Restful Sleep On A Queen Memory Foam Mattress

If you usually sleep by yourself and recently have been tossing and turning, trying to get a good night's sleep, you might want to try a queen memory foam mattress. Many people suffering from a bad back should first look at their old queen mattress as the cause.

Initially, memory foam was used in the space industry to protect astronauts from strong g-forces during lift-off of the space shuttle during the early 1970s. Not until the early 1990s did memory foam hit the consumer market. Since then, king and queen memory foam mattresses have become the fasting growing segment in the mattress industry. Every year more and more companies are selling memory foam mattresses and topper pads.

History Of Memory Foam

In the early 1970s the medical profession was fascinated with the way memory foam responded to temperatures and also its ability to spread pressure over a greater surface area, and thus reduce pressure points significantly. This adapted immediately to people who were confined to their beds for long periods of time.

The initial memory foam had issues with wear over time and would often compress or crack over time.

Not All Memory Foams Are Equal

If you are starting to look for a king or queen memory foam mattress you should be aware that they differ greatly in quality. The density, hardness or softness, responses to temperatures,

and also durability and longevity, can all vary from one mattress to another.

Nothing compares to memory foam in the way it conforms to your body and reduces pressure points. Memory foam is a very soft material, so it works best when layered over a firm, supportive material. That is why you will mainly find memory foam as a two-inch or three-inch topper to be used on an existing mattress, or as a two-inch or three-inch topping layer inside a new queen memory foam mattress.

Memory foam is unique in a couple of different areas. First is the way memory foam cells deform when weight is applied. Unlike standard foams that compress and want to spring back to their original shape immediately, memory foam cells compress fully and spread their air pressure to adjoining cells. This spreads the pressure through a greater number of cells, which decreases the pressure you feel in the cells of the memory foam you are laying on.

Memory Foam Is Temperature Sensitive

Whether you are sleeping on a king or queen memory foam mattress, you are sure to notice the difference in the firmness of the mattress as it gets warm and cold. At lower temperatures it is firmer and at higher temperatures it is softer.

With all of the benefits memory foam possesses, it is actually surprising that more people are not already sleeping on a king or queen memory foam mattress.