Mattress Forum

Over the first 3 months the mattress felt like it might be a little firm, but it seemed to soften with time.  By mid may, my back pain was relieved.  From July to August, I loved the bed.  Starting in September, I began having back trouble and neck/shoulder pain again.  My back pain isn't muscle spasms like I'd normally expect, but lower back fatigue.  The muscles just feel tired with any sort of activity--even just walking.  Additionally, the top of my shoulders are stiff and sore, like I over worked them.  

I'm looking for insight on where I should be looking for a the culprit.  Too firm, too soft, wrong pillow? 

I did rotate the matress a couple weeks ago and I can say that I felt that there may be a depression where I had been sleeping.  I typically sleep on the left side and after I rotated it,  I felt pulled over to the right side of the mattress, and would always wake up on the right side.  Shaun at SleepEZ told me to take out each layer and put it on the floor (not EZ when you have a back problem), but I did that and I can't see anything.  I don't want to ship back layers only to pay shipping 2 ways and not have a valid warranty claim. 

Last week, I took my bed apart and just put the mattress on the box spring (topped with plywood) on the floor.  Next I plan to remove the box spring all together.  I hate tearing apart my house for this.