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Memory Foam Mattress vs. Coil Spring Mattress How Do They Differ?

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Have you ever wondered how anyone got the idea to start sleeping on springs
in the first place?

I mean, think about it for a minute, what would it feel like to lay down on the
bare springs?

And why is it, that laying on springs with some kind of material over them, is
considered any better?

The creation of a coil spring mattress was first documented, by patent, in 1865,
and there have only been a couple of minor changes, to that original design, in
the following 140 years.

During that same period, we went from plowing fields with oxen, to men living in
space.

Don't you think it's conceivable that we could find new ideas and materials to
improve the mattresses we spend 1/3 of our life on?

The differences, between a regular coil spring mattress and a memory foam
mattress, will be presented, to help you understand the difference.

The Difference In Total Body Support

One way, in which a memory foam mattress is better for you is the characteristic
of total body support.

A memory foam mattress and a coil spring mattress differ greatly in this
respect. A coil spring mattress makes your body conform to it.

The pressure, or force, from the coil springs, in the mattress, is exerted
against your body.

It's kind of like a push and shove match. You're pushing down on the springs,
forcing them to retreat and they're shoving back against you, trying to uncoil.

On a coil spring mattress, your body must adjust to the mattress's shape.

This is why you complain of sore muscles and stiffness, when you wake up in the
morning.

With a memory foam mattress, the opposite happens.

The foam material conforms to your body, because your body exerts it's force
onto it.

So, as you lay down, you will feel the memory foam altering to accommodate you,
leaving you with a feeling of total relaxation.

It is because of this ability, of a memory foam mattress, to totally support
your body and adjust to your weight, that the movements of the other person in
the bed will not affect you.

Since coil spring mattresses do not conform to you, they cannot spread your
weight evenly.

Another Difference Is Temperature Sensitivity

Another difference, between coil spring and memory foam mattresses, is that
memory foam mattresses have the ability to respond to different temperatures.

The memory foam is able to sense the different temperatures of your body and
either remain firm or soften.

This leaves you with a nice cozy feeling when it has absorbed your heat and
softened up.

Coil spring mattresses are unable to do this. They cannot react to your body
heat, and this is why someone, who is sick with a fever, would feel more
comfortable on a memory foam mattress.

Plan a trip to your local mattress store to try lying on the coil mattress vs.
the memory foam mattress and see if you don't agree that there's no comparison
in comfort levels.

 



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» left by siri galliano from california (3 years 129 days ago.)
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researching Joseph Pilates using bed springs for developing exercises. He was from Germany 1880 on, then England during WWI, then USA 1926 on.
where and when do you think he could get that idea? thank you,
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» left by incliner (1,218) (330 days 3 hours ago.)
I think he got the idea during the 1020's in England.

He was working in a hospital and possibly came across a discarded bed frame which gave him the idea of using the springs for resistance training.  He reportedly used this method first on some of the hospital patients.

Chuck

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