Guidance matching royal-pedic or organicpedic with flobed or sleep ez

[phoenix]

Hi sfs244,

I’m not really sure what to do next, I will probably give the Med-Med-Firm setup another day or two then call up Sean and see what he recommends.

Calling Shawn is by far your best option since a more detailed conversation on the phone can cover much more ground than forum posts when it comes to more nuanced or complex information and they will have much more knowledge about the options you have available than anyone else when it comes to their mattresses.

I do have a couple of suggestions that may be helpful though before you talk with Shawn about exchanging layers.

For another week I tried going with a Soft-Firm-Firm. I figured that stiffening up the core would stop the hips from sinking in too much. The problem with this was that the firm did stop the hips from sinking too much, but it was so stiff that I would feel pressure when my hips would sink all the way through the soft layer and hit the firm layer. Again, I did not feel that I had enough support in the lumbar region, and I was waking up feeling pain in the morning.

It may be worth trying S/F/M which would create a little more softness underneath the soft comfort layer that may be “in between” this configuration and the S/M/F that you tried initially. Some people may not notice much difference between the S/F/F and the S/F/M but it would be well worth a try to see the different it would make for you.

I am now trying Med-Med-Firm. This setup definitely is the best so far, I’m not sinking in too much and lumbar support is a bit better, but I am feeling pressure points right around my lower back hip and lower shoulder. Its definitely not stiff enough that there is any space between my lumbar region and the bed, but the weight is definitely not being evenly distributed.

This sounds like it is fairly close and I would also consider trying a M/S/F combination since this would be one step softer in terms of pressure relief than M/M/F. It would also be “in between” the S/M/F layering that you started with and the M/M/F.

Some of the suggestions in post #2 here may also be helpful (especially to make sure that any mattress protector or mattress pad or the foundation you are using isn’t contributing to any of the issues you are having).

Phoenix