Buying a new mattress is an investment you’ll use every night. Your bed can make or break whether you wake up feeling stiff and achey, and it can help or hurt health conditions like chronic back pain.
This makes it all the more important that you choose the right one, finding your own personal Goldilocks level of firmness, size, material, cost, and more.
“Sleep quality can be significantly influenced by certain mattress characteristics such as firmness, pressure distribution, and age,” said Dr. Dionne Morgan, a sleep medicine physician at Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute.
But is it possible to respect your body by giving it ultimate comfort at night while also respecting your wallet and the spatial limitations of your bedroom? Yes. To cut through the bed-buying hype, we spoke with a physical therapist and a sleep medicine doctor to guide you on your path to the perfect mattress.
How to know when you need a new mattress
