Back pain after new mattress
Dec 17, 2009 10:11 PM
Joined: Dec 17, 2009
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I had an old mattress for about 10 years, it was a firm mattress that now looks like a very soft mattress... So I decided to replace the mattress and bought a new Laura Ashley Firm Mattress.

I've been sleeping on it with no problem, but my wife on the first night had complained of back pain... now we have the mattress for about 10 days and she still felling back pain...

Is that related to the mattress? Should I return the mattress? Monday she is going to see a doctor, but it strange that replacing the mattress would give you back pain...

Thanks for the help

This message was modified Dec 17, 2009 by Ennio
Re: Back pain after new mattress
Reply #5 Dec 23, 2009 4:34 PM
Location: L.A. area
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Ennio wrote:
I had an old mattress for about 10 years, it was a firm mattress that now looks like a very soft mattress... So I decided to replace the mattress and bought a new Laura Ashley Firm Mattress.

I've been sleeping on it with no problem, but my wife on the first night had complained of back pain... now we have the mattress for about 10 days and she still felling back pain...

Is that related to the mattress? Should I return the mattress? Monday she is going to see a doctor, but it strange that replacing the mattress would give you back pain...

Thanks for the help


Replacing an old mattress with a new one CAN cause back pain even IF the new mattress is fine. My friend did just that, and his back hurt, and after a week or two his body adjusted to it and now he loves it.

However, that said, also there are many times when the mattress - even a new one - DOES cause back pain because often they just have too much lousy foam inside. Yes, even a firm one can have too much non-supportive foam on top of the springs.

See if she likes it better after a few weeks, but if not, replace it with an ultra firm (almost NO foam in it) type mattress, then add your own latex on top for softness and if that still doesn't work, do mattress surgery (do a search on this forum for info).