I didn't like either the Sleep number (Select Comfort) product but the
Tempur Pedic wasn't bad. Although I already had a really nice mattress I
found the contoured foam pillow helped relieve morning aches in the neck
and upper-back.
For a woman a body-pillow might help out as well. Men don't seem to like
curling up as much. Unless it's a woman who serves as the pillow. ;-)
Cheers, -Ali
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I love it. It seemed like a fairly inexpensive alternative to a product
like TempurPedic. Sometimes, I just lie in bed and feel so comfortable,
because I can actually feel that the memory foam is "hugging" a pressure
point. This is mostly when I'm lying on my abdomen and I can feel it on
my knees and ankles. I think it was $200 well spent.
Admittedly, I did not buy the thing because I was trying to eliminate
pain. I bought it because I was going to be spending a few months at my
sister's house, and would be sleeping on a futon for the duration. What
I found is that the memory foam on the futon is way more comfortable
than my bed. I have the foam on my bed now, but I really do need a new
mattress. But that's going to have to wait. I'm just glad I have the
memory foam to enable me to squeak another year or two out of this old
sagging bed.
Another thing I have to admit is that the memory foam really doesn't
help with my sleep problems. It just makes it more comfortable when I'm
awake. The pain, though, is not what is keeping me awake. I really
don't know what is doing that. I can fall asleep, practically go into a
coma as soon as my head hits the pillow. But, I always wake up about 3
hours later, and I just can't fall back to sleep very well. If I do
manage to fall back to sleep, I'll only wake up again. And, again.
And, again. Until it's morning and I have to get up. The mattress
doesn't help that at all, unfortunately.
I guess, if I was having a problem with OA pain, I'd try the memory
foam. Technoscout has a 30-day return policy. If you don't like the
mattress, or it's not doing the job, or if you just don't want it,
they'll take it back, no questions asked. Not a bad deal.
I also have a memory foam cervical pillow (not from Technoscout, though
they do sell them) which I got on the advice of my rheumatologist. It
has helped me trememdously, and that pillow is what actually convinced
me to try the mattress pad.
http://www.technoscout.com/general/product/product.asp?product=510
&Prod_Name=Memory_Foam_Mattress_Topper&site=85182&sourceid=0
Hope this helped. If you have any more questions, or need more
specifics, please ask away. I do check in usually daily, if not more
frequently.
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