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Hello, I'm new to the forum; I've been looking for a new mattress for the last two weeks. My current mattress is 10 years old and I noticed that when I sleep on my stomach, I wake up with the worst lower back pain. I thought maybe it was the pillow on my bed but I realized when i traveled for work a few months ago, i woke up every morning feeling refreshed. My first night back home, my back was killing me the next morning. So, I went to a couple of Mattress stores here in GA. One major retailer and the other specializes only in Mattresses. I'm looking at one called
Can anyone offer any insight on either mattress. I know the lady is tired of me coming in there to lay on these mattresses but I'm just torn.
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Not to be antagonistic, but from what I've read, stomach sleeping is the least recommended position. Apparently it can leave one prone to neck and back pain. 2/3 of people are side sleepers. I know they say you should put a pillow under your hips when stomach sleeping. If you use some sort of body pillow, it could train you to side sleep and not roll over to your stomach. I have a spare King size pillow which I put between knees and lay my upper arm over it when side sleeping. I find the 50" long body pillows a bit too long. On to mattresses. I would looking at a number of mattress stores including Sears if they have them nearby. Each retailer has different selections. Be very familiar with exchange policies (if they don't have one, find a retailer that does), and return policy. Very common to pay a restocking fee if returning, but one time free exchange can be found too. I don't know where that Simmons falls in the lineup (retailers use different names and slightly different fabrics to disguise mattresses). Simmons Beautyrest Classic is the common name found on their website as pretty much the entry level mattress. I think they are pretty darn good for an innerspring mattress and they have individual coils as do all beautyrest beds. Individually pocketed coils conform the best and have less motion transfer for bed partners. Downside is weight is not distrubuted to neighboring coils like connected coils so some coils will bear repeated weight. Next level up in Beautyrest is the Elite which would be a lot like my 2 week old Stearns and Foster entry level Plush. The foam on these types of beds and likely the one you are looking are will indent and form to your body in just a few days. I rate my S&F as good, a solid 'B' grade for sure. But I may very well do an exchange to try a memory foam bed from Serta's iComfort line, a Revolution. No doubt Tempurpedic beds are high quality, but their prices reflect that. I've been using a Tempurpedic pillow Symphony pillow for about 3 years and it is exactly the same as the day I bought it. Tempurpedic's memory foam is high quality. This message was modified Jul 2, 2011 by a moderator
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