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The word “Orthopedic” is the most over-used word in the mattress business. For us it means a mattress that is properly layered, and is the right overall firmness for your weight, preference, and back condition. Comfortable on top, to take the shape of your body, yet firm enough in the core to maintain a proper spine alignment.
Orthopedic does not mean buying the firmest mattress possible. An overly firm mattress resists rather than conforming to the natural curves of your body. This is what causes pressure points and restless tossing and turning throughout the night.
At FOAM TORONTO you will be able to select from over 30 grades of foam and design your own Orthopedic mattress with the help of our Sleep Experts who have been in the industry for over 3 decades. They are the ones the mattress companies go to for advice on the right combination of foam grades for their application. Here are some other points that you should know about sleeping on foam and why it is better than sleeping on springs that have lost their comfort zone or any other sleep surface for that matter.
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Custom Sizes
You can order a custom mattress with 1, 2 or 3 layers and your choice of cover. It can be a standard size or a custom size and shape at a much lower price than going to a mattress store. Design your own mattress according to you needs.
Zippered Covers
With zippered covers you can see inside and easily make changes to your mattress at a fraction of the cost of having to buy a new one. A 360 degree zippered cover allows you to see inside. We have nothing to hide!
Dust Mite Free
Dust mites are one of the leading causes of allergies. They thrive in pillow top mattresses that are made with cotton felt and light weight fibre. Our Mattresses are made with high density non-allergenic foam that deter dust mites and bed bugs alike.
30 Grades of Foam
We have the largest selection of foam grades in the city. They can be combined to make you a mattress with deep down support and long lasting comfort. If you want to buy a good mattress, get to know your foam first. We will beat anyone's price for the same quality of foam.
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We are the Factory and we can give you the best quality for the least amount of money. We will beat anyone's price for the same quality of foam. The only way other sleep stores can beat our price is by selling you an inferior product. Just because a mattress costs more, somewhere else, it doesn't necessarily means that you are buying a better mattress. Please contact us to learn more.
The Benefits of Sleeping on Good Quality Foam...
1. What every bed should have, and should not have...
New developments in foam, have made foam the fastest-growing sleep surface. Foam is the key comfort ingredient used on all mattresses. The right firmness of foam helps to relieve pressure points.
The layering of different grades of foam gives you proper posturizing and maintains your spine in its natural alignment. Foam is non-allergenic, dust mite free and recommended by doctors all over the world.
2. What are the attributes of an ideal sleep surface?
First, basic comfort. Above everything else, any and every bed has to be physically comfortable. You just can’t have a relaxed, healthful sleep without it.
3. Many feel that comfort is highly subjective, and different for every individual.
We disagree. Comfort is objective and measurable. It’s a maximum of 0.5 lbs. of pressure on a square inch of the body surface. Regardless of your size or shape, any increase beyond that begins to restrict circulation and starts the muscle tension that produces restless tossing and turning
4. You're talking about pressure points?
Exactly. Comfort, absolute physical comfort, is nothing more than the absence of pressure points.
5. And foam gets rid of them?
Only a sleep in space or on a clinically perfect flotation system will do that. But foam does minimize their effect better than any other practical material available today. Its characteristic ability to contour and conform to any irregular shape, in this case the human body, is unsurpassed.
6. How does contouring provide comfort?
It allows more of the body to contact the sleep surface. The more square inches of contact, the less overall pressure per square inch, and the less opportunity for discomfort in any local area. In effect, foam’s contourability allows every inch of body to literally carry its own weight. Every type of sleep product, even water and air beds, are using more and more foam to add comfort.
7. What's next on the most important sleep attribute list?
Support. Lots of room for discussion here. Two real camps with basically differing views. First, there are those who have been conditioned over the years to equate support with firmness… “a good firm mattress is necessary for healthful sleep, a soft mattress means morning backache.” Then, there are those who say firm is needlessly uncomfortable, impeding relaxing sleep.
8. Simply stated:
“the sleep surface should hold the spine as close as possible to its natural alignment while standing, regardless if you are a side or back sleeper.”
Support is nothing more than the absence of sag. Sag is the enemy, not soft. It’s all about maintaining a natural spinal alignment.
9. How do the two camps feel about that?
The basic difference is that the ‘firm’ group allows the body to conform to the unnatural, straight shape of the sleep surface. They sacrifice both a natural spine line and comfort with their acceptance of the ‘firm is healthful’ dogma. The ‘comfort’ group looks for a surface that conforms to them. They maintain a natural spine line and pick up the added comfort that contouring brings as a bonus.
10. We're back to the advantages of contouring again?
Absolutely. You maintain a straight natural body line only when the sleep product has the ability to conform to you. And that can mean being able to accommodate as much as 3″ of shoulder or hip for a large, side sleeper. Foam does it best. But you should have at least 3″ of foam next to you, with the possible exception of water or air beds.
11. Water and air beds provide infinite contouring on their own.
True. But deep contouring can also create some problems for them. Both air and water operate within enclosed reservoirs. The volume of fluid that is displaced by a hip or a shoulder moves to another unpressured part of the bed, usually the corners, and can distort the shape of the sleep surface.
It generally produces a ‘hammock’ or sag effect, exactly what you don’t want for natural spine alignment. At the same time, this action can also tighten the surface causing a tough membrane that can actually work against comfort. However, a number of engineering refinements, including isolated and separate chamber reservoirs, and foam toppers, have greatly reduced both the distortion and the membrane feeling in these flotation systems.
In foam flotation, the volume of air displaced by the same hip or shoulder moves easily through the open cell structure of the foam and is vented to the atmosphere without distorting the shape of the sleep surface or support system.
12. What has foam meant to the bedding industry?
Foam, has had more impact on the design of sleep products in the last decade than any other single material or element. It’s providing great opportunities for innovation. It’s encouraging a better understanding of sleep product attributes. Overall, the consumer wins with better quality sleep.
13. Some other considerations were mentioned as possible support criteria
Yes. Support should be independent. Unequal weight, or toss and turn activity should be restricted to the individual, and not influence the other sleeping partner. Only foam, without a rigid connected structure, and with its ability to react only to the immediate area of applied pressure, or weight, makes these attributes a practical reality.