I have an expensive mattress that I bought a few years ago and it was really soft. I use to sleep like a baby on it, but I haven't had a good night of sleep in probably 4 or 5 months. I get back and side pain now, especially when I try to sleep in. I'm really tired of dealing with it and I've never had this issue in my life. Would it be better for my back to get a more firm mattress? I've tried those postrapedic beds like on tv before when I stayed in a hotel up in Kentucky, but it was so hard I didn't like it. I'm not really sure what to do. I don't want to waste money on a new mattress and then I end up with back pain still.
Firm or Soft Mattress?
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I have heard of turning it over and rotating it, but the bottom of it has a board or something hard on it, and that really kills me. I have tried rotating it, but it doesn't really help. I end up sleeping on every side in every direction of the bed. It's a pain for my girlfriend, but she knows I'm in pain. The pain only comes when I try to get a lot of sleep most of the time. I can sleep for about 4 hours with no pain. When I do have the pain, it goes away pretty quickly when I get out of bed so I don't think it can be something wrong with my back that would require a doctor.
oldsarge
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Yeah...buy they get old too.
Old being the key word here. Forty years ago, I could sleep in a gravel pit with no problem.:tinysmile_twink_t2:
The thing is I never ever had this before. I always slept on my stomach in the past and I could sleep for 10 hours straight without moving the same position. I slept so well. I've gained a lot of weight in my belly now and it feels like my belly pulls my back down if I lay on my stomach. Perhaps I'm just so out of shape that it's messing me up when I sleep?