memory foam responds to your bodies temperature. This is not ideal for nighttime support. We all head up where we are heaviest and when those areas, (ie: shoulder to hip) compress further your back support is gone and you will be forced to rotate more frequently impairing your 90-120 minute sleep cycle. Healthy sleepers still need to move throughout the night also. In fact a number of studies state that healthy sleepers adjust or change position approximately 20-50 times a night. The idea is it should not wake you up. With visco elastic polyurethane, (memory foam, or tempur foam) you have to wait for those indents to fill back up and that can wake you throughout the night. Latex far outperforms any memory foam in terms of pressure relief and proper support given try it in store and pick the proper firmness. Don’t let the marketing smoke and mirrors fool you.

thanks Lindsay. I think I am totally over memory foam and the heat. Dream foam looks really nice – I think they are made in the same factory as the current mattress I am not keeping.

Hi Harold,

Sorry to hear about your chronic back pain.
The general consensus is that memory foam is good for back pain. The owner is correct in what you’ve mentioned.
However, going forward, perhaps you should try latex if coil and memory foam has been of no luck.
You could try the DreamFoam – Ultimate Dreams Eurotop, they offer a trial period and let you choose how soft or firm you want.
Hope this helps.

Owner said memory foam is better for back problems. I am still not getting any relief. He says Latex pushes back whereas memory foam absorbs and supports.

I had a premium coil mattress (McRoskey) with maximum padding before this. Was happy with it for about 5 years. Where do I go from here? Suggestions? Thanks!