Best Mattresses for Fibromyalgia of 2023

Medically Reviewed by Dr. Navin Ramchandani, Medical Doctor/ Diagnostician and Owner of R&R Medical Centre in Barbados.

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How well you sleep is important to managing fibromyalgia. The right mattress that’s cushioning and supportive can help with pain and support better sleep. Memory foam, latex, or hybrid mattresses with enough contouring and support are great for alleviating pain while you sleep.

To find the best mattress for your needs, check out our best mattresses for fibromyalgia. We have detailed specific criteria relating to fibromyalgia, so you can choose what will work for you. You can also read our expert advice and learn how to change the way you sleep with fibromyalgia.

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Best Mattresses for Fibromyalgia

• Editor’s Pick – Saatva Classic
• Best Mattress for Joint Pain – Layla
• Best Mattress for Hot Sleepers – GhostBed Luxe
• Best Mattress for Side Sleepers – Casper Original
• Best Mattress for Seniors – Puffy
• Best Mattress for Back Sleepers – Helix Midnight

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Saatva Classic

Saatva Classic is a hybrid mattress made with foam and innersprings that really offers amazing support and earns our editor’s pick for best mattress for fibromyalgia. It is considered a luxury mattress that is great for back and joint pain. With contouring memory foam, it works well for supporting fibromyalgia and reducing discomfort. The Saatva also comes in three firmness options (we recommend the 6/10 Luxury Firm for people with fibromyalgia) and two different heights.

“The contouring memory foam of the Saatva mattress offers exceptional support for back and joint pain as well as reducing any discomfort,” says Dr. Ramchandani. “Relieving these fibromyalgia symptoms can help you sleep better overall.”

The Saatva mattress is also eco-friendly. It has an organic cotton cover, over a euro pillow top, over a layer of CertiPUR-US® memory foam. Under the foam layer is a dual layer of springs, and the perimeter is encased in a layer of firmer foam to provide exceptional edge support.

In our Mattress Advisor testing, Saatva scored a 10 out of 10 for durability. It comes with a lifetime warranty and a 365-night sleep trial period, plus free white glove delivery.

Read our full Saatva Classic mattress review.

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Layla

Layla is an all foam mattress with two firmness options and therapeutic copper built-in. These elements make it a good fit for fibromyalgia. The mattress is primarily memory foam and flippable for a medium firm side or a medium soft side. If one side is too hard or too soft, just flip. Both sides have supportive contouring memory foam that cushions joints and improves sleep; crucial to the fibromyalgia sufferer.

“The Layla all foam mattress features supportive foam that cushions joints, helping to relieve fibromyalgia pain whilst sleeping,” adds Dr. Ramchandani.

Related: Best Memory Foam Mattresses

Layla also infuses copper into the memory foam. Copper is believed to reduce pain and help with inflammation. In addition to great pain relief, Layla got a perfect score in responsiveness. This refers to how the foam reconstitutes after pressure and amounts to how easy the mattress is to move around on. With fibromyalgia, movement equates to pain, so ease of movement is especially important.

Layla offers free shipping and returns, a 120-night sleep trial, along with a lifetime warranty, making it a great choice on all fronts.

Read our full Layla mattress review.

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GhostBed Luxe

Getting a restful night’s sleep with fibromyalgia is challenging enough without the added difficulty of maintaining a comfortable temperature. Fortunately, the GhostBed Luxe could help you address both issues. Not only is it a fixture on our roundup of best cooling mattresses for hot sleepers, it also has several features conducive to pain relief.

The GhostBed Luxe scores 9/10 for cooling in Mattress Advisor testing, thanks in part to a fabric cover and cooling layer that use Ghost Ice material. It earns an 8.5/10 for pressure relief and an outstanding 9.25/10 for spine alignment, two areas of particular importance for side sleepers who have aches and pains. The design includes multiple layers of Gel Memory Foam to help provide contouring and support.

Although the length of the sleep trial is fairly standard (101 nights), the GhostBed Luxe has an exceptional  25-year warranty. The only real knock on this luxury mattress is the price. You’ll need to capitalize on a sale or a promotional discount to get a queen size for less than $2,300.

Read our full GhostBed Luxe mattress review.

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Casper Original

Casper is a leader in the field of memory foam and committed to continually improving their mattresses. The Casper Original mattress is a four-layer,  memory foam mattress with zoned support that can really help target pain in different parts of the body to support fibromyalgia. The middle foam layer has different types of foam in the upper, middle, and lower section of the mattress keeping your spine perfectly aligned during sleep.

Related: Best Mattresses for Side Sleepers

At Mattress Advisor, we rate Casper highly overall but there are some more notable areas. It is designed for all body types but works best for side sleepers. The Casper provides awesome edge support and amazing responsiveness, so it is easy to get in bed and turn over during the night.

Casper offers a 100-night trial, and a 10-year limited warranty.

Read our full Casper Original mattress review.

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Puffy

The Puffy mattress is a luxury bed with three foam layers, two layers of memory foam, and a firmer foam base. Memory foam is highly recommended for fibromyalgia, and Puffy has constructed a great bed. As a good mattress for seniors, the Puffy earns solid Mattress Advisor test scores in spine alignment, edge support, and ease of set-up.

The top layer is gel memory foam for cooler sleep. The next section is a comfort layer of contouring memory foam to cushion against the pain of fibromyalgia. The base is a firmer polyfoam to support the upper layers and create overall excellent support.

The Puffy cushions all the places that fibromyalgia pain tends to lodge in the body, places like the neck, elbows, hips, and knees. Puffy also has great responsiveness, something that makes it easy to move around on.

Puffy comes with free shipping and returns, a 101-night sleep trial, and an unbeatable lifetime warranty.

Read our full Puffy mattress review.

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Helix Midnight

The Helix Midnight can help back sleepers with fibromyalgia solve the tricky question of firmness—finding a mattress that keeps your hips from sinking in too deeply without being so firm that it causes your pain to flare up.

This Helix model is 7/10 on the firmness scale, which is just slightly above medium-firm. That level should help the mattress provide the firmness that back sleepers need while still supplying good pressure relief. We score the Helix Midnight at 85./10 for pressure relief, as well as 9/10 for spine alignment. Its 9/10 scores for motion transfer and edge support also make it a good choice for couples.

Related: Choosing Mattress Firmness by Sleeping Position

Inside the Helix Midnight is a memory foam Comfort Layer supported by a polyfoam Transition Layer, a Body Shape Layer of individually wrapped coils, and a Base Layer of DuraDense foam. It’s all topped by a soft cover designed to promote airflow.

This bed is backed by Helix’s sleep trial (100 nights) and 10-year warranty.

Read our full Helix Midnight mattress review.

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How to Choose the Right Mattress for Fibromyalgia

Finding the right mattress can take a fair amount of time and energy. Finding the right mattress to support your fibromyalgia may feel like trying to find a needle in a haystack. No worries, we have done the searching for you. But before you buy, you may want to know more in order to make an informed choice. Below is a guide to what you’ll need to know.

In this guide, we’ll cover:

• Fibromyalgia Pain and Sleep
• What Types of Mattresses Are Best for Fibromyalgia?
• Tips for Sleeping with Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia Pain and Sleep

Fibromyalgia and sleep have a close relationship. Sleep disturbances are a common symptom of fibromyalgia, both trouble falling and staying asleep that can require medication to manage. The primary symptom of fibromyalgia, pain throughout the body in muscles and joints, can greatly interfere with sleep. When sleep is compromised, it increases pain—which can create a vicious cycle.

Although fibromyalgia is generally diagnosed by the time a person reaches their early 40’s, it can onset much earlier. The classic patient is a woman in mid-life. In fact, some researchers have speculated about a possible link between fibromyalgia and menopause.

Since fibromyalgia is not curable, finding a way to manage both sleep and pain are essential to the treatment of the disorder. This is where a good mattress comes in.

Supporting the body so that deep relaxation can occur promotes better sleep and reduces pain. Longer and deeper sleep results in less pain and more ability to manage fibromyalgia overall. All of these can add to more manageable arthritis and fibromyalgia.

Related: Best Mattresses for Arthritis and Best Mattresses for Menopause

What Types of Mattresses Are Best for Fibromyalgia?

To work well for fibromyalgia, a mattress must have enough cushion, contouring, and support to take most, if not all, of the pressure off your body. The type of mattress that does this best is foam based, either memory foam or latex. They might be made entirely of foam or may have a top portion that is foam with a different base. Without a good foam like memory foam you are not likely to get the kind of total body support needed.

“If you suffer from fibromyalgia, look for a mattress that cushioning, supportive, and offers contouring to help relieve pain caused by the disease,” advises Dr. Ramchandani.

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Memory Foam Mattresses

As stated above, memory foam has the contouring that really relieves pain and pressure. You can get 100% memory foam mattress, but unless it has a solid base of another kind of foam or some other material like innersprings, it won’t offer enough support. So, look for a memory foam mattress that has a supportive base layer for the best fibromyalgia pain relief. If you sleep hot, look for extra breathable foam or gel-infused foam for a cooler sleep.

Latex Mattresses

Latex mattresses are a natural, eco-friendly, and sometimes organic foam option that is a subtitle for memory foam. They tend to be a bit pricier, but for the health conscious, or those concerned with the environment, they can work as well as memory foam for pressure and pain relief. They have a similar type of contouring to foam along with being very supportive.

Latex mattresses are constructed in layers just like other mattresses, but they may have additional materials like organic cotton, flax, wool, or coconut hulls which can help keep the bed cool or wick away moisture. Look for a softer comfort layer on top and a firmer base for the right balance of support for fibromyalgia.

Hybrid Mattresses

Hybrid mattresses are a newer addition to the mattress marketplace and are a great option for fibromyalgia. The construction of hybrid mattresses combining the best parts of innersprings and foams (or latex) makes them great for pain relief. We included a number of different hybrids in our list for best mattresses for fibromyalgia.

Not Recommended:

Innerspring Mattresses

Innerspring mattresses have a lot of bounce compared to foam and hybrid beds, and movement can exacerbate pain with fibromyalgia. The pillow top materials on an innerspring do not contour and cannot offer the level of pressure relief needed for good support. This type of mattress is not recommended for fibromyalgia.

Tips for Sleeping with Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition without a cure at present. This means sufferers have to manage this painful disorder and do what they can to control pain. With the support of a physician or medical professional you can develop a plan.

Related: Sleeping with Fibromyalgia

Since sleep is so important to managing pain, we have some tips that include understanding sleep position, sleep temperature, and pillow support, as well as the role of mattress toppers. These may help create a more comfortable sleep and can be used along with the recommendations of your medical professional.

Understand How Sleeping Position Can Affect Pain

Your sleep position is important for reducing pain and different mattresses are designed to support different sleep positions. If your preferred position allows for good spinal alignment, that is important. A neutrally aligned spine during sleep keeps blood flowing and nerves functioning properly.

Finding a comfortable sleep position is a very personal process, and changing your preferred position can be difficult. Below are some things to consider about sleep position when looking for the best mattress for fibromyalgia.

• Side Sleepers: The best mattresses for side sleepers cushion joints against pain. The best choice will be a memory foam or latex mattress or a hybrid with memory foam or latex as the top layer. You will also want a medium to medium firm firmness mattress for the right amount of support for spinal alignment. Too soft can throw your spine out of alignment and too hard can cause pain. The goal with fibromyalgia is always to find a mattress that helps reduce pain.
• Back Sleepers: Back sleepers already have the advantage of sleeping in a neutral position that naturally takes pressure off joints and stress off of their neck. This is also an easy position for keeping your spine aligned. The best mattress for back sleepers is medium to firm mattress as softness isn’t as necessary to cushion hips and shoulders. A softer mattress is not recommended for back sleepers or for fibromyalgia.
• Stomach Sleepers: This position is not recommended because it can throw your spine out of alignment and cause more pain. The best mattresses for stomach sleepers are firmer to keep you aligned. You can add a flatter pillow that keeps your head in a neutral position or experiment with changing your sleep position.
• Combination Sleepers: People who alternate between two sleeping positions should look for a mattress with high responsiveness that makes it easier to move around. The ideal firmness for combination sleepers is medium-firm—enough firmness for sleeping on your back and enough “give” for sleeping on your side.

Experts agree that back sleeping is the healthiest position in general, followed by side sleeping, with stomach sleeping considered the least healthy. You can learn how to sleep on your back, but choosing the right mattress can help you find a compromise if you don’t want to change your position.

Choose the Right Firmness

For people with fibromyalgia, mattress firmness isn’t as simple as it might seem. Your immediate thought could be that a super-soft bed means surefire pain relief for muscles and joints. However, your lower back, hips, and shoulders can sink too far into an ultra-plush mattress and put pressure on those sensitive areas, leading to more pain.

You’re more likely to find that a mattress in the medium-soft to medium-firm range, between 4.5/10 and 6.5/10 on the firmness scale, offers the right combination of support and cushioning. Back sleepers and stomach sleepers can try something a little firmer, maybe a 7/10, but be careful about going to either extreme.

Related: Mattress Firmness Guide

Find the Right Mattress for Temperature Regulation

There is a well-known link between temperature and sleep. The body naturally lowers your temperature during sleep and being too hot, from internal or external sources, can severely disrupt sleep. Good sleep hygiene practices include a cool sleep environment, and your mattress is part of that.

Given that foam mattresses like latex and memory foam are great for pressure point support and pain relief, it is crucial to be aware that traditional memory foam has a tendency to sleep hot. This problem has been addressed by mattress companies by developing more breathable foams that don’t trap body heat and by the addition of gel coolants into the foam. These improvements have created more temperature neutral mattresses. However, if temperature is disrupting your sleep, look for cooling mattresses designed for hot sleepers that address this concern.

Don’t Forget About Pillows

Fibromyalgia sufferers often experience pain in the neck area. This can be helped while sleeping with the right pillow. A good foam pillow, latex or memory foam, is recommended. Mattress companies often sell pillows designed to work in tandem with their mattresses.

Related: Best Pillows for Neck Pain

Back and stomach sleepers will want to consider a lower loft pillow, whereas side sleepers may need a loftier pillow. If you are tossing and turning and trying to get comfortable on your pillow, it is time to get a new one.

Get a Cushiony Mattress Topper

If you can’t justify the cost of getting a whole new mattress for your pain relief, a mattress topper is a great alternative. The best mattress toppers for fibromyalgia use super-cushioning foam, some of them also featuring cooling gel.

Follow Medical Advice

Getting good sleep and reducing pain is the goal of buying the right mattress when you are suffering from fibromyalgia. A good mattress, however, is not a substitute for good medical care, so consult your doctor about a treatment plan and get their input regarding sleep and ways to help with pain.

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Recap: Our Best Mattresses for Fibromyalgia

As a reminder, here are our top picks for the best mattresses for your fibromyalgia pain:

Mattress	Award:	Mattress Advisor Score (out of 10)
Saatva Classic	Editor’s Pick	9.0
Layla	Best Mattress for Joint Pain	8.8
GhostBed Luxe	Best Mattress for Hot Sleepers	8.9
Casper Original	Best Mattress for Side Sleepers	8.7
Puffy	Best Mattress for Seniors	9.0
Helix Midnight	Best Mattress for Back Sleepers	8.7

Mattresses with a supportive base layer topped with a contouring comfort layer typically make the best beds for those with fibromyalgia or other pain. Sleeping on a quality mattress can truly make a big difference for your sleep and comfort.