Adjustable Beds and Back Pain
Beds with horizontal flexible wooden or plastic slats, which can also be adjusted in different ways to raise the head, back or feet, have proven to offer the most appropriate kind of support to the spine.
When buying a bed and mattress, it is important to consider not just aesthetics or comfort, but also health issues. This is true not only when we are ill, but also when we are enjoying perfect health.
The elasticity of the slat base under the mattress plays a very important role in the distribution of pressure points, which are related to the deformation of the spine.
As it is well know, the inter vertebral disk with its cartilaginous mass and fibrous rings is particularly sensitive to poor positioning caused by unbalanced pressures such as leaning more to one side than the other or weighing more on one side than the other. This imbalance causes nutritional disorders and dehydration of the disk tissue.
Something as simple as sitting down for long periods of time, day after day, contributes to the formation of a herniated disk. This can cause severe back or neck pain and discomfort. Therefore, a physiological position that relieves pressure on the spine is especially important at night. Both very hard and very soft bed bases have negative effects, in fact contributing to the deformation of the spine.
This is why waterbeds and inflexible inner spring mattresses are not, in most cases, appropriate for the spine. This is especially useful for patients suffering from certain kinds of illnesses, back pain among them.
Inclining (raising) the upper body is of therapeutic importance for certain cardiac conditions, while patients with chronic venous insufficiency benefit most from raising the lower extremities.
In addition to the bed support (slat base), the mattress plays a very important role. It should be neither very hard nor very soft.
Adjustable Beds And Your Health
The stress a back has to endure
Numerous factors can cause back pain, including poor posture, lifting an unbalanced load, sitting for many hours, insufficient movement, and excessive body weight. The consequence is damage to the shock-absorbing disks that cushion the vertebrae. In order for disks to regenerate by replenishing the liquid that fills them, the spine must be in a horizontal position with the appropriate support.
The anatomically correct position
The spine and muscle structure of the back can truly rest only in an appropriate sleep position with proper support. Our adjustable beds offers healthy beds, which consist of flexible slatted bed bases and their corresponding mattresses that offer the necessary, healthy support. For additional comfort we have adjustable slat bases.
This support, which must follow the spine's natural "S" shape, is the most important factor in maintaining spinal health and improving back problems.
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