Home Page Block Image: 

The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The record holder reported hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech and memory and concentration lapses. It's impossible to tell if someone is really awake without close medical supervision. People can take cat naps with their eyes open without even being aware of it. On an average, humans sleep around three hours less than other primates such as chimps, rhesus monkeys and baboons, all of whom sleep for 10 hours.

The importance of sleep can be seen from the fact that people spend about one-third of their lifespan in sleep. Research has shown that bad sleep can affect not only a person’s physical and mental health, but also impair civilized behavior and moral judgment. So, what is the purpose of sleep? In addition to its primary function of providing rest and restoring the body’s energy levels, sleep has been associated with processing organizational information, word recognition and problem solving. At the biological level, sleep is essential for the immune system and its deficiency causes the body becomes more vulnerable to infection and disease. Moreover, sleep is also a time of rest and repair for neurons and many hormones are also timed to be release during sleep or right before sleep. For example, growth hormones are released during sleep and are vital for child growth and restorative processes like muscle repair.

Pressure Point Elimination
Uniform weight distribution and elimination of pressure points are the hallmarks of a truly great mattress. Pressure points are nothing but points on the body, such as on the shoulders and the hip, that bears the most weight and pressure when lying down. These points can restrict blood flow, causing discomfort and the need to adjust one's sleeping position, often leading to interrupted sleep. Thus, pressure relief is a key measure of comfort in a mattress.