My husband and I both are bothered with lower back pain.  My husband has also had neck surgery.  So when the time came to buy a mattress, we actually were interested in what we had seen in the TV ads about the Tempurpedic mattresses.  I hate a hard mattress, even if it is suppose to be better for your back.  We decided to find a happy medium, and proceeded to the closest retailer for the Tempurpedic's.  I to my surprise had to choose which types we wanted.  I became the Mother bear...the softer the mattress the more time I spent on the mattress in the showroom.  We finally decided on a mattress...