Aches and Pains
It is important to recognise that sleeping on a mattress that is not suited to your body can cause or increase body aches and pains. A mattress that does not support you correctly can create bad sleep posture, strained muscles or unnatural spinal alignment, all of which contribute to body aches and pains. Some people will suffer pain for years before realising that perhaps it’s their mattress that is at fault.
Sleep is the only time the muscles, spine and ligaments can completely relax. It allows your body a rest period that is essential to help maintain optimal body function and spinal stabilisation. A good mattress that is correctly fitted to your body shape will maintain the same natural spinal alignment you have when you are standing while at the same time evenly balancing out the weight of the body, creating no pressure points. When the body is allowed to rest in this position, the muscles relax at the correct length and positions, which ultimately allows you to sleep and wake up pain free.
Case Study: Shannon Hansen
Every night Shannon Hansen would toss and turn trying to find a comfortable sleeping position but in her old bed she found that this was impossible. As a result, she was constantly waking up exhausted, stiff and unhappy. But since she has received her new Sleepyhead, things have improved significantly. Shannon now has more energy during the day, can think more clearly and is getting a lot more work done.
The best thing is that she is not feeling as old anymore. She wakes up refreshed and without any of her old aches and pains. She is back to exercising regularly and is not getting the injuries like she was. The aches and pains that had been constant for the last six months are mostly gone. Now she finds she falls to sleep a lot faster and if she does wake in the night she easily re-settles and falls back to sleep quickly rather than lying awake for hours. Shannon’s found the only downside of her new bed is that all the family want to sleep in it!
