What is an Orthopedic Mattress?

         Each person spends about one third of his life sleeping, that’s why the importance of a comfortable sleep is well known to everyone. And if a low quality furniture can just be irritating, a low quality mattress, together with the discomfort, can case a great damage to your health. A bed that is too soft can lead to backbone diseases, a too rigid one, to circulatory disturbance. A properly chosen mattresses would distribute the pressure equally, repeat the shape of the body of the lying person, maintaining it in the optimal position while sleeping. Such mattresses are called ”orthopedic mattresses”.

         From Greek, “ortho” means “correct”. An orthopedic mattress is constructed is such a way, that it makes the person feel as comfortable as it can be while lying on it. Its construction ensures the right alinment of the body and helps to avoid stretched muscles all along the spine.  Thus, the moves of the sleeping person are not limited by anything / in any posture the effort of the muscles is minimal. An orthopedic mattress is the ideal compromise between a duvet and a matting / without any pressure, the surface of the mattress remains ideally straight and smooth and while a person is lying on it, the mattress takes the shape of the person’s body.  

         The point elasticity is an essential characteristic, that makes the difference between the orthopedic and non/orthopedic mattresses. It determines the level of independence on which every unit of the mattress surface reacts to pressure. A classical example of mattress with the optimal level of point elasticity is the one on the basis of a block of independent strings, each string placed in a separate case and completely independent. A high point elasticity provides the maximum ability of the mattress to adopt itself to the body of the lying person, distributing correctly the pressure on muscles and tissues, preserving, at the same time, the correct position of the spine, regardless to the posture.  

          In the case of an orthopedic mattress he weight distributed equally, providing the maximum relaxation of the body, ensures a better blood flow, corrects the pseudoluxations and spinal curvatures, produced due to the permanent vertical position of the spine. All these factors provide activation of the metabolism, contributing to a high quality sleep.