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You’ll find plenty of support and relief for your pressure points in this year’sbest mattressguide.

What are pressure points?

Woman lying on the mattress on her side, with her pressure points being shoulders and hips

Any body part that comes in contact with the surface of your mattress is called a pressure point.

Because any body part that touches your bed is the place (or point) where pressure is building.

What is pressure point relief and how can a mattress provide it?

A weight test is performed on the Leesa Legend Hybrid to measure its pressure relief.

On the other hand, thebest firm mattresswill keep pressure points upright with firm support.

So, which do you need?

Firm support for your pressure points or plush comfort for your pressure points?

Woman wearing blue striped pajamas sleeping on a plush bed in a bedroom with a pastel blue wall

Where are a stomach sleeper’s pressure points located?

Where are a back sleeper’s pressure points located?

A major pressure point for back sleepers is the lower back, particularly the tail bone.

We re-test the Siena Memory Foam Mattress in the stomach-sleeping position

A woman lies on the Helix Twilight Mattress on a bed frame in a bedroom. She’s lying in a back sleeping position

A man sat on the edge of his memory foam bed after waking up with back pain, holding his back

A tester sits on the edge of the bet fiberglass-free mattress, the Saatva Classic

A woman feeling the side and top of a mattress as she shops

Two women sit on the Helix Midnight Elite mattress as they look for the right mattress for their sleep position, a Tom�s Guide Sleep Awareness Week deals graphic (right)

Our lead tester sleeps on her stomach on the Helix Sunset Luxe mattress

A person sits on the edge of the Plank Firm mattress, Extra Firm side, to test the edge support

A split image featuring the Nectar Classic Memory Foam Mattress on the left and the DreamCloud Luxury Hybrid on the right, leading into the DreamCloud Luxury Hybrid vs Nectar Classic showdown

The Tempur-Pedic Tempur-Adapt mattress on a bed frame in a bedroom, a man and his young sun sitting on top of it, smiling. A Tom�s Guide price drop deals graphic (right)

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The Saatva Murphy Bed Mattress on a Murphy bed frame lying flat, in a bedroom

The image shows the Casper Hybrid with Snow Technology pillow on the left and the Coop Cool+ pillow on the right in a side by side comparison

A child lying on their side covering their eyes in bed

A woman with an afro sleeping on her side covered in grey duvet while she sweats in her sleep, thinking of a cooling mattress.

A woman with brown hair lies on her stomach on a grey colour Japanese floor mattress

A mattress we tested is dressed with neutral colour bed linens and pillows

Woman smiling while she sleeps with headphones in and her arms overhead

A person wearing rubber gloves uses a spray bottle and a clean cloth to clean the surface of the Emma Elite mattress.

Fire TV interface on the Fire TV Stick 4K (2nd gen)