Mattress Forum

If you can return the bed, you should consider it.  I bought a Rhapsody (with my heart set on it!) and within 1 month, started getting back aches.

 

I've never had back problems in my life, and I slept on a Sealy Posturpedic Ultra Firm mattress for nearly 20 years!  The same mattress.  Never a back problem.

So I quickly took advantage of the retailers comfort exchange and swapped for their firmest, the Contour Select.  I couldn't reasonably opt out of Tempurpedic b/c 

I had stupidly bought the mattress with a non-refundable Tempurpedic adjustable frame (and quite frankly, it's silly to use that frame with a spring mattress.)  So the Contour has been much firmer, but hotter.  And now that I'm one month into it....backaches.  Again.  Now it's mid-upper back, in lieu of the lower back pain I had from the Rhapsody.  

And guess what?  I'm 105 pounds!  You would think my body temp would have to skyrocket to inhuman levels to make this very firm bed sink to backache levels.  Alas, I just may be one of those rare few that is not cut out for Tempurpedic.  Or everyone is lying about their "most amazing sleep ever."  Or perhaps your doc is correct, and we just need more time to adjust.  I suspect I have a tendency to roll onto my tummy, which is notoriously bad for the spine.  And it is definitely not an option on Tempurpedic.  However, how badly might I damage my back, how much suffering might I do before any potential "adjustment."  I was just fine with my traditional spring mattress.  And I'm pretty sure I can't return the bed to Tempurpedic now - and I would def be out the $1700 for the adjustable frame.  So far, it looks like a $4000.00 mistake, and a lot of potential for future back issues.

Btw, i do power yoga and for the first time EVER, I literally could not twist my body into the butterfly stretch.  It was as though my Tempurpedic bed turned my entire middle back into a concrete block of inflammation.  So beware.  All the hype about Tempurpedic may have zero to do with your own reality.  And trust me when I tell you, I spent many hours testing all the beds in the store.  An hour or so is a very different experience than sleeping the night.  Our body temp goes up and creates a different comfort level.  And if you have two bodies in the bed, which I do, that's even higher body temp and more concave sleeping.  Oh how I long for that spring action that held my body up with so much more support.  I would literally HOP out of bed in the mornings, and now i very carefully and effortfully roll over and do what I can to get out of bed.  

Yikes.

 

hopefully this post shows what tempurpedics are.

 

Indeed.  What they are to me, is a bed that allows me to sleep 8 hours and wake up with no pain in my lower back.  A bed that our local sleep clinic uses to assess sleep disorders.  They are not for everyone.  If you have a miracle bed that works for you, please share.  Otherwise you have contributed very little.  I believe the original poster has said their chiropracter has noted improvement with their spine.  

My Tempurpedic has been the best investment I've made ever.  Having the adjustable base is even better.  

 

congrats you have found a miracle bed a very very expensive piece of huge sponge that works for you or it could be that you could be trying to have us believe that. Previous posters post obviuosly dont count aha.

 

 

I know you would be happier with me being miserable along with you.  And I used to be.  However, I have found the mattress for me.  I got what I paid for.  You're mad about that?  I wish I would have gotten it right the first time. 

I realize this forum is a complaint and solution forum.  Most satisfied customers aren't here to tell you how great they are sleeping.  Obviously 226 negative posts have not gotten you any closer to a solution to your problem.  I feel sorry for you. I don't believe you have tried the Allura bed.  In fact you won't pay over $2k for any bed (you've said it in past posts; or something along those lines).  You have an agenda here, I'm just not sure what it is.  What would you like us to believe?  Seriously.