If an average person sleeps between seven and eight hours a night, that person will sleep at least two thousand, five hundred and forty eight hours every year. That is a considerable amount of time to not have a top of the line and truly comfortable mattress! As far as mattresses are concerned, there is nothing more comfortable and supportive than a visco elastic foam mattress or pad. The innovative technology created by NASA that goes into making the visco memory foam takes sleeping to a whole new level of comfort.
The different chemicals in a visco elastic foam mattress, cover or pad – coupled with the density of the mattress itself – makes for a very unique and restful way of sleeping. The memory foam material literally forms to the different angles, planes and curves of your body, which keeps you from sleeping in any unnatural positions. The memory foam becomes firmer or softer, based on the amount of body heat being placed in each spot. The visco elastic foam will compress underneath your body, but stay firm and supportive the deeper your body sinks into the mattress. Thus you will be laying on a layer of softness that contours to your body, yet with the support of a high quality, dense memory foam underneath.
Visco elastic memory foam can also be made in pillow size. People that suffer from neck pain after they sleep tend to do so because their neck settles into an unnatural position. This is due to using a pillow that does not give their neck the support and alignment that it needs. When using a memory foam pillow, the head and neck are supported at just the right angle as to not put strain on the neck muscles. Consequently, the neck is cushioned and protected from becoming stiff and sore.
Memory foam material is also now being used for medical purposes, such as in hospital bed mattresses, as well as the seat padding of wheel chairs. Because of its ability to form to any specific person’s body, visco elastic memory foam helps to reduce stress on the ares of the body where someone has to sit or lay down for extended periods of time. This is a large area of concern in a hospital, because of the occurrence of pressure sores. But with the help of visco elastic foam mattresses, the pressure put on bonier areas like the hips or shoulders is decreased, and there is less of a risk of muscle pain and stress.
