Author: Jesse Crow

Acid Reflux: Elevating Head of Bed  There are quick remedies whenever you find yourself with acid reflux. One of the most common is to elevate the head of the bed. Regardless whether your acid reflux is an event that happens once in a blue moon or is a symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), elevating the head of your bed is an effective and cheap lifestyle change that you can include in addition to other remedies that you use.   Why Elevate the Head of the Bed? The answer to this question stems from how acid reflux occurs. The tube that brings food and liquids to your stomach is called… Read More Continue Reading

Size Chamber Air Mattress What is a six chamber air mattress? A six-chamber adjustable air mattress is one that includes six, separate air chambers.  The idea behind having multiple chambers in an air mattress, is for targeted adjustability.  Having distinct sections allows for the use of different support settings at different points in the bed.  In a six-chamber air mattress, each side of the bed has three zones.  One side is not tied to the other, so the person on each side can have a personalized sleep experience.  On most of these beds, the head and foot setting of the six-chamber air mattress will be adjusted together.  When this is… Read More Continue Reading

Double King Bed Buyers' Guide   What is a Double king size bed? A Double King bed is one built with 152” x 80” dimensions.  This length is good for people of average height.  The extra wide width of 152” gives it plenty of room for multiple sleepers, even if they enjoy spreading out.  It is important to state that a Double King bed is a single, larger mattress.  Its name may suggest it is two King size beds.  However, it is actually a single bed measuring the size of two Kings.  Moving it into a bedroom will most certainly require the efforts of more than one person.  A Double… Read More Continue Reading

Sleeping in a Recliner for Acid Reflux Sleeping on a recliner for acid reflux is a simple fix that can allow you to have a pain-free sleep. To understand how this simple trick works, you need to know how acid reflux happens. For the food to reach the stomach, it has to go down a tube called the esophagus. At the end of the esophagus is a ring of muscles called the lower esophageal sphincter or LES. The LES relaxes to let food into the stomach. It then tightens to keep food from flowing back up. When the LES fails to prevent backflow, it creates acid reflux.   Should You… Read More Continue Reading

Waking Up with Heartburn Waking up with heartburn puts a different spin on the old saying "Waking up on the wrong side of the bed". What is a heartburn anyway? To those who are new to it, a heartburn is a painful and burning sensation you get in your chest or throat. The official term for it is acid reflux. Sometimes it happens when you burp. It is due to stomach acid flowing back to your esophagus and reaching your throat. If you get heartburn occasionally, then that is normal, and you do not have to worry about it. But if you get it more than twice in a week,… Read More Continue Reading