It is hard to believe that a mattress can be the cause of lower back pain, more specifically what many call morning back pain. The type of pain that is most acute in the morning when we first get out of bed. This is not normal. Sleeping is supposed to be a healing experience. If lower back pain is caused by the march of time and the effects of gravity over our lifetime then it should be most severe at the end of the day not the beginning.

Before I discovered the real cause of my back problems I considered many treatments such as disc decompression, inversion therapy, traction and even surgery. Disc decompression seemed like a reasonable choice. I had seen the ads on TV and they looked like a good solution. I learned that spinal disc compression treatment could cost up to $1,000 a month and that it was not covered by medical insurance. Year after year my pain increased and then there came a time when I could barely get out of bed one morning.

I had to do something, this could not go on. Then I saw another ad on TV about inversion tables. They seemed inexpensive and they were a type of traction therapy. I bought the cheapest one I could find for about $100. I must admit, hanging upside down is not a pleasant experience at all. The blood in your body rushes to your head, and your feet and ankles get sore. In time my body did get used to hanging upside down.

It took about two weeks before I really felt an improvement to my back. Little by little it was getting better. I would even stop using the inversion table only to regret it some time later when the sharp pain would return in the morning again. So the inversion table did help but it did not solve the problem. I kept coming back to one nagging question. Why was my back pain most severe in the morning? I was beginning to believe my bed was the problem.

I decided to give my mattress a good inspection. I removed all the blankets and sheets and with a careful eye noticed the mattress did have a slight dip in the middle, a slight bowl-like shape to it. When sleeping on it I am sure the dip in the middle was even more pronounced. Could this have been the cause of my problems all these years. I remember when I was young I could sleep on anything and never did I experience back pain. Maybe now it was time to pay more attention to what I was sleeping on. Time to get a good mattress.

I did quite a bit of research and decided I would try a memory foam mattress. When I went shopping I could not believe the prices, thousands of dollars. I could not afford to spend so much money on something I wasn’t sure would even work for me. With a little more research I found I could make my own memory foam mattress and platform frame for a fraction of the cost. I have to tell you now that in my case this “morning back pain” was caused by a bad mattress and a memory foam bed was the solution – no more morning back pain.

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