| The tired human body yearns for a comfortable | | | | right texture and thickness to be comfortable for |
| bed at the end of the day. There was a time in | | | | a whole night. |
| ancient civilizations when men had to perform | | | | Sleeping on inappropriate mattresses has made |
| tough, physically laborious tasks which were so | | | | back aches a problem for a big section of the |
| exhausting that they would fall asleep anywhere. | | | | population. Every one has different body contours |
| But modern civilizations see men involved in | | | | and the requirements for mattresses also differ. |
| mentally stressful tasks but have sedentary | | | | It is difficult to generalize and state that a hard |
| lifestyles. As a result, their fatigue is of a different | | | | mattress is good for all, even though it was |
| kind and their indulgence towards their bodies has | | | | popularly believed that anyone suffering from |
| made them need physical comfort in the form of | | | | back pains must begin to use a hard mattress. |
| soft beds and comfortable mattresses. | | | | Aching backs would get restful sleep on hard |
| Traditionally, people wanted soft mattresses they | | | | mattresses. This belief is reinforced by at least |
| could sink into, but would wake up with aching | | | | 75% of the traditional orthopedic physicians. |
| bones and backs. The mattress has to have the | | | | |