How to recognize a worn mattress?
The alarm rings but you’re already awake
Take the 7 point test 1 Is your bed more than about 3,650 nights. As we move on average 40 times a night, the box spring and mattress have been worn by about 150,000 movements. □ Yes □ No 2 Your bed is too soft or too 10 years old ? Beds that are more than 10 years old have been slept on for short ? To relax all the muscles and allow the body and mind to recover, it is important to choose a sufficiently long and wide bed. Sleep regularly disturbed by discomfort leads to chronic fatigue. □ Yes □ No
3 Do you feel tired when you wake up ? A poor quality bed causes pain and stiffness in the body. This leads to repeated waking up, especially in the second part of the night and eventually causes physical and mental exhaustion. With a new good quality bed, the muscular system is relaxed, sleep will be deeper and there will be fewer wake-ups during the night. □ Yes □ No 4 Do you wake with back pain ? Many body pains are aggra- vated and even caused by poor posture during sleep due to an old or inappro- priate bed. If you suffer from back pain, you
You have turned in all directions, have tried unsuccessfully to find comfortable position to prolong sleep. You assume its your age. You are not sick or old: the pain and discomfort is caused by the wrong mattress. The mattress could be old but most likely it is too hard.
Perhaps you have had this mattress since Uni- versity or it is as old as your children?
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