| Summary: | Persistent back pain is a common presentation in primary care settings. It presents significant costs in relation to care, absenteeism, and early retirement. Chronic back and neck pain can be moderate to severe and debilitating. Often back and neck pain of musculoskeletal origin is self-limited and resolves with little or no intervention, however it is also often recurrent. While chronic back and neck pain is often of musculoskeletal origin, the possibility of other serious etiologies must also be considered. Common approaches to nonspecific back and neck pain include physical therapy, advice to stay active and analgesia. The main treatment goals are pain reduction and improving function. It has been reported that firmness and/or construction of bedding systems may be associated with complaints of back and neck discomfort or pain. The purpose of this report is to retrieve and review the existing evidence of efficacy and evidence-based guidelines for the use of specific mattresses to reduce chronic back and neck pain of musculoskeletal origin
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