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- Hi folks, I'm Brad Schrupp, physical therapist.
- Brad Heineck, physical therapist.
- Presently we are the most famous physical therapists
on the internet.
- In our opinion, of course, Bob.
- Today we are going to discuss the best mattress
for back pain, according to science.
Plus, this is going to fit right in
- Okay
- We're doing a giveaway, Brad.
- All right.
- It's the SleepOvation mattress.
- You said mattress.
- Yeah.
So, it's going to be really cool.
If you want to participate in that,
Go ahead, Brad, show the sign.
Just go to bobandbrad.com and go to the giveaway section
and we're just going to need your email so we know how
to contact you.
- Right.
- And uh, your name.
You can also go to Bob and Brad on Facebook,
it's pinned to the top of the page.
And if you want a shorter version
of our lives, of these videos,
go to Twitter or Instagram.
So we'll talk more about the SleepOvation mattress
in uh, towards the end of the video here, Brad.
- Sure
- All right, so generally in the past, doctors,
if they would ask you, if you'd ask a doctor
"what should I use to use for a mattress, I'm having
back pain,"
they would recommend a firm mattress
- Firm!
You gotta sleep on a firm mattress.
- And the reason we're demonstrating right here
with the wood boards,
when you sleep on a firm mattress
it's gonna keep your spine aligned.
Everything's gonna be nice and straight.
- Right.
- So, there's no pressure.
There's no pressure on the back in that regard.
The problem with this is it's not comfortable
as far as the points that, your pressure points.
- Right, particularly if you're a little older.
- Right.
- You know, younger people are little more tolerable
of that but uh --
- So, can we get rid of this guy, Brad?
- Absolutely.
Be careful, be gentle, be gentle.
- Yeah, I'm gonna take away the boards, too.
So they had this study --
hold on I'll be right back.
We don't stop videos for anything
- Yeah, that's right.
- We just keep going.
All right so they had this study,
and I'm gonna go ahead and read the title of the study,
it's quite a mouthful here.
"The Effect of Firmness on Chronic Non-Specific
Low Back Pain Randomized Double-Blind Controlled
Multi-Centered Trial."
- You gotta have, you need to have a PhD for that one.
- That's right, that's right.
So it's 313 people and they had, you know, I think half
slept on a medium firm
and the other half slept on a firm mattress.
And they slept for three months.
It was a good trial.
- Yep, give it some time.
- At the end of the three months, they found out
that the medium firm one, the one that was less firm --
- Yep.
- Actually those people had less pain and less
pain-related disability.
They also had less daytime low back pain.
So it was a clear winner.
- Right.
There's carryover 24 hours a day.
- Yep.
So the firm mattress just lost out in that regard.
- You know, as a matter of fact
that makes sense to me, Bob 'cause I've had patients
they said, "I can sleep on a carpet or floor
better than I can sleep on my mattress."
And the chances are their mattresses wore out.
- Yep, yep.
- They're sinking into them.
- Yep, yep.
- Exactly.
- So the second study, Brad, I'll mention
is one done by the Harvard Health Center.
And they did a waiting room survey.
They basically went up to people who had back pain
that were in their waiting room.
- And they had a little chat with them.
- That's right, 268 patients.
And they asked, you know, what did they sleep on.
And the ones that slept on the orthopedic
very firm mattresses, they had the poorest sleep
quality compared to the others.
So again, firm mattress just did not win out
in this regards.
- Sure.
- So now I'm gonna go ahead and I'm a talk about
you know, what about our giveaway mattress,
what's this like?
So they, they dance around this topic a lot
to describe it.
They call it medium plush.
- Okay.
- Okay, and Brad and I both sleep on these things
so I think we kinda know what we're talking about here.
When I lay down on this mattress, as you can see
even though it feels softer because it's got
the 700 individual mattresses,
maybe we should show that first, huh?
- Well we could, Bob.
You know, while we're dragging that over here
I have slept on a memory foam type mattress
and it was a firm one, and of course I've slept on
this type --
- On this.
- And the memory foam one was okay.
But, this is definitely a step up.
_ Yep.
- Definitely more comfortable.
- So, you know this is the technology they have.
They actually, and this is just a sampling of a mattress--
- Right.
- You can see they have 700 of these individual mattresses
and it really spreads out the pressure points that,
you know, can give you trouble when you're sleeping.
- So you've got memory foam on top of a coiled spring
which is a really nice combination.
What are you looking for, Bob?
- Well, I'm looking for my, I had the roll hole over here
and all of a sudden it's gone.
Oh here it is, I got it.
- This is what happens when the aging process kicks in
and the hair goes gray and et cetera.
- The reason Brad and I even were interested
in this mattress in the first place when they contacted us
is because Brad and I have been prescribing this cushion
for wheelchairs for years.
- Right and this is what people sit on.
It gives incredible comfort.
- And pressure relief.
- Right, so people don't get skin all, you know, sores.
- Skin breakdown, skin sores.
And they actually did studies on this, Brad,
that this was the best cushion for pressure relief.
- You can see, it's the same concept.
- Yeah, it's the same concept.
- There you go.
- That's why I thought right away, Bingo.
This is the one we're gonna like.
- But actually, you know, that cushion doesn't have
the cover on it, just like this doesn't.
- Right.
- Just so you're clear on that.
- For clear, for clarity.
All right so now, all right.
I weigh 200 pounds and you can see when I lay like this
I'm still well-aligned, correct?
- Yes.
- Correct, Liz?
She's thumbs up.
- And she's, she's got good eyes.
- All right let's say I gain 50 pounds, Brad.
And that's what this kettle bell weighs.
- Oh my, you can lift 50 pounds?
- Yup.
- You got good ab strength, Bob.
- Well, look, have I sunk in anymore?
- Well, your stomach.
Look at that thing, you put your --
- I know but have I sunk in to the mattress anymore?
I feel like it's still being spread out.
- Yeah, yeah.
- It did.
- If we take the seam of your shirt
to the seam of your pants that is very true,
very accurate.
- So this thing spreads out the forces even though
it feels softer.
- Mmm hmm.
- It spreads out the forces, it acts like
a firm mattress but yet it relieves the pressure
like a soft mattress.
- Sure.
- So it's the best of both worlds, it's the reason
we like one.
So you go ahead and try, you know, win one
but otherwise, you can also use the link below
and if you go through our link
you get $450 off.
- 450.
- Nowhere else do you get that much off.
- And if you do purchase one and you happen to win it --
- Right.
- They'll reimburse you, is that correct?
- They'll reimburse you so don't hold off
on buying one if you're thinking about buying one
because the time is now.
(laughing)
- What?
Is this QVC or what?
- This is QVC. That's right.
(laughing)
- No, we're really like excited about it.
We think it's a great mattress.
And obviously we don't want you to feel any
pressure to buy it,
a mattress is a big decision.
But I would keep in mind the guidelines
that were set today.
That, you probably, if you're having back pain
you probably want a less firm mattress.
- Sure. Yep.
- So, you always want to go with one
that's more medium firm.
- There you go.
- All right, thanks everybody for watching.
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