There are many questions that arise about whether our rest equipment needs a change or can be used for another season. Most people are not aware of what it means to sleep on a quality mattress in good condition. Here are some facts that will surely interest you:
- We spend an average of 14400 minutes a month on our rest equipment.
- A mattress that is more than 10 years old is no longer completely healthy and becomes harmful, regardless of how it has been used. This is explained by Asocama (Spanish Bed Association) after several clinical studies.
- Over the years, our body undergoes metabolic or physical changes (weight loss or gain, growth, pregnancy, bone or muscle diseases, injuries…), and the mattress that a few years ago fit us perfectly, may not be the healthiest after these circumstances, because our characteristics and physical conditions have changed.
The Importance of Healthy Rest
A good rest is as important in our daily lives as a healthy diet and correct physical activity. When there is a sleep disorder or poor rest, from day one the rest of the factors that condition our stability as people are also harmed. For example, not sleeping well affects our physical performance (we feel more tired), and our fatigue conditions our intellectual performance (less concentration at work, less attention to important day-to-day tasks, forgetting important matters, disorientation), and even our mood and our ability to assimilate routine.
Over time, if a solution to this problem is not achieved, it can lead to serious problems that will need the help of a specialist to overcome them: insomnia, chronic fatigue, vertigo, muscle injuries…
According to a study by Asocama, 18% of the population suffers from muscle pain, 6.8% suffers from allergy problems, 5.4% suffers from insomnia, and 20% suffers from other types of diseases that could be related to rest. In addition, 18.5% feel tired and without energy when they wake up in the morning, and 13.5% wake up with muscle aches. Based on this, we can say that more than 30% of the population is not resting on the most appropriate and healthy rest equipment. In addition, the older the rest equipment used by sleepers, the higher the percentage of people who do not sleep well, wake up exhausted or in pain.
The conclusion of all this cannot be otherwise: people are not aware that many of their health problems are related to their rest equipment. Because if they were aware, they would most likely invest in their health.
You need to renew your rest equipment if…
After what has been explained above, here are a series of situations in which you probably need to renew your mattress:
- You wake up tired on a regular basis. This condition can be due to various causes such as specific illnesses, poor diet, depression or when we are taking strong medications that can cause fatigue. However, in most cases, when there is constant exhaustion, and especially if it is accompanied by muscle or lumbar ailments, our rest team may be responsible.
- Your rest team is between 8 and 10 years old. The maximum life of a mattress is 10 years. However, not all mattresses achieve this durability, as it also depends on the use given to it, their quality, or the materials that form it and even the characteristics of the sleepers who use it. Make sure that the mattress you are going to use daily does not belong to an economic range, since in the medium term it will be more expensive. You can find more information in our Mattress Guide.
- Your mattress is sagging or deformed. As we said, the life of a mattress also depends on the use it is given. If your mattress suffers a deformation during its warranty period (usually during the first 2 years), it is probably due to a manufacturing problem, in which case you should contact the manufacturer of the mattress. If, on the other hand, the mattress loses firmness, sinks or deforms in the following years, it is most likely due to the use it has been given, either because the physical characteristics of sleepers with problems such as being overweight, for example, do not adapt to the performance that the mattress offered (low quality, little firmness). In many cases, in addition, the deterioration of a mattress in the first 5 years of use is due to poor maintenance of the mattress (it has not been turned over or ventilated, or it has been used on incompatible or defective bed bases or bases).
- You’ve experienced physical changes. Over the years, people and metabolism change, and we must adapt our rest equipment to our new physical conditions. That is: if you have become pregnant, if you have gained weight in recent years, if you have had an accident or an illness that has affected your physical conditions or even if you have gone through a stage of life (childhood, youth, adulthood or old age) and you feel that your physical conditions are not the same. Each person needs a certain type of mattress at each time of their life.
- You’ve been a mother or father, or your child has grown up. Growing children need to change their rest equipment more often than they do when they reach adulthood. The needs of a 6-month-old baby are different from those of 4, 12 or 16 years old. Find out which mattress is the most recommended for your child. You can do it in this article on mattresses.
- You’ve moved. On many occasions, people who start a new life in a new home, change their old mattress for a new one, taking advantage of the move and the purchase of new furniture. In these circumstances, it is very common for the furniture store to offer a free mattress for the purchase of furniture. If this is your case, you should make sure of the quality of the mattress that they are going to give you, as they are almost always mattresses with very basic characteristics and that have not been offered to you after assessing your needs, preferences and physical conditions. It is quite risky to rely on this type of mattress for daily use.
- Your bed base is worn. Just as many people are not aware of the important role that our mattress plays in our health, many people do not know that the bed base on which they rest their mattress can harm the condition of the mattress. In other words, if your bed base is defective and your mattress is new, there is a high probability that your mattress will end up being damaged by the bed base, in which case the manufacturer’s warranty would not be responsible for the incident. If you change your mattress, change your bed base.
- You need a guest bed or for a second home. If this is your case, you can get fantastic deals for those extra beds that are only going to be used on certain occasions, as it is generally not worth making a significant investment in a mattress that is hardly going to be used. We have several mattress options at very low prices.
If these are your circumstances, the only thing left to tell you is that you should not forget that, when choosing your rest equipment, it is advisable to be advised by a sleep specialist, because after asking you some questions about your tastes and physical conditions, he will be able to recommend the healthiest mattresses for you.
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Source: Dormitia
