Mattress Wars – Part 5: Conventional Mattresses, sleep, pain and your body

Finally, conventional mattress and box spring sets – many different ideas have been tried over the years to equalize the pressure under a reclining body. I can’t begin to tell you any more about current technologies than what we all see on the commercials every day. Sealy and Serta mattresses are endorsed by most of the chiropractic colleges and are probably excellent products (they also are great benefactors in their donations to most of the chiropractic colleges). One of my patients visited the Duxiana store in Scottsdale, AZ – they had to tour the factory before the sales person would show them any products or discuss price. He said there is no doubt that they produce a spectacular bed, but they had to go somewhere else to find one that fit within their budget.

The mattress marketplace has become increasingly complex over the past 15 years. It used to be you had just one basic choice – an innerspring mattress. These days innersprings have become more complicated (as they have gained size, they've also gained a variety of different layers, pillow-top options, and spring variations).

To see how a conventional mattress is made, go to http://lowestpricefurniture.com/howmattressesaremade.aspx

This picture from http://www.amerisleep.com/ illustrates why you may have back pain with a conventional mattress:

Getting rid of your pain,

Dr. Steven Ray, Chiropractor

Val Vista Chiropractic