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Question by poetic_dream86: What type of mattress would be best for rheumatiod arthritis?
My fiance has rheumatiod arthritis in his feet and ankles and in the back. He tosses and turns almost every night to where it keeps him up and also me. We are going to look for a mattress this week. Should we look more deeply into firm or soft mattress’?

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Answer by iwas1ncthr
Oh Dear God,

I feel for you and him. I have gout and I have just had a spinal fusion done back in 2005. We just bought a Sealy PP Bodydream and I’ll tell you what, I used to toss all night and since we bought this bed I fall asleep in one position and I wake up in the same one. I wouldn’t go for the firm one at all. You want nice soft cussion whenever that acts up on him.When my gout hits, I cant even put a sheet on my foot it hurts that bad. Has he ever tried eating and drinking tart cherries in natural juices? I take colchicine wich nutralizes the uric acid buildup which is the same thing with his rheumatoid. The cherry juice doe the same thing and works wonders to help stop the pain on top of any medication he is takeing.

We bought our bed at Sleepy’s and scored a deal of a life time. Go to US Matteress dot com and use there comfort scale to find a bed in the 8-10 range. Shop in ther ultra plush section meaning euro top and look for the beds they have on sale. When I got mine this place had the one we got on sale for 5 with free delivery and no taxes + free removal of old bed. Sleepy’s has a 20% price match on any bed so I printed this off the net and brought it into the place. The manager threw a fit because the mattress I wanted even on sale in there store was 00 but I stuck to my guns and demanded the 20% less price of the cheapest advertised price I could find.
All in all I got the mattress set up, to include tax and delivery for 4 total. Sears sells this same bed in the same king size we got right now on there web site for 99. I would say that I walked out of there feeling like I just took over as the greatest (frugal) shopper in Sleepy’s history. Dont be talked into buying there”custom” box spring either. Keep the one you have and use it unless your upgrading to a bigger size. You can get an idea of how big I am by my picture on this forum but I am also 6′5 311lbs and my wife is a little 5′4 130lb woman and the king size bed is perfect. WE even have our little one with us most of the time at night and there is so much room. The one thing about this bed is that the pillow/euro top is made of that super soft cotton. Its not rayon blend like the usual matteress you find in the stores. The total thickness of this matteress is almot 16 inches thick and 5 inches is the pillowtop that is so soft you are tempted to sleep on it without any sheets or cover. I almost bought one of those memory foam deals but after laying on several of them I found that they all are firm after the foam conforms to your body. To me it was uncomfortable and it was a pain to roll over after you sunk into your formed position. Another tid bit is buy your sheets at overstock. We bought 4 new king size sheet sets to include the fitting sheet, top sheet and 2 king size pillow cases with a 600TC for .99 each. What a deal and the comfot of these sheets was unlike I ever experianced before. I never fell for that high thread count thing until my wife convinced me to give them a try. Afterall, I was ready to spend about 60-80$ for some cotton rayon blend set at walmart that was 220TC. I am glad I took her advice as after we washed them and put the first set on the bed I had the best sleep I have ever had in my life. When my gout kicks in I dont think there is any bed on this earth that will ease the discomfort as the pain is so harsh but when your dealing with the general discomfort of rheumatoid when it isnt flared up comfot does improve your life.

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Question by Curious: What type of mattress should I use on a platform bed.Can I use a regular spring mattress?
I am planning on buying a platform bed and a mattress. I do not like the concept of a box spring and a mattress.I was curious what type of mattress would be ideal for a platform bed.

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Answer by Joseph C
yes

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Finding the Right Type of Memory Foam Mattress for you

Finding the Right Type of Memory Foam Mattress For You

Considering buying a memory foam mattress, but new to the memory foam product world? Don’t worry, in this article we will go through the more important things to consider when considering which memory foam mattress is right for you. When considering all of the options, it can be rather staggering from all the different choices. “How do they make so many different types of memory foam mattresses?” you may ask. Just like regular innerspring mattresses, memory foam mattresses do vary in firmness as well as other factors as well.

First thing a person would want to consider when looking for a good memory foam mattress is density. The reason for this is because many memory foam mattress consumers have had a few issues after purchasing memory foam mattresses of densities below 4 lbs. Four pound density memory four mattresses are our recommendation in order to avoid any avoidable sagging in the mattress. However, one exception would be memory foam toppers which can be placed on top of a regular mattress to give it a ‘feel’ of a real memory foam mattress, but these are not as thick as regular mattresses and could potentially wear out sooner than a regular mattress. more and more higher density memory foam mattresses are becoming available nowadays.

Second thing to look for would be a good ILD rating. The ILD rating on a memory foam mattress is the rating of the actual firmness of the mattress determined through a series of tests of the visco elastic material used in the manufacturing of the memory foam mattress. If you would like to compare ILD ratings to that of a Tempurpedic mattress, then an ILD rating of around 13 to 15 should be about right. Firmness is a very big issue for many individuals who experience back pain, fibromyalgia as well as other chronic pain related conditions and diseases. So make sure you get the right memory foam mattress with the firmness and density that best fits your needs. Also, be sure to take advantage of any free trial offers that many memory foam mattress manufacturers now offer!

The next things to consider after density and firmness would be resilience and tensility, if you would really like to go into detail. There are indeed more tests that are done on the memory foam materials in mattresses around the world including stretching the material as far as it can go. This test is the tensility test and this really does not apply to normal household usage of memory foam as the pressure of the body on top of it is about as far as the stretching will go in regards to the memory foam mattress.

When considering resilience, you may want to consider whether or not you would like a highly resilient, or HR, memory foam mattress which is more like an innerspring mattress as the whole benefit of memory foam is the fact that it is made of temperature sensitive material which conforms to the contours of your body. This ‘cradling’ relieves pressure in more injured and/or fevered areas of the body. The benefits of memory foam mattresses are enormous when considering how memory foam affects the body by relieving pressure points while providing spinal alignment, a better night’s sleep and more. So make sure you select your new memory foam mattress carefully as high quality memory foam mattresses can last for many years to come.