Ankolysing Spondylitis and mattresses?

Sue asked

4th March 2015

My husband and I favour a really soft mattress.

My husband is quite a lot heavier than me and when he moves in the night I am disturbed and when he gets out of bed I am tipped sideways.

Needless to say my sleeping is suffering.

The mattress we have now is lovely if you are sleeping alone – all marshmallowy.

But it has developed a hump in the middle (which we refer to as the ‘dead man’) so we really need to do something about it.

I want to keep our lovely cast iron 5′ bedframe so am considering two zipped 2’6″ mattresses.

We had two zipped mattresses many years ago but they were rock hard and my husband who suffers from ankylosing spondylitis had a miserable time.

I am assuming technology has moved on.

Please advise.

1 Answer

Lee Staff

answered 9 years ago

Hi Sue,

Thank you for your question.

Sorry to hear you’re having issues with your current mattress.

You’re right in thinking that a zip and link will reduce considerably the transference from a more ‘lively’ sleeper.

I’d need to know your weights and heights to properly advise but our softest zip and link to give you the feel I think you’re looking for is the Artisan Luxury.

Bodyweight	Spring tension
Upto 16 Stone / 50-101kg	Medium (1.4mm)
16 Stone / 101kg Upwards	Firm (1.6mm)
Available in Bespoke Products (Please Call)	Soft (1.2mm)

	John Ryan By Design Artisan Luxury	Vi-Spring Devonshire
1	1200 GSM British Fleece Wool and Cotton	600gsm British Fleece Wool
2	Hairproof Cambric Cover	1700gsm Devonshire Fleece Wool
3	1200gsm Pure Horsehair	NA
4	500gsm Pure Wool	NA
5	1200gsm Pure Horsetail	NA
6	500gsm Pure Wool	300gsm Bonded British Fleece Wool and Cotton
7	1476 Calico encased Pocket Springs [51mm] [1.42mm]	1326 Calico encased Pocket Springs [54mm] [1.52mm]
Total GSM	4600gsm	2600gsm