Is Your Mattress Ruining Your Sleep and Spinal Health?
Are you still sleeping on a ten-year-old mattress or waking up every morning feeling stiff, achy, or worse than when you went to bed? You’re not imagining things—you might just need a new mattress.
I’ve seen it countless times: patients are making great progress with their care, then suddenly their pain returns. The culprit? A mattress that isn’t supporting their spine.
Why Mattress Support Matters
An unsupportive mattress can:
Put stress on your spine
Add pressure to your joints
Create nerve irritation (numbness, tingling, pain)
Lead to long-term issues like sciatica, headaches, and chronic stiffness
3 Simple Tips to Improve Your Sleep Setup
If replacing your mattress isn’t an option right now, use these quick fixes to improve your spinal support and sleep quality.
1. Improve Mattress Firmness With a Topper
A firm, high-density memory foam topper can make almost any mattress more supportive.
Better firmness = better spinal alignment, whether you sleep on your back, side, or stomach.
To evaluate your bed: if you roll to the middle or feel like you’re sinking, it’s too soft.
2. Support Your Spine if You’re a Side Sleeper
Place a pillow or body pillow between your knees to keep your pelvis level.
Make sure your head pillow keeps your neck neutral—your head should align with your spine, not tilt down or up.
Hugging a pillow in front of you helps keep your shoulders and arms relaxed, reducing nerve strain (no more tingling hands at night!).
3. Fix Your Head Position if You’re a Back Sleeper
Too much pillow under your head forces your chin toward your chest.
This is like looking down at your phone for eight hours—leading to neck strain, poor posture, headaches, and even joint degeneration over time.
Use a thinner, supportive pillow that keeps your head and neck in neutral alignment.
💡 Bonus Tip: We’ll be dropping the link to our favorite pillow on Amazon for back, side, and stomach sleepers. While no pillow works for everyone, we’ve found this to be the best starting point if you’re ready to try something new or upgrade your sleep setup.
If you try these adjustments and still wake up sore, it’s time to look deeper at your spine health. Book your next appointment so we can evaluate your alignment and help you feel your best—day and night.
