Hello, My wife and I own a tempurflex elite mattress. She thinks its the best mattress she has ever slept on. I wake up every morning with back pain. The mattress is a one piece king (not split). What would you suggest, so that I to can get a good night sleep and not wake up with pain? Is there a mattress topper that could improve my side of the bed?
Sorry to hear about the back pain you’re experiencing. If it’s lower back pain that you wake up with the most common cause is a lack of adequate support. If you’re heavier than your wife that can account for the difference between your relative comfort on the mattress. How old is the mattress, and has your back pain issue been a recent development? Have you rotated the mattress, or have you tried to sleep on your wife’s side to see if there’s any difference in your comfort? You should check to ensure that whatever surface the mattress is on is not sagging which can also cause a lack of proper support even if the mattress is in good condition. You could experiment with placing the mattress directly on the floor to see if that helps at all, and if so you may need a more solid foundation.
Hopefully I’ve provided a couple of possibilities for your consideration in order to determine the cause of your issue so you can properly address it. If it turns out that the mattress itself is too soft for you and lacks support it is very difficult to add support with toppers, which are better suited to softening up a mattress which is too firm. You can add some surface firmness with a firm topper but that doesn’t usually address a lack of underlying support.
Good luck and please share your further findings.