A good night's sleep is important for your health and your sanity. If you suffer from backaches or general drowsiness every morning from sleeping on an old, uncomfortable mattress it's probably past time for an upgrade. Knowing exactly what brand to trust or kind to buy can be stressful but once you feel what it's like to rest on a quality mattress, your stress will simply melt away. Here are a few helpful considerations on how to pick out the perfect mattress for you.
- Know what type of sleeper you are: How you prefer to sleep will determine a great deal about the mattress you need to buy. Any mattress needs to have the proper balance of comfort, which helps you fall asleep, and support, which causes you to stay asleep, four your individual needs. Most people fall into 3 categories of sleep: Side sleepers, Stomach sleepers, or Back sleepers. Side sleepers need soft or plush mattresses, Stomach sleepers need firmer mattresses, and Back sleepers prefer a medium firmness to their mattress. If you are not quite sure how you sleep, think about the position you feel most comfortable in when you fall asleep and what position you most commonly find yourself in when you wake up.
- Get the right size for you and your partner: Experts say that couples who sleep on larger mattresses get a better night's sleep because it allows for them to move around and get comfortable without disturbing each other. Even if you sleep alone, make sure to go with the larger size to provide yourself with plenty of room to stretch out and relax.
- Quality matters: Buying a new mattress should be considered an investment because it will literally be the most used item in your life. A mattress purchase can be similar to buying a new car because you want both to last you relatively problem-free for about ten years. Be sure to determine your sleep problems (or the things that keep you from sleeping or wake you up), do some homework on current sleep technology and mattresses prices to avoid sticker shock, and be sure to avoid the biggest mistake of mattress buying by trying out any potential mattress to make sure that it will indeed solve your sleep problems before you ever leave the store.
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