Medical Advice

Your mattress and pillow are more important than you think, many bodily pains are caused or aggravated by unnatural sleeping positions.

Ordinary mattresses and pillows often cause pressure and unnatural sleeping positions, resulting in decreased circulation, numbness, pain and discomfort.

Tension in the neck muscles is often aggravated by a poor sleeping posture and can be the cause of tension headache. If the neck is not properly supported, the muscles can be stretched and strained during sleep, resulting in pain and stiffness. This common problem is often aggravated by poor bed posture, which causes tension to back and shoulder muscles.

Back pain is one of the most common public health problems. Pain and stiffness are often aggravated during the night, especially if the mattress forces the spine into an unnatural position.

Problems with painful hips can be worsened by a hard mattress and may lead to considerable discomfort and even inflammation of the joints.

Sciatica pain, running down along the back of the thigh and calf, into the foot, can last several months. A bed which causes an unnatural sleeping posture often aggravates the condition.

Circulatory problems often lead to swollen feet and calves with pain and numbness during the night. The mattress should be soft enough to relieve contact pressure blocking the flow of blood.

Inflammation in and around the knee joints may make them sensitive and vulnerable to pressure and touch. To help relieve this problem, the mattress should yield to even the slightest localised pressure.

Pain, numbness and a prickly/tingling sensation in the arms is generally caused by an inflammation of the nerves of the neck. These conditions are aggravated by a poor sleeping posture, especially if the neck is not properly supported.

The improved circulation influenced by the TEMPUR ® Mattress significantly reduces the need to toss and turn in bed. A clinical study made by the Institution for Clinical and Physiological Research, Lilihagen Hospital, Sweden, compared the TEMPUR ® Mattress with ordinary mattresses.

The study demonstrated that the subjects turned an average of 17 times per night on the TEMPUR ® Mattress compared to an average of 80 - 100 times on ordinary mattresses. A study carried out at the University of Maine, USA, showed significantly greater levels of deep sleep for children aged 5 - 10 when sleeping on the TEMPUR ® Mattress. These results indicate that the TEMPUR ® Mattress improves sleep quality, which is also the general experience by its users.

The TEMPUR ® Mattress and Neck Pillow are recommended by over 25,000 Medical Doctors, Chiropractors, Physio-therapists and Osteopaths world-wide. They firmly believe in the value of the TEMPUR ® Mattress and Neck Pillow, to ease and prevent back and neck problems, as well as providing the best possible conditions for a good night's sleep.

The TEMPUR ® Mattress and Neck Pillow allow the spine and joints to rest in their natural positions, causing the least possible stress on muscles and nerves.

A spin-off from the space programme
TEMPUR ® is a high-tech comfort material, originally developed by NASA for the space programme. The TEMPUR ® Material has unique pressure relieving properties at low as well as high pressure loads. When body heat and weight is applied to the TEMPUR ® Material, it distributes the pressure evenly, preventing pressure build up in prominent areas of the body.

The TEMPUR ® Mattress and Neck Pillow effectively relieves back, neck and joint pains caused or aggravated by unnatural sleeping positions. By alleviating pressure from tender and inflamed parts of the body, the TEMPUR ® Mattress and Neck Pillow may also have a healing effect.

Used in hospitals to prevent pressure and ease circulation
The TEMPUR ® Mattress, Pillows and Cushions are widely used in hospitals. The recognition of the unique pressure relieving properties of the TEMPUR ® Material is best demonstrated in its use on operating tables, all over the world.

During an operation the best possible pressure relief is required in order to maintain circulation. Pressure sores will otherwise easily occur when the body lies still for many hours with impaired functions.

The improved circulation influenced by the TEMPUR ® Mattress significantly reduces the need to toss and turn in bed. A clinical study made by The Institution for Clinical and Physiological Research, Lillhagen Hospital, Sweden, compared the TEMPUR ® Mattress with ordinary mattresses.

The study demonstrated that the subjects turned an average of 17 times per night on the TEMPUR ® Mattress compared to an average of about 80-100 times on ordinary mattresses. A study carried out at the University of Maine, USA, showed significantly greater levels of deep sleep for children aged 5-10 when sleeping on the TEMPUR ® Mattress. These results indicate that the TEMPUR ® Mattress improves sleep quality, which is also the general experience by sits users.

Recommended by back specialists all over the world
The TEMPUR ® Mattress and Neck Pillow are recommended by over 25,000 Medical Doctors, Chiropractors, Physiotherapists and Osteopaths worldwide. They firmly believe in the value of the TEMPUR ® Mattress and Neck Pillow, to ease and prevent back and neck problems, as well as providing the best possible conditions for a good night's sleep.

The TEMPUR ® Mattress and Neck Pillow allow the spine and joints to rest in their natural positions, causing the least possible stress on muscles and nerves. Ordinary mattresses and pillows often cause pressure and unnatural sleeping positions, resulting in decreased circulation, numbness, pain and discomfort.

Pressure relief is the key to comfort
The pressure distribution of a human body lying on a bed can be measured with an electronic device. The pressure on the body is measured using an elastic "quilt" containing pressure sensors and the result is displayed on a computer screen. The TEMPUR ® Mattress was compared to a top quality spring mattress. A 75kg male subject was used to test each mattress.

The results were displayed on a computer screen using a colour code method and also a three-dimensional graphic view of the pressure distribution. Light blue and blue indicate areas of low pressure. Green, yellow and red indicate areas of high pressure and discomfort. The results show that by far the best pressure relief was obtained with the TEMPUR ® Mattress.