How Level Sleep Products Fight Pain and Improve Sleep Quality Level Sleep was founded on the belief that how we sleep has a direct effect on how we live. Our sleep is closely tied to the products we sleep on—a poorly designed mattress or pillow can actually lead to or exacerbate pain, while a product “designed for the human form” can reduce pain and enhance our ability to achieve Level Sleep—pain-free, uninterrupted, deeply refreshing sleep. Causes of Back Pain when Back Sleeping When sleeping on your back, your weight is absorbed primarily by your hips and shoulder blades, leaving your lower spine—the lumbar region—unsupported. This causes your spine to sag just above the pelvis, stressing the soft tissues in your lumbar region and resulting in pain or discomfort. This then leads to shifting during sleep that interferes with your ability to experience the restorative deeper stages of sleep. Back Sleeping on a Traditional Mattress Causes of Back Pain when Side Sleeping
Because your torso is lighter than your hips, traditional mattresses force your spine toward the mattress, stressing your back and causing pain. Side Sleeping on a Traditional Mattress How We Reduce Back Pain A study published in the Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association showed that lumbar support enables a more even distribution of pressure across the pelvic, lumbar and thoracic areas, while limiting compressive and shearing forces on the spine. TriSupport’s three-zone design features lumbar support, complemented by two softer zones that allow your shoulder and hips to sink into the mattress, providing support to your lower back regardless of your sleeping position. That is why participants in our clinical trial reported a 54% reduction in morning stiffness. Sleeping on a TriSupport Mattress Causes of Shoulder Pain When sleeping, your body weight is disproportionately focused on the parts that protrude—your shoulders and hips. When side sleeping, pressure on your shoulder is even more concentrated, specifically on the golf ball-sized protrusion called the tubercle.
The tubercule is covered by the bursa, which lubricates the shoulder’s muscles and tendons and extends roughly an inch beyond the adjacent bone structure. Compression of your shoulder’s soft tissues between the bone structure and the mattress surface restricts blood flow and causes tingling, numbness, and pain. Your body naturally responds to this discomfort by tossing and turning. As we age, this occurs more frequently. Shoulder Discomfort and Pain How We Solve Shoulder Pain The TriSupport and TriSupport Luxe mattresses and topper feature a soft shoulder zone that absorbs your shoulder’s weight while the complementary lumbar and hip zones keep your body aligned. That is why participants in our clinical trial reported a 56% reduction in morning pain. Dissipating pressure also keeps blood flow normal, reducing pain and enabling your body to stay in one position for much longer—leading to deeper and more refreshing sleep. Fighting Tossing & Turning Causes of Tossing and Turning
Compression of the soft tissues between the bone structure of your hips and shoulders and the mattress surface restricts blood flow. When the blood supply to the tissues ceases, you’ve reached the Ischemic Threshold. The result is a burning sensation, which is a major cause of tossing and turning. This pressure buildup is especially pronounced in your hips where thetrochanter, the top part of the femur, protrudes about an inch beyond the pelvis and bears a very large share of body weight. Often over time the bursa covering the trochanter can become chronically inflamed, leading to Trochanteric Bursitis, a condition that impedes mobility and frequently requires surgery. Pressure map of body on conventional memory foam mattress Pressure comparison of TriSupport vs. other mattresses How TriSupport Limits Tossing and Turning TriSupport’s three zones work together to prevent pressure buildup. Less pressure and pain directly translates to less tossing and turning and better sleep.
The firmer lumbar zone supports your back and spine, maintaining alignment and reducing stress on soft tissues The soft shoulder zone absorbs and comforts your shoulder’s bone structure and tissues The medium zone supports your hips and works with the lumbar zone to naturally align your hips and back This is why our clinical trial participants experienced 34% less tossing and turning and woke up with 43% less fatigue and 63% less daytime dysfunction due to sleepiness. Causes of Neck Pain Your pillow directly affects your sleep quality. Too much or too little support puts pressure on your soft tissues, neck muscles, and your cervical spine. As a result, you are likely to suffer from both shoulder pain and neck pain. Side-sleepers also can experience discomfort when the pinna—the visible part of the ear—is compressed between the head and the pillow surface, leading to tossing and turning. How the Restore Pillow Fights Pain Level Sleep has designed height-adjustable Restore pillows with holes or ear wells in the pillow surfaces that allow side-sleepers ears to float pressure-free.
The pillow also features an Ergonomic Comfort Center that allows your head to tilt back, naturally maintaining the curve of the cervical spine, while also opening up your airways to reduce snoring. Washable and odorless, Restore pillows also help prevent wrinkling cause by pressure on your skin while side sleeping. Our pillows, when used together with our Level Sleep mattresses with TriSupport Technology, enable you to sleep more soundly and awaken rested, restored and ready to take on the day. Restore pillow with features for ear-comfort (oval cut-outs)Is your bed your favorite spot at home? Many people seem to l-o-v-e their beds, but I’ve never completely felt that way. I get in, it feels fine to be going to sleep, but it’s no great shakes. Then, after we moved, we switched to a king size mattress, so we needed new bedding. We picked out a set from the online brand Brooklinen and everything changed… Now I love my bed so much, I actually think about it during the day.
And when I climb in, I’ve caught myself whispering, “Bed bed bed bed bed bed bed,” because I’m so happy to be there. I even read more now because I want to get into bed earlier. This duvet cover in Bedford navy stripe (which gets over 500 five-star reviews) has a classic vibe that’s slightly masculine. White duvets also get instantly dirty with little kids (at least with our kids), so it’s nice to switch things up with some pattern. We’re using it with an all-season down comforter. Brooklinen’s sheets — we have this white set — are crisp and somehow always cool to the touch. (How do they do that?) And our old pillows were either too thick or too thin; my neck would often feel cramped in the morning. But these down pillows are just right. Founded on Kickstarter two years ago by a husband-and-wife team, Brooklinen tries to find the middle ground between plain sheets from big retail stores and expensive luxury European brands. They offer their beautiful, high-quality sheets at a fair price because they sell directly to customers online.