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Beds for Backs health experts say it is important for your body to rest in its natural position. There must be no stresses in muscles and joints, lumbar curve must be intact and your spine straight, the bed contouring to your body needs. |
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Healthy Sleep means Healthy Wellbeing |
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We spend many hours in bed, so it is important for your health that you select a bed suited to your individual needs. Doing this will ensure a healthy sleep and prevent symptoms from reoccurring.
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Bed Research & Testing Results
Bio Mechanics
The following information comprises excerpts from the full study. Enquiries for
more information pertaining to these studies should be directed to sales@spinalsupport.com.au
The Study of Posture & Pressure on the Human Form on Comparative Bed Types
Introduction
Since the inception of the 'Innerspring Mattress' there has not been a major improvement
in 'a mattress's supportive capabilities of the human body'.
By 1998, Mario Piraino, a Structural Engineer, tested thousands of people on various
beds. He soon suspected, then formed the belief, that in fact:
- Modern mattresses supportive capabilities are not
much better than those of 50 years ago.
- The terms 'soft, medium and firm' are (relative
only to the 'feel' of the mattress, not support as often claimed) simplistic and
basically meaningless.
- The words 'comfort' and 'support' are often
misused and intermixed, and…
- Many claims and bed descriptions made by manufacturers
and retailers about their bed's 'supportive' and 'pressure reducing' qualities
are often misleading and sometimes plainly untrue. The most common situation is
where a manufacturer will illustrate a person lying on a mattress with a straight
spine and yet the observations of the time suggest this was not achievable.
On the 8th of December 2005, the first truly comparative testing of a wide range
of mattress types from the best known industry brands was carried out openly in
the Bio Mechanics Research Laboratory of one of Melbourne's Public Universities.
It was conducted using proven scientific research protocols i.e. testing each subject
with the same measuring equipment, on the same day, by the same research staff,
etc. the only variable in each case being the different types of beds being tested.
The testing involved measuring 'the body surface pressure' and 'the skeletal
alignment' of 2 subjects (1 female and 1 male) of average weight and shape
on each of the 12 different bed systems.
"The results show that The Ergoposture range of beds incorporating Futura Bed technologies corrective support features produced better posture or spinal alignment. The mean difference, for example, in the line of the back from lumbar vertebrae 5 to cervical vertebrae 7 was 1.5 degrees, whereas it was 7.2 degrees for the other beds. In particular, the supportive posture characteristics of a well known brand of Visco Elastic type material was greatly improved when placed on a Bed Base incorporating Futura's Variable Support Dial systems."
Dr. N. Lythgo
Deputy Director, Rehabilitation Sciences Research Centre
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