swimmers & mattresses/chairs with good back support
Former Member
Regular swimmers are supposed to have good posture. Does that make it less important for swimmers to use mattresses and chairs with good back support to avoid back pain/injuries? (as an exaggeration, if you do backstroke 4 hours a day, you are on a high-quality "mattress" 4 hours a day:bed: and methinks it's unlikely you would develop back problem due to bad mattress :D)
Great question and I'm glad you posted this...perfect timing. I have Spondylosis in my lower back (stress fracture, degenerative) that I developed in my last couple years of college swimming. Now it REALLY can get to me at times and my (our, wife and me) mattress is like 16-17 years old (please no jokes) and my back is literally killing me a lot of mornings. Its way to soft and is having pressure points from the springs. We just got our tax return and a new mattress is in the cross hairs.
Its also getting to the point where I sleep on my side in the fetal position and wake up with sore hips and shoulders some mornings. I don't want to spend a fortune but its really hard to put a price on quality sleep!:bed:
I had the same issues last year and did some asking around. I got two consistent answers on beds that would change your life - Tempurpedic and Sleep Number.
The Sleep Number seems complicated with dialing up numbers and whatnot. So, we bought a Tempurpedic. It is expensive but it is 100% worth it. I haven't slept this good in years and years. Go get one, today, now. I thought people who bought Tempurpedic beds were in a cult cause they all go into a trance-like state when talking about it. But, I'm a firm member of the cult now.
Great question and I'm glad you posted this...perfect timing. I have Spondylosis in my lower back (stress fracture, degenerative) that I developed in my last couple years of college swimming. Now it REALLY can get to me at times and my (our, wife and me) mattress is like 16-17 years old (please no jokes) and my back is literally killing me a lot of mornings. Its way to soft and is having pressure points from the springs. We just got our tax return and a new mattress is in the cross hairs.
Its also getting to the point where I sleep on my side in the fetal position and wake up with sore hips and shoulders some mornings. I don't want to spend a fortune but its really hard to put a price on quality sleep!:bed:
I had the same issues last year and did some asking around. I got two consistent answers on beds that would change your life - Tempurpedic and Sleep Number.
The Sleep Number seems complicated with dialing up numbers and whatnot. So, we bought a Tempurpedic. It is expensive but it is 100% worth it. I haven't slept this good in years and years. Go get one, today, now. I thought people who bought Tempurpedic beds were in a cult cause they all go into a trance-like state when talking about it. But, I'm a firm member of the cult now.
