As someone with osteopenia, I have difficulty sleeping due to bone pain at night. Looking to buy a mattress that may ease the pain & help me sleep, but have no idea what to look for. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I currently have a VERY firm memory foam mattress which I think is much too hard. Added a softer memory foam topper but it hasn't helped much.
Hi, I have osteoporosis and also woke several times in the night with painful legs and hips and aching all over in the morning. I have just replaced my mattress with a medium one with a soft spongy feeling layer on the top, probably memory foam. The difference is incredible- no leg pain or aching hips and a restful night. I also invested in a softer pillow. I think soft but supportive is the answer for bone pain. Good luck.
Does thismake you sweat?
No, it's from John Lewis, it's on 60 day return so we get to return it in 60 days if not comfortable. All you need to do is buy a matress protector at the same time. We did this as not sure if I needed an even softer matress and we could exchange it if needed.
I have the comfortzone medium memory foam from Dunelm. Extremely comfortable.
Same question. I am looking for one, but understand the foam makes you overheat
Does a foam mattress make you sweat?
my mum has a bed and the back tilts up, and with pillows it is supportive, helps her in and out of bed, on the day couch is a wedge shaped foam, so with pillows about 30 degrees
Hi I had pain in my hip and thigh when sleeping at night. I bought an orthopaedic shaped pillow to put between my knees and it worked brilliantly. It might be worth a try before investing in a new mattress. Strangely since taking a drug holiday from Alendronic Acid the pain has gone! Occasionally my hip hurts so I use my special pillow. Hope you can resolve your problem soon.
Hello, I’m a same age and my Dexa scores put me in the osteopenia arrange too. I discovered 11 months ago that I had two fractured vertebrae and I’m currently on alendronic acid. I bought a new mattress within a month of diagnosis and while he didn’t totally solve the problem it did make a huge difference. I bought a high-quality mattress with independent pocket springs, i.e. not foam.. it gives excellent support and the independent pocket springing minimises rebound when my partner turns over.it gave a definite feeling of being properly supported.. is also very quickly reduced the pain I was getting when I turn over in the night. I went to a very good bed Shop that had a huge selection of mattresses and test drove a good selection..
I have a silentnight airmax topper also. I do not find it sweaty
Well, I doubt any two people like the same mattress and when I bought my most recent mattress earlier this year the young man who sold it to me says he would never recommend any particular mattress to a customer.
After many years many beds and many disastrous mattress choices I realise I now that I need springs of some sort - previous mattress was a soft Tempur one which really didn’t suit my body at all. Far too hot and the worst thing for me was that couldn’t turn over easily.
What I finally realised after waking up in far less pain when we were in a holiday cottage was that I needed the bounce you get from springs to enable me to turn over so I headed off to Dreams the bed warehouse.
The young man there asked what sort of pillow I liked - flat! - gave me a pillow, pointed out the sprung beds and left me to it to wander around and lie on all the possible beds. He checked in every now and again to show that he knew we were there but he didn’t try to guide us and once we had chosen it was he who said he never advised anyone what to get or told them what sort of bed he had.
In the end I bought this one Dream Team Swaffham Combination Mattress it was on a half price offer - I notice it is again - has a little bit of foam in it somewhere but I can honestly say I sleep like a log now, I don’t overheat and I’ve even started to have a lie in which I haven’t wanted to do for years.
I’ve also gone back to using a metal bed frame where the mattress just sits on top. My previous bed was a John Lewis wooden frame - it looked lovely but the mattress sort of sank half way into the frame and I just wasn’t able to make the bed myself as I didn’t have the strength to lift the corners of it high enough to fit the sheet over.
I feel your pain, I bought a pocket sprung firmish mattress as my back pain started to worsen, I ended up trying a foam topper as it was not very comfortable, by the timei was diagnosed around may this year, have tried allsorts toget comfortable. I still feel like I'm lying on concrete and my pillow regime changes daily. I do find a sorter mattress now more bearable. It's not easy though!
No, it really is a total nightmare and it’s expensive too. I’m like you too - I could open a pillow shop, as you say your pillow regime can change daily.
I've had serious back problems since the early 1980s so my quest for a comfortable bed has been on the go since then, then a couple of years ago I fractured my sacrum which hasn’t helped at all.
It really isn’t easy, in the past I used to feel guilty about saying how awful my back felt but recently I’ve dipped into my life savings and bought my own bed or mattress so I don’t feel so bad.
When I was young I could have slept on anything - now I’m like the Princess and the Pea. It’s ridiculous really.
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