Tempur-Pedic Rhapsody mattress now causing lower back soreness.

Over the past year we discovered our low backs being sore and tight upon awakening and, recently, I began tossing and turning all night, unable to get comfortable.  

I hadn’t attributed the discomfort to the mattress until we slept in a hotel for a week while on vacation and my back felt much better in the mornings and I also felt more rested. 

As soon as we got home all of the discomfort returned.  We decided to buy a new mattress and went with a Serta i-comfort Savant III Cushion Firm. 

Basically, it’s a firm, gel memory foam mattress.  After two hours the first night I woke up with pain on one side of my low back and my body felt like I was laying on a brick!  

Now, after several nights of sleeping on the new mattress, my low back is feeling somewhat better than before we bought it, but I am still waking up feeling like I’m laying on a brick. 

I am not sure if we totally bought the wrong mattress and perhaps I should return it, or if I should keep the bed and add a topper.  

I read in your blog about the latex toppers and was wondering if they would solve my problem and, if so, which one would be best.  

Here’s a little info. on us.  My husband is 51 yrs. old, 6ft.,190 lbs. with no back/body issues.  

I am 52 yrs. old, 5ft.4in., 138lbs, and I have a “mod. to severe” lumbar thoracic scoliosis which causes me a lot of grief.

Can you please help me?  

Also, I experience a significant amount of tension and tightness in my neck/shoulders and am wondering what the best pillow would be as I always wake up with tight and sore neck muscles   

I am mostly a side sleeper.

Thank you so much, Annmarie 

Latex Mattress Topper