What do you use to prop your bed up?
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From: gobionessert on 23 Nov 2007 10:12 I might try this like omeprazole it may give a diagnosis as whether I have GERD or not. Anyway, what do you guys use to prop up the head side of the bed? Books?
From: Billy Boy on 23 Nov 2007 20:54 I used books to start with many years ago but always had problems with the bed kind of precarious. About 7 years ago I went to small local metal fabrication shop and he and I created a drawing with appropriate dimensions and he built it out of square aluminum, about 1/4 inch each side. It looks like an upside down "T" with the top of the "T" the base of your support. It is not attached to the bed so you can move it up or down from the top of your bed until you adjust it just right for you. Works great. Cost about $78.00 Hope this helps. On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:12:21 -0800 (PST), "gobionessert(a)yahoo.com" <gobionessert(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > >I might try this like omeprazole it may give a diagnosis as whether I >have GERD or not. Anyway, what do you guys use to prop up the head >side of the bed? Books? Billy Boy To reply correct [at] and [dot]
From: trigonometry1972 on 23 Nov 2007 23:01 gobionessert(a)yahoo.com wrote: > I might try this like omeprazole it may give a diagnosis as whether I > have GERD or not. Anyway, what do you guys use to prop up the head > side of the bed? Books? My story is a bit like Bill's (aka Billy Boy or Wild Bill) story. I started out with concrete blocks. Then I bolted boards to the legs of the head board. My back started to really hurt. In time I realised the problem was the mattress which was an inner spring mattress and relatively new. Innerspring mattresses at least the one I had do not take kindly to being tilted and don't work well especially if one really raises it. I gave it to Goodwill for the normal people. I built my first bed platform, and used car jack stands to prop the head of the bed. I use 12 to 18 inches of incline depending on how I feel. This is twice to three times of elevation at the head of the bed that is commonly suggested. This platform has a "foot board' to keep sleeper, bedding, and foam on the platform. I've since improved it and changed it a bit but provided one uses heavy enough lumber, the original design is fine. As you should be about to tell, my bed platform permits me to adjust the elevation. And unlike a elevated hospital bed, my bed platform in that is all in one plane which permits me to sleep on my belly and on my sides which if much more comfortable. I do slide a little at night so I may have to push myself up from the foot board which is second nature to me now. And once you sleep on an incline for a time, returning to a level bed feels really wild. It feels like you legs and body are point upwards. I'll add that Bill sleeps on a name brand foam mattress according to an earlier posting of his if I recall correctly. As I recall Bill used 9 inches of incline, is that right Bill?
From: Billy Boy on 24 Nov 2007 10:30 I went back and remeasured and it's 10 inches. I think the foam mattress does help. On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:01:16 -0800 (PST), trigonometry1972(a)gmail.com wrote: > > >gobionessert(a)yahoo.com wrote: >> I might try this like omeprazole it may give a diagnosis as whether I >> have GERD or not. Anyway, what do you guys use to prop up the head >> side of the bed? Books? > >My story is a bit like Bill's (aka Billy Boy or Wild Bill) story. >I started out with concrete blocks. Then I bolted boards >to the legs of the head board. My back started to really hurt. >In time I realised the problem was the mattress which >was an inner spring mattress and relatively new. >Innerspring mattresses at least the one I had >do not take kindly to being tilted and don't work well >especially if one really raises it. >I gave it to Goodwill for the normal people. >I built my first bed platform, and used car jack stands >to prop the head of the bed. I use 12 to 18 inches of >incline depending on how I feel. This >is twice to three times of elevation at the head of >the bed that is commonly suggested. >This platform has >a "foot board' to keep sleeper, bedding, and foam >on the platform. I've since improved it and changed it a bit >but provided one uses heavy enough lumber, >the original design is fine. As you should be >about to tell, my bed platform permits me to >adjust the elevation. And unlike a elevated hospital >bed, my bed platform in that is all in one plane which >permits me to sleep on my belly and on my sides >which if much more comfortable. >I do slide a little at night so I may have to push myself >up from the foot board which is second nature to me now. > >And once you sleep on an incline for a time, returning >to a level bed feels really wild. It feels like you legs and body >are point upwards. > >I'll add that Bill sleeps on a name brand foam >mattress according to an earlier posting of his >if I recall correctly. >As I recall Bill used 9 inches of incline, is that >right Bill? Billy Boy To reply correct [at] and [dot]
From: trigonometry1972 on 24 Nov 2007 16:03
O > > >I'll add that Bill sleeps on a name brand foam > >mattress according to an earlier posting of his > >if I recall correctly. > >As I recall Bill used 9 inches of incline, is that > >right Bill? > > Billy Boy > > To reply correct [at] and [dot] Thanks Bill I suspect his degree of incline represents the minimum at which one can expect to see pretty good results. If I've eaten near to bedtime I would prefer 18 inches of incline. On an empty stomach, 12 inches seems OK to me. I also suspect individual differences are important such that what works for one may not work for another. The point is that more incline than commonly suggested 6 inches can lead to better results. |