What bed do you recommend and why? Let us know! And be sure to include relevant information (like height, weight, exercise history) so others have useful context!

I struggled with back pain at 16 and 120 pounds and still at 65 and 270 pounds. I am a former fitness trainer in great shape who has lost a lot in fitness from injuries and other life stuff. I have finally settled on a Sleep Number bed since every day is different. I have it softer or firmer depending on my work day, etc. Maybe when I increase my adaptability through fitness this won't be necessary. But right now the mattress variabilty is a sleep saver.

thanks for the video. After decades of sleeping in a bed, I now sleep on the floor, with a thick yoga mat (2-3 inches), a blanket and a towel, only a folded towel as a cushion wehn lying on the side. It's better for my back, cheaper and less difficult to get used to than I expected. Now I love it. I changed because of a slipped disk 6 months ago with severe pain (after 10-20 years of working at PC sitting, sleeping in Bed, driving a car - all the nasty stuff of modern work life). I am 48, weight 171 lbs. After visiting many doctors and physiotherapists the last months, now I am training my body to work as intended again - with your back pain fix. I had no surgery and at least for now, it goes well.

thanks for the video, Matt. I can relate to the mattress finding journey. I’m 5’2”, 120lb and a back and side sleeper. My current inexpensive solution: -Ikea medium firm mattress -Ikea mattress topper. -Matt’s Hip muscle strengthening video I know for a fact is all the sitting at work that had my hips crying for months. Thanks for your helpful videos, Matt!

Sleep Number by Select Comfort. I have one in queen for 11 years and just ordered my second in a king after "saving money" buying a memory foam in king. The memory foam one is getting donated less than a year later as soon as my sleep number arrives on 8/23. We spend a lot of our lives in bed, it is not wise to cut corners on bedding and pillows. I've slept on my yoga mat many times and felt fine, but I work hard to keep my body in optimal condition and enjoy resting comfortably. I feel like an ad for select comfort but a 25 year warranty may take the edge off that price! Thanks for the informative video!

We bought a temperpedic bed 15 years ago. Best money every spent! My hubby was having a lot of back issues after waking up. I was pregnant at the time and so uncomfortable in our box spring mattress that I would often sleep on the couch. We decided our mattress wasn’t working for either of us any longer. After much mattress shopping we went for the temperpedic and man did it change our lives. We love it and still maintain it was the best money we ever spent! Forgot to mention that I’m a side and stomach sleeper and my hubby is a back sleeper and it works for both of us.

My Purple was literally life changing. I'm a side or back sleeper usually, sometimes sleep on my stomach, and it has helped get rid of my back pain. No matter what position I'm in it lets me relax and not worry about back pain.

thanks Matt, your vids always help and demystify. As a fairly lightweight 'polypositional' sleeper my experience essentially replicates yours: too hard or too soft is no good, better muscular condition means better sleep. I now sleep on an old Asian wooden bed with a medium foam mattress just thick enough to keep my hip bone and shoulder off the wood when lying on my side, using just a small folded rug as pillow. Wake up on back, relaxed, no kinks in neck, no numb hands etc. And of course it is better to be a bit active before bed, rather than dozing in front of some screen or other ....

Sleep number! I am a poly positional sleeper. 5’8, 180 lbs. My husband and I share a king size bed so we can each pick our own sleep number. We even bought sleep numbers for our married children. Another benefit of the sleep number besides being adjustable is that you don’t have to flip the mattress and easy portability if you move. You can add toppers if you need a little more cushion. Our kids bought higher end ones we still have the same bed from 2003. Don’t deal with potential bedbugs either. It’s air!

I'm a 73 year-old, 124 pound female. I was a side sleeper, recently converted to a back sleeper. My bed is a low, simple wood frame with plywood fitted to it, and 2x4's for slats. On top is a 1" firm closed cell, over-sized yoga mat and a soft 2" foam top layer. I need the flatness of it to rest well. I use almost flat pillows or none. I am pretty flexible but very short on muscle from life circumstances, but I can go at it now. One knee is very weak, the contents shift easily and painfully. I don't see that you have a program for knees, I'm hoping that you add one. For now, your youtube videos are helping me a lot. I am seeing a lot of improvement in going up stairs. Going down properly will come with more work. Thank you. You are easy to understand, upbeat, and skillful.

This is an excellent video. Very descriptive and very helpful to people, that are struggling with what mattress to buy for their particular needs.

Hey, thank you so much!!! I'm from Russia. And your videos are so helpful to me! Nice work!!!

I'm 200 lbs and prefer my latex foam firm mattress. I do break down material because of my weight. I paid $750 for mine (eastern king) on Amazon and I will do it again when needed. I'm a back sleeper, but my wife is a side sleeper and she is happy too. A high quality firm inner spring works well for me too. I encourage clients to break the habit of belly sleeping or soft beds. I cannot find a positive attribute of this position structurally. And although it may take some effort, it's worth changing.

I have a super firm mattress with 3 inch memory foam on top. I am 100 lbs and my husband is about 160 lbs. I sleep on my back with a bolster under my knees for sciatica relief and my husband is a side sleeper. The super firm mattress provides good support and stability but the memory foam cushions hips and shoulders. It is perfect for us.

Why don't they tell you this before you buy a mattress!?!?!? We spent like $2000 on a mattress that felt heavenly in the store but is obviously far too firm for our sleeping styles. Thank you so much for this video!!!

Great info! LOL the ending !

I have some malformed vertebrae, so my back is touchy. I've used a Temperpedic for about 25 years (I'm a few years into my second one). I got the firmest one they have, and I love it! I'm 5'1", 95 lbs and usually a side sleeper, but sometimes on my back--best without a pillow.

I switched to a Sleep Number bed as it seemed the closest I could get to the waterbed I'd been using for decades. A poly-positional sleeper over 60 years old, under 5' and under 100 pds, both these options have been comfortable for me.

Just found your channel and subscribed. I can’t say enough for Select Comfort beds, they are expensive, but I wouldn’t buy any other bed. My husband is a back sleeper and likes a hard bed, and I am a side and stomach sleeper and like a soft bed. With the Select Comfort bed we both get what we need. For the amount of time we spend in bed it’s the best investment and they have a 25 year warranty.

Great video always informative - now do you have any pillow recommendations for side sleepers. My neck is always stiff when I wake up - can’t seem to find the right pillow

Beds....argh. I have been through so many. I am 5'2", ~140lbs, primarily a side sleeper, maybe 20% back sleeper, never stomach, umm don't really exercise, have Lyme disease, thyroid problems and adrenal problems. I also use a 10lb weighted blanket at night which adds to the pressure on the mattress and my muscles. I can also pop my shoulder and hip joints out of socket while just standing, with hardly any effort, so have needed really good support. Used to be in tons of pain from Lyme to the point of not being able to walk, but am doing much better. Soft beds have been horrible for me, as have medium. Firm were ok, but all the mattresses I've used were too hot. I have tried spring (good for a while, then permanent sag), memory foam (not enough support and way too hot), and latex (not enough support, no matter how I arranged the layers). Memory foam was from Amazon, Latex was from Pure Bliss. Just as important to me as the support has been how much the material traps heat. I am a hot sleeper ever since getting infected from a tick. I live in a cool climate with bad winters, and I was still sweating in memory foam, latex less so, but still too hot. I did research and learned about wool. Got a wool topper and it improved. Did some more research and decided to get rid of my mattress. I bought a wood slat platform frame, hardwood plywood, 3 yoga mats, and about 6" of folded wool blankets. I've been sleeping on that for about a year and a half now, and, though not perfect, it's the best I've ever slept on. Some nights aren't comfortable (position-wise) but most nights are. I don't overheat anymore. I can't sleep on anything other than wool now. Wool regulates my body temp where memory foam just traps the heat and creates a sauna. I use two thin-ish buckwheat pillows for under my head, which can easily be changed around if changing to my back.

everything you said speaks to my experiences. The best solution I have find is very similar. A firm bed with 3 to 4inch memory foam allows the perfect mix of support without making my hands go numb when I sleep on my side or letting my butt or hips sink too much to cause pain. Eventually we bought a Dream Cloud which took a bit to get used to it because it feels really soft but yet it does fully support us in every position.

Great video! I got all the above problems and I use a CPAP. I'm fairly light guy, 155 lbs. I'm a back and left-side sleeper. I just found your site and been binge watching your videos. I'll be waiting for President's Day for a sale to get a new mattress because I'm a cheap skate too.

When I visited my son in Japan back in 2006, I was 52 years old and from Canada. Whilst in Japan, we slept on futons on the floor. I remember waking up one night, wanting to turn to my other side (I'm a side sleeper) and when I went to move, I was totally seized up. lol So, I stayed in that position.

I'm a side sleeper because a sleep doctor told me I have sleep apnea when on my back. (I would love to be able to sleep on my back!) I'm also trying to get better at sleeping on the ground because I'm interested in backpacking. Putting a pillow under my torso helps me quite a bit. Then I also have to use two pillows under my head, but my shoulder is more comfortable. I'm 6' 3" at 165 lbs.

Excellent information. Just what I needed to hear. I purchased the Saatva HD mattress in February 2024. At first it was comfortable, however, now in late March I’m miserable. I sleep in pain on all sides. I wake up in the middle of the night tossing and turning. Due to lack of good sleep at night I’m sleepy during the day, I have the option to return the mattress but my thoughts are in alignment with you…. I think the problem is ME. How do I fix my back, hip and shoulder pain so that i can sleep soundly in my new $$$ mattress?

I almost purchased a tempurpedic bed because of the advertisement, but on studying the way she jumped on the bed was sneaky. On one bed she went down with locked knees hard heels all her weight in a down force, knocking the glass over. On the tempurpedic mattress, she lightly came down with bent knees to take the impact. So I don't trust their product My bed was purchased in 2007, still very comfortable and get a good sleep on it, it's a no turning one, medium to soft, sealy with fitted topper. Thank you for your video, I'm subscribed.

I'm having such hard time finding a mattress! Too hard and my body aches, too soft and my lower back hurts. Can't find anyone to help me. I'm in Australia. 66, 5ft 2in and 71kg female side sleeper. I LOVE your pillows. They look so comfortable! Can i get those in Australia? Thanks.

I've never understood western culture's obsessions with beds. The whole mattress + boxsprings + headboard thing. While I was brought up in this culture, for more than 20 years I've slept on a three or four inch hospital grade foam pad. Maybe it's not for everyone -- but works for me.

Pain all over. Lumbar disc issues, fibromyalgia, nerve pain. Currently using a medium firm 8’ memory foam over firm mattress with box springs. Getting up is like climbing out of a blubber pit- a workout in itself! Back sleeper but have to hang my feet off due to pain.many pillows of all sizes and densities. I use them where needed. Also heating pads. I’m thinking a sleep number with topper would be ideal ❤️

Bottoming out on a floor or equivalent underneath is the worst. I would love a massage table or even better a PT table. I could buy some foam and make that if I knew the type of foam. Then I could use a cotton Japanese futon over it for the best. I have had two mattresses, both freecycle finds and both have worked well. I have slept on an old ikea foam mattress (my hips go lower than my shoulder and head) which has been just fine for several years but I thought flatter might be better for my back and upper shoulder hunch. I bought your course. Now I have a really firm cotton futon and that is fine with me. My shoulder makes a dent in it and that seems to be ok too. ME: side-sleeper mostly but sometimes on back with no pillow. Very occasionally prone with one knee up (towards my head) in a frog position. Edited.. but the price at Tulo for the firm mattress I put in another comment would give me a brand new mattress. I am tempted and will call them tomorrow. Thanks for the hint.

Very informative and helful. I especially appreciated the lesson on what firmness of mattresses was best. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Thank you.

Waking up with more aches than i went to sleep with night after night for the past 15 years. Tried countless mattresses at home and in hotels and what seems comfortable for a few nights soon find ways to start causing pain. 6ft 175lb poly sleeper minus back sleep

After a lot of mattress testing, Aireloom M1 or M2 or Streamline Luxury Firm are best. Absolutely stellar. How do I define best? Highest % of people that will be happy on it. Aireloom Streamline Luxury Firm is best selling Aireloom mattress for last 15 years. Why? Great amount of firmness and softness. Perfection!!!!

It took me a long time to find the perfect Mattress, I am 5'9 tall and 132lb. and I hate to feel hot when sleeping,... so after many try outs of all kinds of mattresses with many of them being foam mattresses that make you feel hot in the summer, I found the Brooklyn Bedding Aurora (a hybrid mattress) due to it's cooling capability and softness I just fell in love with it very quickly, since I am a side and back sleeper but you can also get it a Medium or Firm version of it. ....not too expensive either at all plus they give you 120-NIGHT TRIAL!

I toss between back and side sleeping. When I particularly have back pain, I can't sleep on my medium firm mattress and have to sleep on the floor on my back. Pain goes within 10 minutes rather than sleeping on the plushy mattress all night with pain

So glad to see your video! It’s time for us to get a good mattress...I think we had our’s for over 20 years...(I think my hubby is cheaper than you are...). I preferred firm mattress but now I have shoulder pains (I sleep mostly on my side) & have arthritis pain all over my body...I notice that our old mattress does not bother me anymore...after watching your video I can understand why (it is no longer firm). But it’s time for us to change the mattress & thank you for your video. If it was not for your video than I would have bought the wrong mattress! Very practical video & love your shorts. Just subscribed to your KZfaq.

6 feet tall, 200lbs ( I have been as heavy as 250 and as light as 170 in the past) My best quality sleep as far as joint pain came from sleeping on a mid-grade air mattress Buy mid-grade I mean it was high enough quality that it didn't leak perceptively from the time I went to sleep to the time I woke up, but it wasn't one of those fancy Sleep Number beds that cost thousands of dollars The second best oddly enough was after umbilical hernia surgery, when I was instructed to sleep with my body propped way way up and on my back I basically used cushionss to put myself in almost the same position you would be in on a recliner, in bed, and woke up pain-free pretty much every day This really makes me wonder if the full-time hammock sleepers are on to something

Best Ikea influencer ever! 😂 thanks for the info as always, super helpful

If you are a stomach sleeper, ideally you need a breathing hole in your mattress.

This has been so helpful! Thank you so much!

Love your videos man! If the Tuft and Needle was good with the mattress topper, then why did you change? Did it fail to support over time? Want cooling gel? What made you switch?

Thanks, Matt! Do you have any videos on how to keep good positions when we sleep to prevent injury, etc.?

Great Information ... Thank You 👍🏼👍🏼

Thanks Matt, this really helps a lot I appreciate you. A quick question where did you get your comforter from? It looks like a cloud

I’m side sleeper but also I start off laying in my back sometimes fall asleep on my back tried soft and kept waking up with lower back pain went to firm mattress and now I find it uncomfortable and shoulder issues now I’m stuck with the firm mattress

I'm on a tuft and needle and while for about a year it was great it is now sagging in the middle (and I don't weigh much). It sucks but through research I've found that all foam no matter the quality or type of foam... all foam breaks down over time. So ugh I guess I have decided to go with whatever ultra cheap medium firm mattress I can find and just keep replacing it as it eventually sags. Recently I got a purple that was on clearance for a remarkable price so the deal alone was hard to say no to. Hopefully it doesn't break down as fast as the tuft and needle. But, wow you are right on about we can sleep on whatever we get used to. It took forever for me to be able to sleep on the tuft and needle and now I can't seem to sleep on the purple and keep going back to the tuft and needle in spite of its sag.

Hi there, Question: I'm overweight sleeping on a firm mattress on my back and I have lower back pain. I believe it's because my butt is big and it's distorting the natural alignment of my spine(as if I were standing). It's making it so that my butt is pushing my hip more upward and my lower back area not really touching the bed. Do you think this is the reason why I have back pain?

I so get it.. separated shoulder lower 2 disc issue and knee pop latest injury. Bed is too soft. I think a med firm would be good. Almost everyday my lower back hurts. Also a bit of a hump..I never sleep with more than 1 pillow. Not too fluffy. It’s the back shoulder and knee in that order. We have an adjustable bed.. I don’t like it. Had it for 7 years.. it’s rude.. haha

I am having problems with my lower back on my right side, I thought my bed was too soft, I have a thick foam topper on my mattress. I thought that may be the problem, turns out that without the topper I can turn over in bed easier, but my hips hurt much worse, I’m a side sleeper. With the topper my hips hurt a lot less but turning over hurts my back on the right side. It’s a problem for me either way so I sleep with the topper, I like a soft bed.

I have those same sheets... cool! Target - 🙂

Looking for either a firm or medium-firm, all-natural (cotton, linen, wool) innerspring mattress. High quality that is. Any suggestions?

Jean shorts! - Tobias would be proud 😆

Definitely working to get a sleep number bed. Although I mostly a side sleeper I prefer firmer mattresses. They get all the kinks out. Plus I'm 6'1 265 lbs. After weeks of being in a hotel with firm mattress I felt so much better. Hotel now has soft beds. I travel a lot so will need to have mattress firmness details with hotel lol.

Perfect timing. I just started looking for a new mattress. With severe pain conditions and having to spend most of my day in bed because of my chronic illness, I need a comfortable bed that doesn't cause any more pain issues. Speaking of sleep, what do you think of weighted blankets? I was rather sceptical but I've tried some and feel like my nervous system needs less time to relax and fall asleep. I just haven't found the perfect one yet. Also thanks for the time stamps in the description. That is really helpful if you want to go back to the video to find something specific. I wish everybody did that ;-) Best wishes from Germany :)

Great video Matt. Never nude for life!

I still haven't found the right mattress 😏

i like sleep number only bed for me

Your content is amazing. ❤

How do i order tulo mattress?

Came for the info, stayed for the humour too. Awesome breakdown (not of your body though lmao)

Good info as always. Cute lammie.

I ve had really soft temper beds, spring beds with plush pillow tops and super firm spring mattresses. Price ranges from a 400 to like 2500 dollars. Nothing helps me. Eventually they all feel pretty uncomfortable eventually. I m primarily a side sleeper but do roll over to back for parts of night. I ve lifted for 10 yrs regularly. I m in pretty decent physical shape. More muscular than avg person. 6ft 210 lbs around 15% bf. No matter what i buy i get some lvl of back discomfort. Lately i feel my lower back feel tight and so do areas that i assume may be psoas and QL. I roll out of bed everyday and need my foam roller and lacrosse ball.

Soo every bed minus the one with the topper you said was uncomfortable maybe you should spend money on quality

I just moved, but now I have the opportunity to have my head facing north, wonderful dreams ALL night every night, everything matters trust me. if your in a stage 2 or 3 sleep all night, anything will wake you up and make you move around a lot more. find yourself in a stage 4 deep sleep for 4 hours is all the sleep you will need (saw this experiment once awake for 2 hours sleep for 15 minutes 24/7 after 2 months his art and memory excelled beyond his expectations, not to mention he would automatically fall into a stage 4 sleep minutes after laying down and automatically wake himself up 2 hours later) bonus: for no known reason your body temp will go up 3 to 5% and cause you to wake up at or around 3am to cover yourself up, now that your awake enough, you realize you need to pee 'wide awake at 3am' good book

Listen to this skinny legend, ooh I’m so light! 😂😂😂

Cute sheepy hehe

What about someone who has had a spinal fusion?

I would suggest sleeping on a firm bed. As firm as your body can handle. I assume that fitter people can sleep on firmer beds. Not sure if this is correct.

I love sleeping on the floor

Were those… daisy dukes? 😂

emma colchon

The mark up on mattress is equivalent to jewellery. .

Google Futon John San Diego I have purchased several futons from him , 4 Inch futon is very firm. If you like firm. He also sells them at Koby's Swap Meet in San Diego ... really nice guy. He makes them here in San Diego 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I prefer sleeping on nails. Make sure they are galvanized so they don’t rust /don’t want to get tetanus

bro clean your feet