Mattress Forum

After a week we were hurting so badly we couldn't go out and couldn't figure out why though we both have osteoarthritis.  Finally we determined that it was the memory foam mattress that was causing the pain.  We called the representative who exchanged the mattress for us and he said to put a heated mattress cover/pad on the mattres and leave it on all day.  Well, it's off-season and we can't find a heated mattress pad anywhere so we had to order one with expidited shipping and hopefully, it will "expand the cells within the foam and make it comfortable.  Meanwhile we have two electric heating pads we are alternating placement on the bed-but it really doesn't help.

Has anyone used this technique to make their memory foam mattress "softer?"  If it doesn't improve the comfort, we taking the "thing" back and getting another pillow topper-type mattress.  We're praying that this will work for us, we both feel like we're crippled.  We do have an adjustable bed and elevated the head of the bed but no relief.  It's still almost like sleeping on a hard floor.