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Phoenix, AZ

What kind of mattress has been helpful with your pain.

December 26, 2017
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Members shared their experiences finding the right mattress for fibromyalgia pain, with popular choices including memory foam for its... Read more

Members shared their experiences finding the right mattress for fibromyalgia pain, with popular choices including memory foam for its body-molding comfort, Sleep Number beds for adjustable firmness that adapts to changing pain levels, and custom latex-memory foam combinations that allow different firmness on each side for couples. Several members offered practical guidance, recommending higher-quality memory foam products to avoid sagging issues, suggesting toppers as a more affordable option, and noting that some found relief with heated waterbeds in the past, though back issues made firmer mattresses necessary for their partners. A recurring theme was the importance of finding a mattress that reduces pressure on joints, with one member describing how an adjustable base with zero gravity settings provided amazing relief, though the cost was prohibitive at ten thousand dollars.

A MyChronicPainTeam Member

@A MyChronicPainTeam Member - This tends to happen with the less expensive products. My original memory foam mattress was a Tempur and it was excellent, but very expensive. I have since tried memory foam toppers on a top quality sprung mattress. This worked pretty well, you do have to be careful as not all of them offer deep enough memory foam. I currently have a combiined sprung mattress with memory foam built in. This has been excellent.
Hope this helps x

December 27, 2017
A MyChronicPainTeam Member

In my case it's memory foam all the way plus a C shaped support pillow x

December 26, 2017
A MyChronicPainTeam Member

Well It could be a bad thing if you have kids....they WILL get you up on saturday morning. Also that was thirty years ago.... my condition has gotten a little worse ; ) Go with the memory foam....

January 1, 2018
A MyChronicPainTeam Member

For my fibromyalgia I notice that memory foam mattress wiek

January 2, 2018
A MyChronicPainTeam Member

Yeah, @pattihendri, I've never been comfortable on a water bed, so I think I'll stick with a mattress or memory foam.

December 31, 2017

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