Side sleepers and latex toppers or mattress poll
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For those of you that sleep on latex mattresses or latex toppers, can you tell me what setup and/or ILD that your hips feel no pain? Kimberly you use to have hip pain, but I am not sure if you still have no pain all the time. I remember (I think) 36ILD for the layers and the convoluted topper all Flobed right? Vzone Flobed users what ILD do you use for your hips? I am talking about people who experienced painful pressure points from side sleeping. For those young people who never experience problems sleeping or even mature people who don't have problems with pressure points those experiences don't help, because they can sleep on rocks LOL. That would be my husband. He doesn't know how lucky he is........ Thanks for any help.  |
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Leo3 wrote: I wish I could afford to buy a Flobed, but I can't  Jim, when you slept on the Dunlop that was 32 and it feels like 36-38 you said that hurt your back if I believe correctly. So sleeping on too firm hurts your back too. Which makes sense if the small of your back has nothing to support it. Since I can only get 32ILD, or a 36ILD from Sleeplikeabear and I only want a 2" this will be difficult to find. The 32ILD you have do you think it is somewhat firm? How is your back now since you removed the wool topper? Yes, that 32 ILD hurt my back. Too firm for me. The 32ILD Talalay is more towards soft, the 32ILD Dunlop is more towards firm. Yes,after I took the wool topper off my mattress seems to be better for my back. Not sure if it was because of the wool or if it was just coincidence that my back is healing from all that work I did the previous week. A Dunlop piece might be what you need if you're looking for firm. |
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I meant to post this on the other thread, oops. Oh well. This message was modified Feb 19, 2010 by Leo3
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fantasticalice wrote: I could NOT find latex that worked for me. Mine is/was too firm. It caused burning and tingling all down my left leg and was starting on the right! Took OFF the latex and threw a doubled piece of some squishy gray mem foam from Overstock in between my air mattress and new fiber topper. It is hot and I will look for something else BUT no pain of any kind so far. It's 11:44 and I'd been in bed since 7 watching the tube and falling asleep. I took the advice of the mattress guy and got rid of the pillows and the tingling in my hands stopped. Put a pillow back, the tingling started again. I am getting what works for me and it's happening because I live alone and can try many different things all in the same night. The minute I feel tingle I switch what I am doing. My advice to you and all of us who experience anything out of "normal" while sleeping, there IS help and you don't have to suffer. If it isn't working for you change it! Flobeds, I hope you are paying attention! Alice Why are you calling out Flobeds? What does Flobeds have to do with *your* sleep issues? They offer latex mattresses, and I think air and water mattressess as well. The people on this forum who have purchased from Flobeds have tended to purchase their latex products - at least I haven't seen any reports on their air/water bed products. The forum users here have stated many times, in many different threads, that latex isn't for everyone. Jimsocal is a notable case in point. He tried a Flobeds and it didn't work out for him. However, even the people who purchased from Flobeds and returned their beds because latex wasn't the solution for them acknowledge that it is a first rate company with exemplary customer service. Other people have tried latex mattresses from other latex mattress retailers, e.g., Sleepez and Saavy Rest. Some have been happy, some have returned their mattresses. Some people can't deal with Dunlop latex, some people can't deal with Talalay latex. Some people have tried various Costco memory foam/latex mattresses and all latex mattresses. Some have turned to mattress surgery (Jimsocal being the guru in that department). Some people have had good experiences with Tempurpedics and Tempurpedic knock-offs. Everyone is different, with different preferences regarding how they want their mattress to feel, and how their bodies respond to different mattress components and firmness levels. There is no one solution for everybody. Seems irresponsible to call out ONE mattress company that you haven't even purchased from because you tried a latex *topper* and it wasn't the answer for you. |
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@ LEO - if you are still interested in trying a latex mattress, you might want to look at the Arizona Mattress Company that Sager brought to our attention. The prices there do seem very good, and it might be a very cost effective way to try out a latex mattress and see how it works for you. http://www.latexmattresscompany.com/ |
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Deleted due to my lack of sleep and crankiness. This message was modified Feb 19, 2010 by Leo3
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