http://www.collagevideo.com/forum/(c) Collage Video Forum0 can you get a topper for just half the bed?  hubby doesn't like sleeping on cushy. :(  i'm going to have to start saving for the sn bed.  it would be so nice to be able to adjust our own sides. Yeah !!! they have singlehttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136296Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:15:30 GMTthanks for the suggestions, everyone.  i'll look around and see what we can find.  i like the sound of anita's topper, but we don't have a costco, so i'll see if someplace else has them.  or if hubby's thinking we can get a new bed this year then i'll juhttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136281Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:01:48 GMTTaking a page from Slinks' suggestion... We didn't do well with our last bed purchase so dh and I were both getting backaches not long ago. We bought a topper from Costco, but it's made of jell so it conforms to your body even more gently than foam. I hhttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136266Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:16:22 GMTThe memory foam pillows are better for me as well reducing neck/shoulder pain.  I found mine at Costco.http://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136264Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:10:17 GMTVantreesta - I got mine at my Chiroprator's office but I have seen them around. Just looked it up and they are called Muliti Core Therapetic Support pillows.  They have them on line but they have different levels from soft to hard.  I got a hard onehttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136260Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:04:50 GMTcan you get a topper for just half the bed?  hubby doesn't like sleeping on cushy. :(  i'm going to have to start saving for the sn bed.  it would be so nice to be able to adjust our own sides.http://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136253Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:10:17 GMTVannie I think a memory foam 'top layer mattress' over the top of your old mattress might do the trick .. they're about 2 inches thick or you can get one of the ones that look like an egg carton .. I too have a new pillow after waking with neckpain, my ohttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136237Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:36:10 GMTThat's funny, Scarlett : ) Do you have any reservations to chiropractic care?  I swear by my chiropractors and have recently proposed marriage.  To them both. But for both of you, I suggest searching for a better pillow too.  I woke up with neck painhttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136233Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:13:01 GMTHi.  Just listening in on your comments about aching shoulders.  My problem's been my aching neck.  Have had so much stiffness that it hurts to turn my head to drive.  Not really sure if it's my pillow or how I sleep.  I have a small pillow.  In fact, ithttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136230Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:58:12 GMTI actually think the firmness might be part of my problem.  We tried a SleepNumber bed (just in the store), and I fell in love with it.  No pressure points at my hips or shoulders.  But the one we (or at least I--he doesn't seem to wake up all achy likehttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136216Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:37:40 GMTI suggest getting a bed board; it will make the mattress feel firm again.http://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136210Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:12:42 GMTThanks, Meg.  I'll check it out.  Where did you get yours?http://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136205Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:50:49 GMTI don't know if it will help but I have a therapeutic pillow.( I got it for me back)     There is a dip in the middle - you can either lie on your back with your head in the dipped part or on your side - and on the higher part of the pillow.  (If you movhttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136203Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:18:05 GMTwe can't really afford a new bed right now, and i think ours is a big contributor to the achiness in my shoulders.  i can sleep on my back for a little while but inevitably end up on my side.  does anyone have ant suggestions for making the bed more comfhttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=136202Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:56:55 GMTHi, time WILL pass,  it's just a time to do lots of reading, knitting,  playing with the cats!   There are several brand new chair dancing videos,  I suggest watching the previews and seeing which would be more fun.   I found you can even get a mild sweahttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=134964Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:11:03 GMTThanks Alice! My leg was immobilized for 2 months. Sounds like you can relate to what I'm asking. You definitely had it worse than I do. I will look into the chair dancing videos. Any in particular you suggest?http://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=134771Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:03:27 GMTHi, and a partial reply.  I fully severed my Achilles tendon and was off both legs fully for six months, what with casts for three months,  braces for three more.  As far as the work outs,  I did a modified Pilates and of course arms. Once I could walk ohttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=134729Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:50:09 GMTHas anyone out there had any kind of extensive knee surgery (the invasive type) & how long did it take for you to start working out or doing videos again? What were you're experiences? I severed by quad tendon away from the knee back in August. Tryinghttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=134693Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:39:00 GMTHi, sorry to hear about your headaches.   I do not have them myself, except after a night of toomany cocktails or the flu, but my mother suffered from them almost daily for  years.   Interestingly,once she retired,  she told me that her headacheshttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=134377Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:26:07 GMTMLB brought up a lot of good points. First, I think you should see a doctor to rule out certain medical conditions. Certain types of headaches can be the signal of some potentally serious medical conditions. Once these medical conditions are ruled outhttp://www.collagevideo.com/forum/fb.ashx?m=134270Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:59:27 GMT