Memory foam mattresses are useful mattresses that give great levels of support and comfort, and are becoming more popular in the mattress market.
Temperature and pressure sensitive, they respond to body heat and pressure, so when you lie on the mattress, it moulds itself to your body shape for optimum support where it’s needed most. This means that all of your body has the support and cushioning in the right places, ensuring that you are comfortable and providing you with individual support.
A memory foam mattress will evenly spready body weight across the surface to improve pressure relief and take stress off the joints, which also helps to reduce tossing and turning throughout the night. The mattress will only push down as deep as your body weight applies, which means you will have most support where you’re heaviest and the least support where you are lightest.
Sleeping on a memory foam mattress is particularly effective if you suffer from lower back pain because the unique foam material contours to the shape of your back, so it provides optimum support to your back muscles and reduces stress on your back.
This shape contouring means that it will make sure you sleep in the right position for your back muscles and won’t allow you to move into an uncomfortable or awkward position during the night.
When you remove pressure off a memory foam mattres it will always return to its original shape, which means every time you lie on your memory foam mattress it will always give individual support.
Memory foam was originally invented by NASA in the 1970s although it was never used in space and this visco elastic polyurethane foam was then adopted by a Swedish foam company who decided to develop the foam further for the medical industry and eventually households in the 1980s.
As more people realise the health and comfort of a memory foam mattress they are becoming even more popular.
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