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Mattresses and aging Arthritis?
Vintage Joan Intermediate Member since 7/16/07 Posts: 9248	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 11/17/12 6:23 PM I have a mattress that needs replacing. I've started having leg/hip stiffness and pain in the night and in the morning, and I thought it was just because of the mattress. So I've been sleeping the last few nights in my adult daughter's old bed (her mattress was only a year old when she moved away several years ago). The first night I slept quite a bit better than on my own mattress, but now I'm getting some pain and stiffness sleeping on it, too. It's harder than my mattress, so maybe this is the problem. Has anyone had leg/hip stiffness and pain in the night, and did it turn out to be arthritis more than just a mattress issue? ------ my shield and my very great reward (Gen. 15:1) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ http://clearingclearing.weebly.com/
Miss Fairchild   Advanced USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 6999	Login to reply to this post In reply to Vintage Joan << Like this post Date: 11/17/12 7:56 PM I don't know if it could be a circulatory issue or not, but recently I purchased a Restonic pillow top mattress and have gotten the best night's sleep I've ever had. Before, it was my knees and outside leg. But that doesn't bother me anymore. Might have been the mattress as I'm a side sleeper. ------ "We don't impose our rhythm on Nature. The key is to respect and live within Her." Jean-Charles Boisset, Winemaker "And no, now that you asked, I didn't enjoy that play one bit, and I'd like a refund" Signed, Mrs. Lincoln My Etsy shop: auntmaymesattic My blog: auntmaymesattic.wordpress.com Avatar: First place award for jacket at county fair
poorpigling Advanced TX USA Member since 12/28/07 Posts: 10061	Login to reply to this post In reply to Vintage Joan << Like this post Date: 11/17/12 8:06 PM Not sure why. but I am now needing a much firmer mattress.. as well as couch cushions to be comfortable etc. With me. its more a back problem thing though.. but I do sleep better on a firmer mattress..
Rainer   Advanced Beginner NY USA Member since 10/5/10 Posts: 309	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 11/17/12 8:16 PM I'm don't have arthritis but I do have a bad back. For years I had a firm mattress until the last 2 years. Having a firm mattress is the old school of thought. When you lay down your spine and neck have natural curves and a hard firm mattress is not good.It doesn't form to your body/spine at all. My mattress was so expensive (king size) and didn't want to pay/buy a new one. So what I did was buy some foam to be laid on top of mattress. I bought a 3" topper and it really helped. Too soft is no good either..you don't want that sunken feeling . You want just enough to curve with your spine when sleeping. I also have a pillow that keeps my neck aligned with my spine. If you do decide to get some foam topper be sure to stay away from the cheap stuff..you want the ones that have high density. Whatever your problem is ...mattress or arthritis the foam will help relieve some pain. By the way..Foam works best when on top of firm mattress . Foam on top of soft mattress not so good because you end up sinking in hole which takes back/neck out of alignment.
marjoriekh   Intermediate VA USA Member since 8/28/10 Posts: 547	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/17/12 8:20 PM I've had hip pain on one side during the night ever since my daughter was born (she's now ten, I'm fifty). I've had it checked out by two GPs, and neither said anything about arthritis, though both thought it was a muscle problem. Some nights the side of my knee that I'm sleeping on (side sleeper here) hurts, as well. Massage has definitely helped, as have limbering exercises for that hip before bed. I used to sleep on a hard mattress, but it became like doing penance after this hip issue arose. My husband and I paid big bucks for a soft, cushy pillowtop several years ago, and I am much more comfortable. But it was expensive. HUUUGE difference, heavenly really, but your body may vary. Some swear by the hard mattresses, others by the soft. Incidentally, the first few nights we slept on the new bed we were scared that we'd made an enormous, expensive mistake. It felt like being on a water bed compared to our old hard mattress, and every time my husband turned over I felt it on my side. We called to see if we could return it -- nope. But after a few weeks we would not have parted with it for anything. ------ marjoriekh
tgm and Kittys   Advanced Beginner WI USA Member since 3/8/10 Posts: 6951	Login to reply to this post In reply to Vintage Joan << Like this post Date: 11/17/12 10:05 PM I too have been having problems.. now also involved are my shoulders. DH has sciatica too & he keeps saying it is the mattress aggravating both of us .....though ours is only 4 or 5 years old. .... We have put the heated mattress pad back on for winter & it does help feel a little relief with heat . It is a very good topic. Thank you for posting. ------ I am a gal from Kalamazoo.... oh what a gal... smile.... It is in Michigan... la la la ...love that Glen Miller classic! Home of Abigail The Babykins & Lil Mittee kitty >^,,^ Be Still, & Know That I am, God + Please say a prayer for my poor feet. ... + ..one month down .. 6 weeks more to go.. They are healing. Thanks everyone for your prayers. 5/8/13 smile
SouthernStitch   Advanced LA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 8195	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/17/12 10:37 PM I was having the hip and back aches too in the mornings on a very hard old mattress. Mine wasn't lower back - it was the entire back! And definitely muscular in nature. We bought a Stearns and Foster medium mattress as to the hard/soft thing. It is one of those designed where you don't feel the other person move as much. That is true to an extent, and it's more comfortable. If I didn't get so hot at night, I'd have insisted on a Memory Foam mattress. But, they do get hot. I've heard those are great for arthritis. The new mattress is good, but occasionally I do wake up with the stiffness still. I think it's a result of not moving enough at night. Sometimes DH hogs the bed and I don't get to move enough! ------ Bernina 730E, 530, and 350PE Singer 221 FW, 403a When life gives you green velvet curtains, make a green velvet dress.
Sherril Miller   Advanced CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 7473	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 11/17/12 11:41 PM My mattress is old enough to vote. I've been in pain for the last 2-3 years and so has DH. He's been too cheap to buy a new mattress since he is 6'2" tall, he needs a cal king. Finally tonight I got him to the store and we have a mattress picked out. I just have to see if I need to buy a new foundation, and then it will be delivered before Christmas! I can hardly wait. ------ Visit my blog at http://sewingsaga.blogspot.com If it's worth sewing, it's worth sewing well; and if it's worth sewing well, it's worth FITTING FIRST! - TSL
unfinishedprojects   Advanced AB CANADA Member since 8/26/07 Posts: 523	Login to reply to this post In reply to SouthernStitch << Like this post Date: 11/18/12 5:04 PM Quote: SouthernStitch If I didn't get so hot at night, I'd have insisted on a Memory Foam mattress. But, they do get hot. I've heard those are great for arthritis. Try a latex mattress or one with a latex topper (assuming that you don't have a latex allergy.) We've had one for several years, and it's the most comfortable mattress we've owned. Firm, but soft at the same time.
iSewQuiltArt Advanced AUSTRALIA Member since 4/4/08 Posts: 3216	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 11/18/12 6:15 PM I had the most shocking back pain, shoulder pain and numbness down the arm I was sleeping on (no matter which side I tried), and neck trouble. It was immediately allieviated with a new mattress. We concluded the old one actualy collapsed and compressed so badly that it was cutting off blood supply to limbs and was no longer providing countoured support for an already dodgy back. It was old, and worn out. So we hunted and hunted and went for a fully sprung with steel coils mattress topped with a thick gel/rubbery stuff overlay, it is honeycomb shaped hospital grade pressure relieving stuff, breathes brilliantly and is superbly warm in winter but cool in summer. It is not memory foam. I keep hearing about that stuff that it compresses within a year or two and then loses its capability to recover, and compresses hard so it no longer contours to the body. The gel stuff is supposed to last indefinately and will probably outlive the springs life expectancy. Our new matress is brilliant. I have never slept so well. Hubby had developed back problems for the first time in his life with the old mattress but that disappearerd totally with the new one. Existing back problems I have are no longer irritated by the mattress. The numbness disappeared immediately. I sleep like a rock now! It was horribly expensive, but worth every cent to be able to sleep soundly and not be woken regularly with discomfort, and to not be really stiff and sore after a night's restless sleep. Dont underestimate how bad for your health a bad mattress is. ------ Quilting up a storm Bernina Girl

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