Health Care

By: Steve Gee

Do you have a problem with chronic joint pain or lower back pain or pain in the neck etc? If you do then you most likely experience a lot of discomfort when lying or sitting in what should be the most luxurious furniture that you have in your home.

More and more people that suffer from chronic pain caused by arthritis, Pagets disease or other conditions are finding that their symptoms can be relieved to some extent by using furniture made from memory foam. It's now an established fact that memory foam mattresses can help many people to get a good night sleep by making their bed so much more comfortable and this can help to minimise the additional pain you might experience when you lie down.

How does memory foam help to relieve your pain?

When memory foam gets hot it becomes softer and allows you to press further into the material. When a hot object like your body comes into contact with the foam it heats up in the places that are in direct contact with your body and allows those parts of your body to sink into the foam. As you sink further into the memory foam more and more of your body comes into contact with it and the further you sink until there is soft foam under every part of your body.

When every part of your body is supported by the warmer soft foam the pressure on every part of your body in contact is equalised. Because there are no longer any single points of pressure the whole of your body will feel comfortable and under the least amount of stress possible. It's this lowering of stress by distributing it across all of your body that gives you pain relief.

Why was memory foam invented?

In the early days of the space program NASA needed to develop ways of making astronauts more comfortable in the periods of high acceleration and deceleration experienced at take off and landing. Memory foam was one of the materials developed for NASA and it promised to help in these situations by eliminating pressure points in the astronauts seating. How the foam was going to get warmed by the astronauts body through their space suite I'm not sure.

Memory foam also gives off small amounts of toxic gasses when it's new which has been the popular reason given for why NASA never actually used it in their space craft. In space there is nowhere for the gas to go.

Experiment to find the best solution for you

High quality memory foam mattresses are still expensive items so it pays to experiment with lower cost alternatives before going straight out to change your mattress. Memory foam pillows and toppers are easily obtained and can make a big difference if you are having trouble sleeping. There are also cheaper materials like high-density polyurethane foam that might suit your pocket better.

I recently experienced some lower back pain problems, which meant that my nice comfy lounge chairs turned into a nightmare because I couldn't get comfortable on them. A few memory foam cushions might help you out if you have similar problems.

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