I suffered from morning back pain for years before I finally figured out what the cause was and what the solution was. One thing strange about morning back pain puzzled me. If my lower back pain was the result of the onslaught of gravity and time, then why was the pain the sharpest in the morning when I first woke up? You would think such pain would be most severe at night just before going to bed after being on my feet most of the day.
I looked for possible treatments, all of them a little frightening. Spinal decompression, traction, inversion tables and even surgery. Spinal decompression sounded promising and the commercials on TV looked convincing. I found out that such treatments could cost up to $1,000 per month and was not covered by my medical insurance. Now what was I to do? Day after day, month after month, year after year this morning back pain increased until one day I could barely get out of bed.
I had to do something, this could not go on. Then I saw another ad on TV about inversion tables. They seemed inexpensive and they were a type of traction therapy. I bought the cheapest one I could find for about $100. I must admit, hanging upside down is not a pleasant experience at all. The blood in your body rushes to your head, and your feet and ankles get sore. In time my body did get used to hanging upside down.
Finally after about two weeks of using the table I did get some relief from my pain. It seemed to diminish little by little day by day. I would even take my relief for granted and stop using the table only to find the back pain would return. One thing kept bugging me. Why was the pain most acute in the morning? It just did not make any sense, I was finally beginning to believe my mattress was the culprit.
Finally I ripped off all the blankets and sheets on my bed and gave my mattress a very careful inspection. I noticed the mattress did have a slightly concave shape to it, like a very shallow bowl. I imagined this bowl shape was even more pronounced when my weight was on it. Could this be the problem? Seemed unlikely to me. When I was young I could sleep on anything without any trouble. But, I was not young anymore. Time to try a new mattress.
I considered many types of mattresses and beds before finally deciding on a memory foam (MF) bed but the cost was just too high for me. The prices of high quality visco elastic MF mattresses can be thousands of dollars. What if this did not solve my problem? Then I would be out a lot of money. With the Internet at my finger tips I did some research and found I could make my own MF mattress and platform frame and save thousands of dollars. In my case, this dreaded morning back pain was indeed caused by a bad mattress and a MF bed was the solution.
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