| Along with the success of mattresses and mattress | | | | They range in price from $20 to $120; ask your local |
| pads made of memory foam came the advent of the | | | | or online dealer for their prices. |
| memory foam pillow. Made of the same gel-like | | | | Just as with all memory foam products, memory foam |
| polyurethane compound that both cushions and | | | | pillows vary in density. They can come as low as 2.5 |
| supports the contours of your body, memory foam | | | | pounds per cubic foot, or as high as 5.3 pounds per |
| pillows are a great way to rest your neck and head. | | | | cubic foot. Since your head weighs less than your |
| Say goodbye to neck aches, both at home and on the | | | | body, you'll probably want a mid-range density material: |
| road. With a memory foam pillow, you can say | | | | somewhere between 3.5 and 4.5-weight. |
| goodbye to a lot of the neck aches and cranial | | | | When you're on the road, in a train, or flying, try taking |
| pressure points associated with regular cotton pillows. | | | | a memory foam travel pillow with you. These can |
| Memory foam pillows come in a variety of shapes and | | | | either be rectangular like a regular pillow, or U-shaped, |
| thicknesses. | | | | to wrap behind your neck. The U-shaped version will |
| A memory foam contour pillow, often called a | | | | keep your head from falling and causing cricks in the |
| Swedish neck pillow, is filled with thousands of | | | | neck, while providing plenty of healthy support for the |
| microscopic "cells" that can deform under pressure. | | | | small bones of your face. If you don't have the |
| When you rest your neck, shoulders, or head on it, the | | | | strength or space available to pack your memory |
| air in the deformed cells moves to neighboring cells, | | | | foam mattress pad into a duffel bag and tote it around, |
| creating contours that obey your shape. Many | | | | you can still take the comfort and support of memory |
| manufacturers of memory foam mattresses and | | | | foam to go, with a very portable memory foam pillow. |
| mattress pads offer memory foam pillows as well. | | | | |