Waking Up With Aches and Pains
Have you been waking up with aches and pains more consistently lately? We’re not talking about the odd pain in your neck because you’ve ‘slept wrong’ the night before, we mean waking up each and every day with aches and pains that don’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. Well this could be a real sign that your mattress needs replacing.
Mattresses provide support to your body’s natural spinal alignment and depending on the type of mattress, may also conform to your body’s curves to provide comfort and support. Once you’ve had your mattress for too long, the materials and technology that makes up the mattress starts to break down and as such, no longer provides sufficient support to your spinal alignment and body as a whole.
However, your mattress usually deteriorates slowly over time, so it’s actually hard to know when it’s time to replace it due to wear and tear internally, but aches and pains are certainly a potential sign. Once the support your mattress is supposed to provide starts to dissipate, those aches and pains, usually felt in your neck, shoulders, lower back and hips are some of the first signs that you need to start looking to buy a new mattress.
