Physio says my mattress is the problem. Mattress store in Huntington Beach?
Lower back. Stiff every morning, loosens off after an hour or so, been like it for most of a year.
Been going to physio since the spring and it has genuinely helped. On the last visit she asked how old my mattress was. Eleven years. She pulled a face and moved on, which I have been thinking about ever since.
She would not recommend a type, which I understand and also found mildly infuriating. So I am trying to work out what to actually look for rather than walking in and buying whatever the salesperson steers me towards. There is a Sit 'n Sleep and a Mattress Firm within a few miles and I would rather turn up already knowing something.
The thing I keep reading and cannot verify is whether firmer is better for backs. Half the internet says yes, the other half says that is an old wives' tale and the real answer is whatever keeps your spine straight.
Has anyone actually been through this? Specifically whether going firmer helped, or whether it made things worse.