Hi bravehard,
I’m sorry to hear that the mattress you chose isn’t working out as well as you hoped for.
[quote]The pains i already had at my back do not seem to benefit from the new mattress ( they remain the same or even slightly worse).
The main reason i got that mattress is because i had read that latex is one of the best for back pain. [/quote]
There is no such thing as a specific material that is good for back pain. A mattress can only help with back pain that is caused by mattress that doesn’t keep your back and spine in good alignment (regardless of the materials in the mattress) and not with pre existing health conditions. As I mentioned in my previous reply … every mattress category will have hundreds of mattresses with different designs and firmness levels and will generally include some mattresses that are a good “match” for you in terms of comfort, firmness, and PPP and that will keep your back in good alignment in all your sleeping positions (which is the most important factor with back pain) and others that don’t keep your spine in good alignment that will be completely unsuitable for you to sleep on … even though they are made from the same material.
If you are tossing and turning on your mattress it’s possible that your mattress is too firm.
Latex is a highly resilient (springy) material and the resilience of latex is one of the reasons that so many people like latex as much as they do … and also a reason that some people don’t like it at all. Every mattress needs to provide increasing resistance to the weight of the heavier parts of your body as you sink into the mattress more deeply to stop the heavier parts of your body from sinking down too far (or you would sink down to the floor) and putting your spine out of alignment but some materials have a very different “feel” as they provide increasing resistance to your weight than others. Memory foam for example will be much less “springy” than latex as it compresses more deeply and becomes firmer. This is why the choice between different types of materials is a preference choice rather than a “better/worse” choice.
There will be a break in and adjustment period for any new mattress or sleeping system as the mattress loses any of it’s “false firmness” and the cover stretches and loosens a little and the materials settle and you and your body get used to a sleeping surface that is different from what it is used to (see post #3 here). This would typically be a few weeks but it can be shorter or longer depending on the specifics of the person and the mattress (higher density materials can take longer) and it can be surprising to many people how much their sleeping experience can change over the course of the first month or so.
I would generally try and sleep on any new mattress for a month or so before deciding whether to return it but if that’s not possible I would try and sleep on it for a couple of weeks at least.
Phoenix