I'm fairly miffed that I have 25 year guarantee for a broken mattress sans reciept. Ikea mattress that propped on its side whilst we redcorated has had some inner collapse, flipping it the other day resulted in two large troughs and as you know. We're not big people.
You might argue that ikea haven't been in the uk anywhere near 25 years. Have they?
I have broadish shoulders and the topper means that I can lay on my side without getting pins and needles...
I also get bad pins and needles in my shoulder and down my arm when I lay on my side. I once woke up on the day of an important competition with a complete dead arm that still felt a bit numb when I started climbing - hence the worst result of the year!
Studies suggest that people with backache have less pain with medium-firm mattresses than they do with firm mattresses.Replacing a mattress fairly regularly also seems to help.Try learning to sleep on your back if you don't already, it's better for your neck (and hence arm pins-and-needles). If you have to sleep on your side, use two pillows.
i too get pins and needles if i sleep on my side.i would love to sleep on my back but the chances of surving the night would be very unlikely due my snoring being loud enough to wake up most of the street.
Quote from: webbo on January 11, 2011, 12:15:46 pmi too get pins and needles if i sleep on my side.i would love to sleep on my back but the chances of surving the night would be very unlikely due my snoring being loud enough to wake up most of the street.It's worth experimenting with different pillow combinations, sometimes more/thicker than you are used to can help, as can a thinner roll (such as a rolled-up towel) to support the neck, stuffed into the pillowcase on top of your usual pillow.If you have a rock-hard so-called 'orthopaedic' mattress, sleeping on a duvet on top of the mattress for a few days will give you an feel for whether a softer bed will be more suited to you. i've done the bit with the towels even to the extent of having a rolled up one fastened round my waist as advised by one physio.Given that i'm a somewhat mature,slightly balding,over weight who snores loud enough to wake the dead if sleep on my back.none of the suggestions although well meaning are likely to make me an attractive bedroom partner to my long suffering wife
I think the first was the original North London store (Neasden?), which opened in 1989 or maybe a year or two before. My first mind-scarring encounter with home ownership/ renovation involved purchasing one of their "beech" self-assembly kitchens in 1990 ... * shudder *
Quote from: thesiger on January 12, 2011, 07:21:28 amI think the first was the original North London store (Neasden?), which opened in 1989 or maybe a year or two before. My first mind-scarring encounter with home ownership/ renovation involved purchasing one of their "beech" self-assembly kitchens in 1990 ... * shudder *After requesting old card statements I found the transaction which a snotty lady denied took place. A day later a nice lady rang up and they're sending somebody out (I'm not joking) to "inspect" my mattress!