Firm Mattress Or Medium Firm

Those with back pain generally sleep better on medium firm beds and side sleepers often prefer medium firmness to help with spine alignment and to provide adequate cushioning that can prevent their shoulders and hips from feeling overt pressure.

Firm mattress or medium firm.

A medium mattress is a 5 on the firmness scale. A firm mattress typically rates between 8 and 10 on the firmness scale. And the optimal support a medium firm mattress gives is for people who weight between 64 and 101 kg 10 16 stone. These beds are soft to the touch respond quickly to pressure and are less likely to have excessive sinking than a soft bed.

Independent research has shown that the amount of support a mattress gives depends on your weight. The closer you get to the higher end of the weight spectrum the more likely it becomes that you ll prefer the firmer of the two. The reason for this is because if you re heavier you will put more pressure on your mattress and it will feel soft to you. People who weigh less than 120 pounds often find softer mattresses more comfortable while those of average weight between 130 and 230 pounds prefer medium to medium firm mattresses.

While a firm mattress typically falls around an 8 on a scale of 1 10 a medium firm mattress is generally in the 5 7 range giving it a slightly softer more cushiony feel.