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By: Steve Gee

If you suffer from chronic pain in your joints, back, lower back or neck etc. then you will know what it's like to never be able to sit down or go to bed without being in severe discomfort most of the time. It seems that what should be the most comfortable furniture in the house has suddenly become instruments of torture.

More and more people that suffer from chronic pain caused by arthritis, Pagets disease or other conditions are finding that their symptoms can be relieved to some extent by using furniture made from memory foam. It's now an established fact that memory foam mattresses can help many people to get a good night sleep by making their bed so much more comfortable and this can help to minimise the additional pain you might experience when you lie down.

How does memory foam help to relieve pain?

When memory foam gets hot it becomes softer and allows you to press further into the material. When a hot object like your body comes into contact with the foam it heats up in the places that are in direct contact with your body and allows those parts of your body to sink into the foam. As you sink further into the memory foam more and more of your body comes into contact with it and the further you sink until there is soft foam under every part of your body.

When all of your body is fully supported by the soft warm foam the pressure on every part of your body in contact with it is equal. Because there are no longer any single points of contact to cause pressure hot spots, all of your body will feel more comfortable. It's this removal of pressure points by distributing the pressure over all of your body that gives you relief from pain.

Why do we have memory foam?

Memory foam was originally developed for NASA for use in the space program. It was to be used as padding for the astronaut's seats as a means to relieve some of the discomfort experienced from high acceleration or 'G' forces. I'm not quite sure how this was expected to work in that situation however because the astronauts would be wearing space suits at the time which would insulate them from the foam in the seats. No heat no softening of the memory foam.

Memory foam also gives off small amounts of toxic gasses when it's new which has been the popular reason given for why NASA never actually used it in their space craft. In space there is nowhere for the gas to go.

Try some alternatives

All cases are different and while memory foam products are still expensive it pays to experiment with the cheapest solutions first. If you have trouble sleeping then try out a memory foam pillow or a memory foam mattress topper. They are both likely to be a lot cheaper than a memory foam mattress.

If you have trouble with the comfy chairs in your living room then try a memory foam cushion or two. Having experienced how uncomfortable a soft chair can be when I had some lower back pain problems I know that any improvements would be worthwhile.

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Steve is a seasoned engineer and webmaster of www.thememoryfoammattress.com Memory Foam Mattress Topper relieves chronic pain

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