More firm to the touch.
Firm vs soft mattress for back.
Firmer mattresses are just that.
What s the difference between a soft mattress and a firm mattress.
Firm vs soft in an effort to confirm that hard mattresses exert a positive effect on the sleep of people with chronic low back pain as is commonly believed participants in a study tested bedding with varying degrees of firmness.
Soft mattresses feel plush to the touch and sink beneath the sleeper s body.
They tend to have more comfort layers like memory foam latex and soft mattress covers like a pillow top.
First off most mattress companies use a 1 10 scale to rate how firm their mattresses are.
If a mattress is too firm or too squishy it won t support your spine at your neck or lower back the way it needs to.
The study a randomized controlled trial was published in the april 2008 issue of spine.