EDIT: I got the mordegal medium-firm mattress from ikea. The difference is night and day. Please note though, I went to the showroom and tested the mattresses until I found the one that most reminded me of the one I’d slept on in Norway. YMMV, recommend testing first if you can.

I just spent a week in Norway sleeping on a very thin ikea mattress (you could barely call it a mattress) and platform frame. I felt like a normal person in the mornings.

Back home, I’m on an expensive ish Brooklyn bedding mattress (I think it’s a hybrid with springs and a foam top), and I’m back to waking up every morning with everything hurting.

It’s hard not to jump the gun and order a thin ikea mattress of some sort. Not sure I have enough data though. Other things were happening in Norway, including walking two miles a day. I’m on my feet a lot at home and at the office but it’s not as much sustained walking.

(I have bulges (one compromising my left L4 nerve root), a bunch of arthritis and some osteophytes, and I’m currently awaiting ESI scheduling due to local insurance fuckery.)