Sufferers from Pagets disease, arthritis or other conditions that cause chronic pain often find that they have trouble sleeping at night. Painful joint and back problems can often prevent you from sleeping properly simply because it's painful to rest in one position for very long with uneven pressure on parts of the body from your mattress.

Pain can get worse at night

Chronic pain is also amplified at nighttime when everything is quiet and the only thing that your brain has to concentrate on is the pain making it seem even worse than it actually is.

How can a memory foam mattress help?

A memory foam mattress can help you to sleep by reducing the pressure points on your body while you sleep. Memory foam is able to do this because it moulds itself to the shape of your body by becoming soft when your body heats it. The more pressure that you body places on the memory foam the hotter and softer it gets allowing that part of your body to sink further into the foam.

By allowing the parts of your body with the greatest pressure on them to sink further into the foam it eventually equalises the pressure on the whole of your body making your mattress a snug and comfortable supportive surface.

When the pressure is equalised over your whole body there are no high pressure points left to cause and aggravate your pain. This is what allows you to get a comfortable and high quality nights sleep.

A case study

My next-door neighbour suffers from Pagets disease and he used to have a lot of trouble getting a quality nights sleep. He said that he found it very difficult to get off to sleep and when he did he would wake up an hour later with the pain. This would continue all night long leaving him feeling exhausted during the day.

My neighbour now uses a high-density polyurethane foam mattress topper, which is designed to relieve pressure points in the same way that a memory foam mattress does. He has not looked back since the first time he used this topper because it allows him to get a quality night sleep. He gets to sleep quicker and he doesn't wake until the next morning.

Consider the cheaper alternatives

Memory foam mattresses are expensive so while they do seem to work effectively it is worth looking at the alternatives if you feel that you can't afford it. Memory foam also gives off a slight odour, which some people don't like so it isn't right for everyone.