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Bergin says the memory foam mattress is best for anyone with back pain or osteoarthritis. The term "memory foam" is often misunderstood. It doesn't mean the mattress remembers the contours of your body but that the mattress returns to its original flat plane once you get up. Memory foam is made of heat and pressure sensitive material that responds to your body temperature and conforms to near-perfect pressure, weight distribution, and support.
"It gets as close to weightless sleep as possible," says Bergin. "It supports the entire body at all the pressure points as though you're floating. It really is a remarkable discovery. Unfortunately a high-quality mattress that will last 20 years without being flipped is high priced, about $1,800 to $2,500."
He recently bought a Tempur-Pedic mattress, which uses the memory foam developed by NASA. "NASA put it in seats to absorb G-forces so it doesn't hurt. When G-forces push the astronaut into the seat, the material gives. We're bombarded by G-forces when we sleep, and memory foam allows the heavier or denser parts of the body to sink into the foam.
A number of manufacturers make memory foam mattresses or top conventional mattresses with a layer of it.
Anyone got one and recommend it????
Stephen Perera
Gibraltar, Europe
graphics@gibraltar.gi
Bergin says the memory foam mattress is best for anyone with back pain or osteoarthritis. The term "memory foam" is often misunderstood. It doesn't mean the mattress remembers the contours of your body but that the mattress returns to its original flat plane once you get up. Memory foam is made of heat and pressure sensitive material that responds to your body temperature and conforms to near-perfect pressure, weight distribution, and support.
"It gets as close to weightless sleep as possible," says Bergin. "It supports the entire body at all the pressure points as though you're floating. It really is a remarkable discovery. Unfortunately a high-quality mattress that will last 20 years without being flipped is high priced, about $1,800 to $2,500."
He recently bought a Tempur-Pedic mattress, which uses the memory foam developed by NASA. "NASA put it in seats to absorb G-forces so it doesn't hurt. When G-forces push the astronaut into the seat, the material gives. We're bombarded by G-forces when we sleep, and memory foam allows the heavier or denser parts of the body to sink into the foam.
A number of manufacturers make memory foam mattresses or top conventional mattresses with a layer of it.
Anyone got one and recommend it????
Stephen Perera
Gibraltar, Europe
graphics@gibraltar.gi
