PLB Beautiful and Healthy Back PLB "Elegance" - Interesting Observations and Assistance Needed

[phoenix]

Hi jkozlow3,

I actually laid a tape measure on my bed so that I could see where my various body parts would line up with each zone while laying down. My hip bone would definitely fall within the hip zone, but what about the bony part of my waist (where your waistband sits) - that looked like it would fall right on the border of the hip and lumbar zones. Which of these two zones SHOULD my bony waist fall in?

The Iliac Crest (which is what you are referring to) isn’t an actual zone but can be a pressure point for some people. It is narrower than the hips and would normally be taken care of by the comfort layer and would likely be fine no matter which zone it falls in.

Additionally, can you comment on using the mattress on a slatted platform bed? I believe you said this should be fine as long as the slats are less than 3" apart (mine are 2.25"), but I just want to make sure that I wouldn’t benefit by adding some sheets of plywood over the slats. Neither of the stores I visited today seemed to think I should use slats with a latex bed and wanted me to at least put plywood down.

Yes … this would be fine (as long as your platform bed is strong enough for the mattress and the people lying on it and has good center support to the floor). The foundations that Flobeds sells are also slatted and I personally would choose a slatted foundation over a solid wood foundation unless there was a compelling reason to choose otherwise (see post #10 here).

I’ll leave any specific zoning suggestions to your more detailed conversations with them. They would be a much better source of guidance than I am. Don’t forget that they do this every day and you also have the option of exchanging them if for some reason their “best efforts” turn out not to be ideal for you.

Phoenix