Morning back pain is a very specific type of pain. The kind I am talking about is most severe in the morning when we first get out of bed. This is not normal. If the effects and age and gravity contribute to the compression of our spine and discs then shouldn’t this pain be most acute at night after being on our feet all day and not in the morning? Sleep is supposed to be a healing time for us it should not injure us.

For years I looked for some type of solution. I was thinking about trying anything – spinal disc decompression therapy, traction, inversion tables and was even considering surgery. Decompression therapy seemed like a good choice. The commercials on TV looked promising, then I discovered this type of treatment could cost up to $1,000 each month and was not covered by medical insurance. With each passing year the pain grew worse until one morning I could barely get out of bed, the pain was terrible.

I had to do something, this could not go on. Then I saw another ad on TV about inversion tables. They seemed inexpensive and they were a type of traction therapy. I bought the cheapest one I could find for about $100. I must admit, hanging upside down is not a pleasant experience at all. The blood in your body rushes to your head, and your feet and ankles get sore. In time my body did get used to hanging upside down.

It took about two weeks before I really felt an improvement to my back. Little by little it was getting better. I would even stop using the inversion table only to regret it some time later when the sharp pain would return in the morning again. So the inversion table did help but it did not solve the problem. I kept coming back to one nagging question. Why was my back pain most severe in the morning? I was beginning to believe my bed was the problem.

I decided to give my mattress a good inspection. I removed all the blankets and sheets and with a careful eye noticed the mattress did have a slight dip in the middle, a slight bowl-like shape to it. When sleeping on it I am sure the dip in the middle was even more pronounced. Could this have been the cause of my problems all these years. I remember when I was young I could sleep on anything and never did I experience back pain. Maybe now it was time to pay more attention to what I was sleeping on. Time to get a good mattress.

I considered many types of mattresses and beds before finally deciding on a memory foam (MF) bed but the cost was just too high for me. The prices of high quality visco elastic MF mattresses can be thousands of dollars. What if this did not solve my problem? Then I would be out a lot of money. With the Internet at my finger tips I did some research and found I could make my own MF mattress and platform frame and save thousands of dollars. In my case, this dreaded morning back pain was indeed caused by a bad mattress and a MF bed was the solution.

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