Guide to All Wellness

Drifting off in a bed with your partner sounds like an ideal relationship, going to sleep together and waking up together, but in the real world that picture of a perfect life is far from reality for most people. Snoring, talking, fidgeting and duvet hogging are among many of the reasons why couples are now sleeping in separate beds.

Surveys carried out by Surrey University found that the usual British way of sleeping in a 4ft6 double bed can have more harm than good to a relationship, especially when you consider that a standard single bed is 3ft, which means you have less sleeping space than your child does in their bed. Read the rest of this entry »

Orthopaedic mattresses are now much more popular because more people are starting to understand the health and comfort benefits they offer, as well as because orthopaedic mattresses are now more easily available.

Sleeping on a good quality orthopaedic mattress not only reduces the pressure and symptoms of lower back pain, but can also stop the problem from developing in the future by providing you with the correct amount of support currently.

Eighty percent of people are likely to suffer from back problems during their lives and it is estimated that 50% of UK adults currently have back pain. Read the rest of this entry »

Memory foam mattresses are useful mattresses that give excellent comfort and support for the body, and are now becoming more popular.

Heat and pressure sensitive, they respond to body temperature and pressure, so when pressure is applied on the mattress, it moulds itself to body shapes for targeted support where it’s needed most. This means that your entire body is supported and cushioned in the right places, making sure that you are comfortable and giving you individual support. Read the rest of this entry »

We all love a good dream, there’s nothing better than living out our fantasies in dream world. Dreams are an unusual thing, we don’t know why or how we dream, all we know is that it is our brain working overtime. Whatever the reason for dreaming, you simply cannot beat a good dream! Read the rest of this entry »

It is estimated that there are 50% of adults in the UK suffering from back pain and 80% are likely to have back problems at some point in their lives. Many people don’t understand that a high quality mattress can help to reduce the discomfort of back pain.

A good quality mattress that is supportive in the right places for the body can help to protect and support the back muscles, relieving the stress placed on them and giving the back the right level of support where it’s needed most. Read the rest of this entry »

Here at Click 4 Beds we all love sleeping, that’s why we work for a bed company! Here are some facts about sleep that we’ve found for you to ponder.

• REM is called ‘rapid eye movement’ and is when our eyes move under our eye lids and is our deepest form of sleep

• REM sleep starts once we have been asleep for about 90 minutes and it comes in random bursts during the night, in totally approximately two hours
• During REM sleep, we are pretty much paralysed, apart from our heart, diaphragm, intestine muscles, blood and eyes
• We spend around 1/3 of our lives sleepng
• We sleep for about six years or 2,100 days of our lives
• The world record for the longest time without sleep is 18 hours, 21 days and 40 minutes
• You should fall to sleep within 10 to 15 minutes of trying
• We sleep on average three hours less than other primates
• Teenagers and babies should have 10 hours of sleep, adults need eight hours and seniors only require six hours
• We can take a quick nap with our eyes open
• ‘Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite’ comes from Shakespeare times when mattresses were filled with pieces of straw and were secured on bed frames by rope

Hopefully, you will have learnt something interesting about sleep and reading this article might come in handy for a pub quiz! Read the rest of this entry »