Pocket spring mattresses for back sleepers
Back sleepers move very little at night and usually wake up the way they fell asleep. Sleeping on your back is not only particularly "restful", but also very relaxing for your body, because it provides the best relief for your spine and neck. However, this is only possible if you find a suitable mattress for this sleeping position. The following explains which criteria play an important role and whether pocket spring mattresses are suitable for back sleepers.
Key takeaways
- In order not to impair the natural curvature of the spine when sleeping on your back, back sleepers should rather lie flat on the mattress.
- Mattresses for back sleepers should have a high degree of point elasticity and adaptability, so that the body can sink in further at points such as the pelvis and at the same time be supported more strongly in the surrounding areas.
- In order to guarantee ergonomically correct sleeping, you should pay attention to the different degrees of firmness and the number of lying zones in mattresses.
- Pocket spring mattresses are ideal for back sleepers because they have excellent point elasticity thanks to their mattress core made of steel springs. In addition, you can choose from various models of pocket spring mattresses, so that you can find exactly the variant that is optimal for you in terms of firmness and lying zones.
Product recommendation:
If we have convinced you of the pocket spring mattress, we recommend our 7-zone pocket spring mattress. It is equipped with 480 springs per 2 m² and therefore has a high degree of point elasticity and adaptability. As a result, it is ideally suited for back sleepers. Thanks to the division into 7 lying zones, it optimally supports or allows your respective body parts to sink in and thus ensures a healthy posture. Since you can choose from different degrees of firmness with our bestseller, you will find exactly the model that suits you and your preferred sleeping sensation. Convince yourself of our pocket spring mattress and test our bestseller for 100 nights at your home. If you don't like the mattress, contrary to expectations, you can of course return it free of charge.
What back sleepers need to consider
A mattress for back sleepers should do justice to the natural curvature of the spine (lordosis) and provide you with optimal support in this regard. In the course of this, it is important that some parts of the body sink in further, while other areas are supported more strongly. In addition, back sleepers should lie flat on the mattress so that it does not impair the double S-shape of the spine. To do this, it is important that the legs and head are not raised. In addition, the pelvis should sink in further, while the lumbar region is sufficiently supported. In this way, no hollow back can develop, so that the spine is optimally relieved.
Point elasticity
In order for your spine to recover overnight, it is important to find a mattress that has a high degree of point elasticity: Thanks to this property, it is guaranteed that the mattress only gives way at the points that are really stressed. This increases the adaptability of the mattress, because in this way only the areas that are supposed to sink in sink in, while the surrounding body parts are supported more strongly. As a result, a healthy posture is ensured because the mattress does justice to the natural shape of the spine.
Degrees of firmness
In order to lie ergonomically correctly, you should pay close attention to the degree of firmness of the mattress when buying a new one: The choice of the right degree of firmness depends primarily on your weight and your preferred sleeping sensation - i.e. whether you prefer to sleep firmer or softer. However, it is also important that the mattress is not too hard or too soft, otherwise the body will either not be able to sink in properly or will sag too much. Both lead to a kink in the spine and thus promote an unhealthy posture.
Lying zones
An important indicator that you should not disregard when buying a new mattress are the lying zones. These divide your body into different areas and offer the appropriate support in this regard. Since the shoulders and especially the hips of back sleepers should sink in further than the surrounding areas, you should choose a mattress with at least 5 lying zones in order to do justice to the alternating areas. In order to be able to turn the desired model without problems with regard to the lying zones, you should opt for a mattress with 7 lying zones: These are mirrored in the hip area, so that there is a matching counterpart to each zoning. As a result, it does not matter how you lay down mattresses with 7 zones, because you are always lying ergonomically correctly.
In addition to a mattress for back sleepers, you should also buy a suitable slatted frame and a suitable pillow, because only the entire sleeping system can ensure ergonomically correct lying. With a slatted frame for back sleepers, you should pay attention to an additional center zone reinforcement so that your back does not sag. Since the head of back sleepers - just like the rest of the body - should rather lie flat on the mattress in order to do justice to the natural shape of the spine, your pillow should not be too high. Neck support pillows with a removable cushion insert are therefore ideal for back sleepers, so that the height can be easily reduced.
This is why pocket spring mattresses are suitable for back sleepers
Pocket spring mattresses are particularly point-elastic and therefore ideally suited for back sleepers. The aforementioned point elasticity in pocket spring mattresses is due to the special mattress core: This consists of a large number of springs that have been sewn into fabric pockets. Each steel spring is completely encased in such a fabric pocket, so that the springs do not come into contact with each other, but are separated from each other. As a result, the mattress only gives way selectively under pressure, because only the springs that are actually subjected to pressure are stressed. The surrounding steel springs, on the other hand, remain in their position and do not give way.
To find a model that is neither too firm nor too soft, you can choose pocket spring mattresses with different firmness levels. This way, you will find a mattress that ideally supports you on the one hand, allows you to sink in optimally on the other, and at the same time meets your personal sleeping preferences. In addition, when buying a new mattress, you should pay attention to how many zones it has. Pocket spring mattresses with 7 zones are among the most popular options, because this number of zones is perfect for an ergonomically correct lying position: this ensures that the shoulders and especially the hips of back sleepers can sink in further, while the surrounding areas are supported. This alone results in 5 different zones. In order to be able to turn the mattress additionally, 7-zone pocket spring mattresses are ideal, because this version is mirrored in the hip zone, so that there is always a counterpart to the remaining areas: While the foot area is identical to the head area, the shoulder area is equivalent to the calf zone. The lumbar region corresponds to the leg area. Consequently, it does not matter how you place the mattress in your bed, as it always has the appropriate zoning.
Good to know:
Although this article deals with the question of whether pocket spring mattresses are suitable for back sleepers, the information contained therein is also applicable to spring mattresses and barrel pocket spring mattresses. This is because the three terms are often used synonymously and usually refer to the same type of mattress.
