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How do you know whether a mattress suits your body? Dr Ilyas Ansari explains how pressure mapping, postural assessment and human comfort testing work together, and why body weight, shape, sleeping position and mattress construction matter more than firmness alone.

Most people choose a mattress based on firmness alone — but that only tells part of the story. In this guide, Dr Ilyas Ansari explains progressive mattress support: how a well-designed mattress should accommodate your body's contours, relieve pressure at the surface, and provide increasing resistance at depth. Learn how body weight, sleeping position, and mattress construction all influence whether a mattress truly supports...

Most mattress advice reduces to a single question: soft or firm? But the science of sleep ergonomics goes much further. This guide explores how spinal alignment, pressure distribution, body weight and sleeping position all interact with mattress design — and why the right mattress isn't the firmest one, but the one that responds correctly to your body.