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The mattress industry in the UK is worth over £850 million a year and we as consumers are always searching for that perfect night’s sleep. With so many brands of mattress on the market, the question that many of us face is do we spend over the odds for the mattress or do we go for a cheaper mattress.

If you are dealing with lower back pain, you are in good company. Low back pain is one of the leading reasons for time taken off work in the UK. While low back pain in bed can be linked to other medical conditions, such as arthritis, osteoporosis, and some types of cancer, more likely it is caused by a strain from lifting, poor posture, awkward sleeping positions, or if you only experience it in bed, a rundown mattress.

Every night you go to sleep you begin your journey through the different cycles of sleep. Though you are fully unaware of what is happening while you sleep or snooze, your body and your brain are still very much active and are busy working away.

There are four main types of mattresses to choose from and they are memory foam, pocket sprung, latex, open coil/continuous coil, so to find the right full-size mattress for you can be an exceedingly difficult challenge due to the multitude of mattresses to choose from.

Average sleep, pattern simply means the average amount of time that you spend asleep. People are more likely to be at their sleepiest between the hours of 1 pm and 3 pm and between 2 am and 4 am.

Just why are hotel beds comfortable and how do they make their beds so comfy? Hotel chains worked out a very long time ago that beds would be a major factor when people choose to stay at one of their hotels, so they began to work closely with mattress manufacturers to get the perfect beds,

When it comes to buying a mattress there are a multitude to choose from and it can be rather overwhelming to find the right mattress for you with the multitude of options you can choose from.

In the UK, the most widely sold mattress sizes include the 3'0" x 6'3" standard single mattress, 4'6" x 6'3" standard double mattress and king size mattresses, which measure 5'0" x 6'6" or 150cm x 200cm.