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Mattres Toppers - Adding support?
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My parents have the softest mattress in the world and it's exacerbating my mother's back problems. A new mattress isn't really an option, so she's considering a foam mattress topper as something that might actually help a bit with support so she isn't sinking into the bed every night. Has anyone had any luck with using some kind of mattress topper for firmness? Any recommendations? Might just try the foam one at Costco. Even though it's meant to be soft, it's almost certainly more firm than what they've got now.
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Another question, Is the mattress on a foundation or a box spring? If its a box spring, as in there are actually springs in there not just an upholstered wooden box. You may be able to add firmness by adding a sheet of plywood between the mattress and the box spring.
However, this is a short term solution, and won't really help with the support as it is just subtracting the box spring from the equation.
Hopefully a new mattress could become a reality in the not too distant future, as that is likely to be her only lasting solution.
I updated my bed to a $400 memory foam mattress from Overstock and it's been SOOOO much better for my back and overall sleeping pleasure, and looking back it really was a steal as just a decent topper can cost upwards of $100. How old is their current mattress?
I'm not a doctor nor physical therapist, but you may want to see if sleeping on a firmer bed will help her before you spend any money. Does anyone in the family have a futon or camping pad? Yoga mat? Something she could sleep on for a few days to see if a firmer mattress would actually work towards helping her back?