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Re: Pillowtop Mattresses

Posted by Honest Expert on January 16, 2001 at 21:37:36:

In Reply to: Pillowtop Mattresses posted by Sore Feet on January 16, 2001 at 21:35:25:

Dear Sore Feet,

One of the obligations that goes with daring to call myself "Honest" is to admit when I'm stumped!

You seem to truly have one of the premium mattress sets (I've had some people describe their $800 king set as the top-of-the-line) and have been caring for it appropriately. You have had it checked for sagging and don't just sleep in one position. The pillow you use works fine for you in some places (when you travel) but not on your pillowtop at home.

The problem is repeatable by sleeping on a similar mattress, but disappears when you sleep on a regular mattress.

I have to agree that everything points to the mattress, but I cannot even give a good guess how a pillowtop could cause this. After all, all the pillowtop does is add depth of padding.

Maybe I'll try a longshot question: Some mattresses use a "zoned" spring design that has a little more give in the shoulder region and the hip region. This is to give a more contoured support. Two national brands that I know of that have this feature are some Spring Air models and the Simmons (the makers of Beautyrest) Back Care line. Do you recall if you have one of these type?

My thinking is this: These mattresses have a softer spring design at the hip region and become firmer for both the lower back and the thighs, which won't sink as deeply into the mattress. If the firmer portion at the thigh was TOO firm, it may be possible that it is causing pressure on your legs that is restricting circulation. As I said, this is a longshot.

Since there are proportionately few of these style mattresses sold, any other mattress you slept on would not react the same way. The likelihhood is -- if this is the case -- that you would react the same way on the "tight top" version of this same design, because it would be the spring design that is the culprit. But you may have never had the opportunity to find out.

Admittedly, I'm grasping at straws. I wish I had a better idea, but I will keep ruminating!

Oh. And it appears that I owe you a Dairy Queen cone! Or, at least, a sugar-free substitute!

Any other info that you can think of about your mattress design might help. I don't think that the administrators here would object if you posted the brand and the model name, if you are willing. I might be able to research it some.

I will also start making some inquiries into how wide-spread a problem this might be. Thanks for keeping in touch.



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