How Can Memory Foam Bedding Relieve Back and Neck Pain? Memory Foam Bedding
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Fascia is a type of connective tissue that covers nearly the entire inside of the body. It binds together muscles, organs, and other tissue in addition to contributing to the structural integrity (the shape) of the body. For exercisers, the type fascia that is the most important is the fascia that covers and binds together the muscles. This type of fascia is sometimes referred to as deep fascia. You can think of deep fascia as the skin of your muscles.
Fascia, like all connective tissue, grows in response to stress. If you prefer a certain posture, the resulting stress on the muscle, bone, and other soft tissue will eventually result in the growth of fascia to help the other tissues cope with the demand of holding a new posture. For example, if you happen to sit slouched over at your computer 8 hours a day while at work, eventually fascia will grow to help support this body posture, making it much easier for you to carry your caveman-like computer posture with you for whatever other activities you may engage in.
Memory foam bedding materials became mainstream in the early 1990s and mattresses made from this space-age material have become the fasting growing segment in the mattress industry. Memory foam mattresses are made from high viscosity foam and do not have coils or springs. Bedding made from this material distributes the weight of body and also eases pressure points. This bedding contours to your body, giving the needed support for a restful and peaceful sleep each night.
If that was a bit confusing for you, I will go back to the computer posture analogy to clear it up. After slouching for 8 hours a day at the computer for a period of weeks (or even years), your body creates more and more new fascia to help meet the demands of your new slouching posture. After a period of time, this fascia can become restrictive and make it hard for you to move out of poor posture. Your neck and upper back feel tight all the time because you have adapted to poor postural patterns even when you are not on the computer. To combat this, you might try to stretch your neck but it only provides temporary relief; you might get a massage and it feels great for the next 30 minutes but sooner or later you are back in pain. This is because the brain is telling the fascia to stay put.
Both latex and memory foam mattresses are good choices for shared sleeping, especially if one person tosses and turns more than the other, because they isolate motion. Bedding made from this visco-elastic material is effective for anyone whether he is a side sleeper or one who sleeps on his back or stomach.
A dentist trained in TMD treatment that relieves the stress on the jaw joints has the potential to relieve most if not all of the above symptoms. If the symptoms have been long standing, however, other health care providers such as chiropractors, osteopathic physicians, physical therapists, and massage therapists may be needed for complete relief. And in certain cases, the “TMD symptoms” may not be due to the jaw joints at all. Back and neck disorders can also cause the same symptoms as TMD. In these cases, TMD treatment will be of limited benefit and your dentist may be able to refer you to the appropriate health care provider.
If you suffer from any of the symptoms listed in this article, it may be worth your while to have your dentist perform a TMD screening. I speak from personal experience; I suffered from lower back pain and numbness in the fingers for many years, potentially a career ending condition for a dentist. I never believed I had TMD because my jaw joints never hurt. With the proper diagnosis and treatment of my TMD, however, I have now been pain free for over two years, and continue to practice dentistry with no numbness in my fingers
Resource Author Francisco R. Higueras
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