Better Sleep with an Egg Crate Matress
Named as such because they actually resemble real egg cartons, the so-called egg crate mattress pads are smart choices not only for hospitals or lying-in clinics, but also for homes. In the former places, patients having physical rehabilitation programs, or recuperating from their respective surgeries, benefit quite well from these pads placed in between the individual main mattresses and their bedsheets. In the latter, one of these is used in order to have a more comfortable rest and an invigorating night’s sleep every time, or to simply be a protective layer for the more expensive mattress of a particular bed. Whilst an egg crate pad is really intended to go together with another mattress, this can also be used alone.
Simple to cut because of their light weight, the mentioned pads are versatile enough to not only easily fit perfectly to specific beds, but also to chairs or benches. However, more benefits are experienced when one of such pads is intended to be utilized as a support of the whole body’s weight, as well as the bones and the joints, through the equal distribution of the body’s overall heaviness at specific pressure points. The ‘bumped’ or ‘pointed’ portion of an egg crate mattress pad gives a sort of massage to the body, thus enhancing total relaxation through good blood circulation. In case these ‘bumps’ become somewhat irritating, the whole pad can conveniently be turned over, for the ‘flat’ part to face upwards.
On one hand, the maintenance of an egg crate mattress, being commonly made from waterproof urethane foam, is not at all difficult since it does not absorb spills. This 'waterproof' feature makes it an excellent choice to use for the bed and the chair of a person who has urinary incontinence, whether or not a diaper is worn each time. Moreover, most types of these mattress pads are not too costly compared with their counterparts. Indeed, with all the inherent advantages, having egg crate mattress pads within the home will greatly benefit each family member’s health.
