Many people assume that a mattress, as long as is functional should not be replaced. While that may be true, there are serious effects you may face when you sleep on a bad mattress. Some of these effects will affect your health as long as you are using the same bad mattress. These effects include serious spinal issue, allergic problems, poor sleep, unproductivity, and an increase in body weight just to mention but a few.
Therefore, if you do not want to spend your money on unnecessary medication, then think of changing your mattress for a better one. I said unnecessary medication because you can prevent these problems within a day.
1.Serious Spinal Pain
Your body needs to sleep on a flat surface to avoid severe spinal pains. An old mattress will always have a dip. This dip is what makes you wake up with back problems. Again, a mattress isn’t always bad because it is old. No, buying a low-quality mattress can cause serious issues too. This is so especially if you have purchased a new mattress and a few months later you begin to experience some severe spinal pain.
With that in mind, you need to buy the best mattress or replace the old one.
2.Poor Sleep
A bad mattress deprives you of good sleep which in turn could lead to many dangerous effects. These effects are what helps you know it is time to find a solution to a sound sleep. Avidan says, “Its impacts might not be on the surface, they might not be very visible, but sleep deprivation could be manifesting itself in many negative ways, physically, emotionally, and as this new research shows, on the cellular level.”
You, therefore need to have a good mattress to enjoy quality sleep which comes with god health. What about a pillow? FreeYourSpine.info says, “Still, choosing the right pillow can make a big difference in your quality of sleep.” Therefore, consider changing your pillow as you change your bad mattress.
3.Increase in Body Weight
Yes, your weight will not only increase because of your poor diet but because of a bad mattress. Let me explain. A bad mattress makes you feel excessively tired in the morning which lowers your chances of going to a gym to break calories.
In addition, people who do not sleep well tend to stay awake for extended hours which makes them eat more thus making their body retain more fat. With good sleep, metabolism takes place thus burning extra body fat. Of course, you know that excess body fat cuts down your life span, right? Avoid a bad mattress.
4.Becoming Unproductive
You may not know the repercussions a bad mattress has on your financial status until your productivity goes down. Why? Anyone who has not had a good sleep can tell you that they wake up feeling exhausted. When you feel tired, you are not able to work effectively the next day thus your level of productivity goes down.
The University of Rochester conducted research which proved that your brain cells cannot remove toxic proteins if you do not get adequate sleep. This is why you need a good mattress to get rid of toxic protein from your brain to pave the way for productivity.
5.Depression
It is wrong to believe that depression can only be as a result of hurt breaking events in life. Your mattress, too, can be a significant cause of depression. See, research conducted on 60 people proved that people who slept new mattresses showed a substantial drop in stress levels contrary to the time they were sleeping on old (bad) mattresses.
This, I believe, is as a result of getting enough sleep and rest which comes from sleeping on a good mattress thus making you retain good weight, become more productive, as well as having a healthy back.
The verdict
A bad mattress can be the cause of the severe problems you are having on your health and working environment. Before you could think of getting in touch with your doctor, think about the last time you bought a (good) mattress.
Don’t be a victim of these five serious effects. Replace your bad mattress.