Does a Visco Elastic Foam Mattress Sleep Hot?
Many people wonder, does sleeping on a visco elastic foam mattress make you hot? Or does visco elastic foam sleep hot? Well in a sense yes it does. However, it does not affect everyone the same and there are steps that you can take to help you sleep cooler at night. This information pertains to [...]
What is Visco Foam
Visco Foam was originally developed by NASA to decrease the pressure caused by the extreme g-force during take-off of the space shuttles. It was never used in the space program but has been adopted in many medical fields as well as retail mattress manufacturers to elevate pressure points while sleeping. Visco foam was initially too [...]
Advantages of Visco Elastic Foam
While we sleep, our body weight needs to be supported by the surface we sleep on. On traditional sleeping surfaces, the body is only supported in a few areas: the head, shoulders, tailbone, and heals. With the majority of the body weight consentrated in these areas, pressure points develop. Pressure points prevent the flow of [...]