Mattress for prolapsed discs
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Hi Have spent several hours reading your site today and am very impressed with the level of knowledge you have. We spent the afternoon in Dreams, Bensons, Feather and Black and our local high end department store and to be frank were entirely disappointed at the lack of expertise and limited information available about the beds we tried. I took great delight in Bensons explaining the different types of Latex to a sales assistant who told me he didn't know much about technical specifications. I honestly felt I knew more than half the people we spoke to after doing my home work on your site!
So thank you and we are now coming back to you for advice and hopefully a purchase. We are a couple weighing 17 and 13 stone. My partner has 2 prolapsed discs-lower back and torn rotator cuff tendons in both shoulders resulting in shoulder and back pain, she prefers to sleep on her side. I have osteoarthritis in both hips which requires me to sleep on my side to stabilise my worst hip during sleep. We have a 10 year old silentnight orthopaedic bed which is beyond awful. We both suffer back pain that wakes us and often feel pretty awful after a nights sleep. It is definitely time we did something about it!
I suspect that we have in the past equated 'firm' support with 'best for back pain' but having read your site and others it would seem that a latex bed or latex topped pocket sprung option might be the best to relieve pain on pressure points. We were really taken this afternoon with the comfort factor of the latex topped beds we tried- Sealy and Hypnos but have come home and read awful reviews of Sealy beds and couldn't afford the Hypnos examples.We were also told this afternoon that there was no such thing as an all latex bed-is this correct?
Can you advise us?
We have a budget of about £1000.
Thanks for your email.
It seems like you have encountered the mysterious and confusing world of retail beds!!
I'm going to start at the end and work backwards if you will entertain it.
Firstly there is an all latex bed, these are called solid core latex mattresses and are the best type of 'foam/contemporary' bed you can buy. We have a full range of Fusion 'solid core' latex mattresses.
What I believe the misinformed sales staff may mean is there is no 100% Natural Latex mattress, which is partially true. However please read the article which I have attached which relates to natural latex.
Dunlopillo offer solid core latex beds, but these are hard to find along with the exact blend of their latex which they don't seem to state.
As for your current issues and mattress it sounds like you require a mattress that can offer both support but pressure relieving / comfort on certain points of the body. Latex is fantastic at doing this, as it will give enough where pressure is placed and support those areas where needed. It offers what we term progressive comfort, ie just enough sink before support.
This can sometimes be a different sensation compared to traditional pocket sprung beds as there is a slight sink sensation into the mattress before the support which is gradual. Since you've done your research and tried latex beds I'll assume your comfortable with the sensation of latex.
The biggest decision is whether you prefer medium or firm and given your weights it maybe best to opt for the firmer mattress but with a medium topper meaning there is the soft comfort layer before reaching the support.
| Fusion 4 | Dunlopillo Celeste | |
|---|---|---|
| Cover | Micro-quilt John Ryan Cover with tape edged damask sides | 2cm quilted cover with Actipro |
| 1 | 5cm 100% 70kg Natural Latex | NA |
| 2 | 18cm 100% 80kg Natural Latex | 19cm Latex (Density & blend unknown) |
| Total Depth | 23cm + 3-5 cm for the quilted cover | 21cm |
| Your Bodyweight | This will feel |
|---|---|
| Under 10 Stone / 63kg | Firm |
| 10-12 Stone / 63-76kg | Firm |
| 12-14 Stone / 76-88kg | Firm |
| 14-16 Stone / 88-101kg | Firm to Medium |
| 16-18 Stone / 101-114kg | Medium to Firm |
| 18 Stone / 114kg Plus | Please call for advice |
If you both prefer a medium bed then the medium would be suitable. The heavier you get the softer the mattress will feel.
Our fusion range comes in medium or firm and there is some weight guidance under each of these mattresses in our shop.
I would approach with caution any of the 'latex' beds you've mentioned as there are very few solid core latex beds in the retailers.
A number of models are entirely synthetic and only contain thin layers with springs/" title="pocket spring">pocket spring units.
Only Jensen that we know of at the moment come with removable turnable toppers similar to our range.
What you need is deep layers of solid core latex to enable the pressure relieving and comfort to work properly.
I hope this helps but please call our office on 0161 437 4419 for further advice / information.
Kind regards Julie
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