Memory foam pillows are one of the best inventions of humanity in the field of improving sleep and are highly popular in the UK. Thanks to these wonderful products, many manage to forget about fatigue, morning neck pains, long falls asleep, and in some cases even snoring! And all the fault is the ability of the pillow to repeat the outlines of the body parts that are in contact with it: head, neck, and shoulders. How is this achieved?
What is the secret of the memory pillow?
The main advantage of memory foam pillows is their heat-sensitive filling, which is often referred to as memory, memory form, etc. It is made from specially treated silicone, polyurethane, or latex, which as a result acquires viscoelastic properties.
All materials of the best pillows of memory foam have a foam structure: inside there are many small air balls, which are separated by thin membranes. When you lie down on the memory pillow, your own warmth makes these partitions more elastic and the pillow flexes, but only where it touches the body and heats up. And the remaining unheated part of it retains its elastic properties, due to this, and provides the muscles with reliable support.
When you remove your head or neck from the pillow, it regains its shape, but very slowly. Why? The partitions, which become elastic when heated, cool down and return to their original position gradually, within a few seconds. So, if in a dream you often change your body position, turn your head and shift from side to side, the pillow with your every movement will delicately envelop your body, doing it smoothly, maintaining a restful sleep.
Thanks to this mechanism, you will feel that your head seems to be floating in weightlessness: it seems to lie on a pillow, but at the same time, a special filler does not create back pressure on the body, but pliantly takes its shape, carefully supporting the neck as well.
Pillow sizes UK
One can find diverse pillow sizes in the UK, but here are the most common options.
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51 cm x 76 cm (Oxford).
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51 cm x 86 cm (Standard).
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51 cm x 102 cm (King).
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65 cm square (European).
How to buy a foam pillow in the UK?
Depending on your preferences and medical indications, you can choose between soft, medium, and hard pillows. For example, for those who like to sleep on their backs, it is better to stay on a more rigid version, but at a lower height. And for those who sleep on their side or on their stomach – on soft or medium hardness in order to reduce the pressure on the vessels.
There are also memory pillows of different shapes: rectangular, oval, round, wavy, with additional rollers and grooves. For lovers of the classics, pillows are made filled with granules of material with a memory effect.
For sleeping on your back, rectangular pillows are recognized as the most comfortable because they support the correct position of both the head and neck. If you sleep on your side, take a closer look at pillows with a shoulder indent - the height of the pillow is adjusted according to the width of the shoulder. There are also pillows for sleeping on the stomach. These are star-shaped – they gently support the head and shoulders, but do not impede free breathing.
Benefits and indications
Compare: even the softest feather or padding polyester pillow will not give you a special feeling of "weightlessness". Memory foam pillows help the muscles to truly relax throughout the night: the blood vessels are not pinched and actively supply the head with oxygen.
Reviews of such pillows, when properly selected, are the most enthusiastic. Especially from people familiar with spinal problems – osteochondrosis, injuries of the cervical vertebrae, pinched nerves in the neck, spondyloarthritis, spondylosis. This is a convenient thing for those who lead a sedentary lifestyle and, because of this, complain of tension pain in the neck. And for bedridden patients, a pillow with memory is simply an irreplaceable thing that reduces the risk of bedsores and stagnation of blood circulation.
Therefore, a foam pillow for sale from our shop in the UK can be called an indispensable guardian of good rest during sleep.
