While I’ve been on the hunt for a new mattress (soft, as I’m a hypermobile side sleeper and medium to firm mattresses make me bruise and sublux) I’ve learnt a few things: side sleeping is the most common sleeping position, while medium-firm is the most popular mattress firmness. Softer mattresses are much harder to come by. However, soft mattresses are also supposedly the best for side-sleepers while medium-firm is for back sleepers and firm is for stomach sleepers, so how does this work together? Are most people sleeping on the wrong mattress?
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Traditional mattress with springs doesn’t equally support the whole body, so what happens is that you get pressure points on your hips and shoulder usually. Softer mattresses knock you out of alignment because there’s less support, while a firmer one will dig sharply. Weight also contributes to this, most people carry their weight in their torso. It’s hard to make a soft mattress that also has good support. That’s where stuff like latex and memory foam come in, they’re meant to do both by providing equal support without causing pressure points. Soft is still rare to find even there though.
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