might be surprised at the number of people who spend a lot of time
on a bed in a showroom!

:-)

The best mattress we've ever had came from John Lewis, after a very long
session of questions and advice choosing it, from their bed-dept
salesman... with lots of trying out. He took so much trouble I wrote to
the store manager to commend him.

Janet

On 01/10/2013 13:53, S Viemeister wrote:
On 10/1/2013 9:54 AM, David Hill wrote:
On 01/10/2013 09:52, CT wrote:

Caveat: try out as many bed/mattress combinations as possible. You
really should spend as much as you can afford - anything else is false
economy IMO - and you don't want to make the wrong decision.

Which is why I am asking here.
Trying for a couple of minutes in a showroom isn't like using it for a
few weeks.

I was amazed at the difference our memory foam mattress made - it was
worth every penny.




Since you're so impressed, perhaps you would be happy to answer a
long-standing query I have with regard to memory foam mattresses?

Although it can be demonstrated that they do 'remember', say, the
pressure of a hand (as in the advertising), how do we know they're
remembering a good posture, as opposed to a bad posture?

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay

In message , David Hill
writes
I know that this is totally off topic but thinking about how many
gardeners have back problems I thought I'd ask my question here.
It's time for me to change my mattress and my back is giving me a lot
of problems.
I'm wondering about a Memory foam mattress, but I don't know anyone who
has one.
Are they as good as the advertising says, or is it just hype.

Hypnos Orthopaedic are the best for people with bad backs.

David

--
David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France