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Hello everyone,

I’m a 35 year old, 5’5’’ male, about 160lbs, and a side sleeper. I have been dealing with neck and upper back pain(between shoulder blades) and to a lesser extent some shoulder pain for most of my life, which I noticed the most discomfort during sleep and after waking up. It’s been frustrating to not get a good night sleep and I hope I can get the help here.

I’ve tried several 3-zone coil mattresses(firmer coils in the center while softer coils on both sides)- Avocado, Oceano, My Green Mattress. I really liked them for their overall heat dissipation and alignment on my hip/waist, but haven’t found one that could provide the good posture and pressure relief that I need for my upper back and shoulders. I have tried to add a latex topper on top to soften it up, though it does help with pressure relief on my shoulders I still get pain in my upper back which I assume is from the lower support layer still not compressing enough and the increase arching of the spine as a result of the added layer. Moreover, the added heat retention from the extra layer has been a drawback as well.

I’ve also tried all latex and poly foam mattresses. Both gave too much arching(waist sink in too much) and were too hot to sleep on.

In terms both of posture and pressure relief, I’ve noticed that I had an overall best result with a multi-zone air-mattress which I was able to control the firmness of various parts of the body. That helped with providing both better posture and pressure relief for my waist/hip, lumbar and shoulders. However, due to its 3-inch gel-foam comfort layer and the air bladder below, it just provided too much heat build-up.

I would like to note I have also tried several pillows to try along with the mattresses, with various materials- foam, latex, polyester and various shapes- bone, contour etc…sadly didn’t help.

I’m sorta at wits end. What I can say what have worked were the zone coil mattresses for their heat dissipation, but just needed them to be a bit softer on the shoulders so my shoulders could sink in more. It’s been difficult to find a reputable source since a lot of them I can’t verify their materials.

Does anyone have any experience with these one or know about the material quality? Luuf - The Best Hybrid Mattress
https://www.drozsleep.com/mattresses/

I really thank you for your time. If you have any suggestions or recommendations I greatly appreciate it :blush:

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Good ideas there.

The best 3 zone air mattress that I tried was Air Pedic. 3 zones are head, foot and hips/butt. Imagine being able to control firmness under lower back with a push of a button! The top comfort layer can be unzipped and you can put whatever material you want in there.

Air Pedic 1000 isnt always better than Air Pedic 500. AP 1000 just has a thicker comfort layer than AP 500. I thought the one with 6 inch comfort layer would be great because you could do 2 of the 3 inch comfort layers or 3 of the 2 inch. The Air Pedic line is way better than the Sleep Number mattresses.

John

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Thanks for your suggestion. I did try a comparable one in the Rest air mattress. I found it to way too hot for me though it did provided the alignment and the pressure relief I needed.

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Cool!

I havent tried Rest, but based on the reviews….people didnt like it very much.

I actually went to the Air Pedic factory to try them out! I liked AP800 and AP600.

John

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Hi sleepywake,

Welcome to our Mattress Forum. :slight_smile:

Unfortunately, I understand all too well the never-ending neck and upper back pain; for me it appears to be exclusively related to however I’m sleeping and I’ve tried SO many pillows. The thing I’ve found most helpful is placing the long arm of a body pillow atop a regular firm pillow. It supports the “hollow” of my neck without allowing me to scrunch my shoulder (which rests against the regular pillow). That said, I still have a stiff and achy neck every day…just less so than before.

In terms both of posture and pressure relief, I’ve noticed that I had an overall best result with a multi-zone air-mattress which I was able to control the firmness of various parts of the body. That helped with providing both better posture and pressure relief for my waist/hip, lumbar and shoulders. However, due to its 3-inch gel-foam comfort layer and the air bladder below, it just provided too much heat build-up.

Was this the Air-Pedic by TempurPedic?

I’m unfamiliar with the two mattresses you’re inquiring about; I did take a look and unfortunately they don’t share the IFD or other specifications so I can’t comment on how they’ll do in terms of durability. In terms of comfort and support - well, that’s always a personal preference based on testing :slight_smile:

NikkiTMU

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Air Pedic is listed on the Selectabed website and is totally different than a Tempurpedic.

Air Pedic had a 3 zone air chamber per side. Sleep Number has 1 zone per side. Air Pedic was superior to SN in my opinion.

John

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Thank you NikkiTMU and John for your replies :slightly_smiling_face:. What I’ve tried was the ReST air mattress. It has several separate air chambers probably 5 zones or so for the the head/feet, shoulder, lumbar and hip/waist where you can adjust the firmness to each area to fit your liking. As much as I liked it for its posture and pressure relief capabilities, the air chambers, unlike springs coils, doesn’t give any air flow for the heat to escape, at least for me. I’ve tried sleep number and the heat issue is the same. The all foam and latex mattress that I’ve tried were better, but were not great. That’s why I’m looking more into spring mattresses.

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At Tempuroedic flagship stores, they have an exclusive mattress called ArticBreeze (or something like that) that has fans in the base and a special mattress. I have not seen it in person. It is made to be cooler. It is not on the Tempur website.

MLily memory foam mattress with Powercool base has a fan too. I tried this in person. While laying on it……you could feel a slight fan breeze underneath you.

Try these out. I dot sleep hot, so thats not a priority for me.

John