Whats Wrong With an Ordinary Flat Bed?
A maker of adjustable beds say that because our legs are curved and our backs are ‘S’ shaped flat beds create gaps, and where there is no support muscles are in a state of tension. According to the manufacture, it is because of this that when we sleep on our back on flat bed we continually move to stay comfortable. But according to Roger Herr, PT, “Normally body padding and the give of the mattress helps us adjust, and moving about is just normal sleep.” Herr is president of the American Physical Therapy Association Home Health section. “We need to be able to roll over and change sides. To program a bed’s position might be good, but it also might not be your natural rhythm.” Adjustable beds are like hospital beds which enable you to elevate your legs or upper body. “Patients I know who use them have conditions like hypertension, circulation problems, decubitus ulcers, or congestive heart failure, and they find it difficult to sleep on a flat bed,” says Jeffrey K. Bergin, DC, dean at th
