I’m having a very hard time finding a mattress due to the fact my body has very little muscle mass. My body doesn’t have any padding. I’m tall and very skinny.
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Hi Lynshr, and welcome to The Mattress UnderGround. It’s nice to have you join our community.
Finding the right mattress can be particularly challenging when you have very little natural body padding. Your body may be more sensitive to pressure, especially around prominent areas like your shoulders, hips, ribs, and tailbone. When approaching your mattress search, I would focus first on finding a mattress that provides good pressure relief and conforms to your body’s contours while still maintaining proper support and spinal alignment. Don’t assume that a softer mattress is automatically better. The goal is to find the right balance between comfort, pressure relief, and support for your particular body type.
To help us get started, it would be useful to know your approximate height and weight, your preferred sleeping position (side, back, stomach, or combination), and where you experience the most pressure or discomfort when lying down. It would also help to know what type of mattress you’re currently sleeping on, what you like or dislike about it, whether you have any particular physical or medical considerations that affect your comfort, and what general budget range you’re considering. With this information, we can help you better understand what mattress characteristics and materials might be most suitable for your needs and help you navigate your search. We’re looking forward to helping you.
Maverick
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As a Doctor of Chiropractic and head of product development for the Tempflow and Back Science mattress company for the last 25 years, I have seen many instances of this issue and would be happy to assist you. I will say from the onset, that memory foam does provide the most pressure relief type of padding. You can learn more about the Tempflow mattress at the www.Tempflow.com website, but if you can give me the size mattress you are using, your sleeping position preference (i.e. side, back or stomach), as well as a overall budget type range you might have, I would be happy to recommend some specific models that would likely suit you best. You can also feel free to give us a call anytime at 800 667-1969.
Thanks!
Rick
Dr. Rick Swartzburg, D.C.
Founder and Head of Product Development
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I’m almost 5’9 and I weigh 113 lbs. The pain I normally experience is in my hips and rear area. I don’t have any mobility issues. The mattress I’m sleeping on now is an old Intellibed. It was a guest bed, but my husband and I had to upsize to a split king. He needed a more supportive bed and fell in love with a temper pedic model. The Intellibed mattress is starting to break down. My hips and rear feel like they’re bruised and my lower back hurts.
Our budget is whatever it takes to get a good mattress for me