Found only in the Nikken Kenko Sleep System, Adaptive Sleep Technology is a combination of features that work together to help you sleep better, get more rest and assist the processes of physical and mental recharging that form the basis of sleep.  

This technology addresses the factors that are crucial in assisting you to get the sleep you need. It adjusts your environment to meet the conditions required for quality sleep. These include:

• Proper support. Incorrect spinal alignment or localized pressure points can cause more than discomfort. This may lead to tossing and turning or even interrupt the sleep cycle.
• Temperature regulation. Variations in temperature may also interrupt the sleep cycle, particularly in those stages where the body's own temperature regulating mechanism is temporarily suspended.
• A relaxing, calming atmosphere. Ambient conditions and massage effects are known to be beneficial in promoting better rest and helping the onset of sleep.

The Sleep System includes features that support each of these functions, and more.

No other sleep system offers this kind of innovation ˜ multiple systems designed to optimize your sleep surroundings.

The dangers of poor sleep: the numbers

Based on research and surveys conducted by the National Sleep Foundation, National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research, National Institutes of Health, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

• Average amount that Americans sleep per night on weekdays: 6.9 hours
• Average amount that Americans sleep per night on weekends: 7.5 hours

• Number of people in the United States affected by a sleep problem: 70 million
• Number for whom the problem is chronic and/or frequent: 40 million

• Financial losses in the US due to sleep deprivation/disorders: $100 billion per year
• Direct healthcare costs of insomnia, including treatment: $14 billion per year
• Indirect costs (missed work, property damage, etc.): $28 billion per year

• Proportion of Americans who report sleep problems: approximately 70%
• Proportion of children who report frequent sleep problems: 69%
• Proportion of older adults who report frequent sleep problems: 67%

• Number of automobile accidents caused by drowsy drivers: 100,000 per year
• Number of fatalities and injuries in these accidents: 72,500 per year
• Proportion of Americans who admit to have driven while drowsy: 51%
• Proportion who admit to have dozed off while driving: 17%

Source: National Sleep Foundation

How it works

When you sleep on a spring mattress, the surface is shaped by the lowest or heaviest body points, which push down on the spring coils.

The higher points of contact do not press down on the springs, and because of this little or no support is being provided in these areas.

Pressure points

Because your body is pressing down on the springs at the low areas, these springs push back, creating pressure points.

A pressure point can create the same effect as when you compress an injury to stop bleeding. That is, it restricts blood flow to these areas.

Nerves are irritated

Your nerves react to this restricted blood flow. You may wake up to experience the familiar pins-and-needles sensation from a part of your body that “goes to sleep.”

Awake or asleep, when your nervous system senses this pressure and loss of blood flow, it forces your body to change position.

Tossing and turning

Because an innerspring mattress creates these pressure points, frequent shifting and moving are necessary.

The average sleeper on a conventional innerspring mattress will change position 80 times per night!

Interferes with sleep cycle

The human body is usually immobile when deeply asleep. This is the deep-sleep cycle that enables the body to rest and repair itself.

Pressure points, discomfort and tossing and turning may shorten or even prevent this cycle.

Our Sleep System solves the problem

There are no coil springs. The mattress and pad employ viscoelastic “memory foam”  and include a layer of Rubberthane to provide additional support and a gentle, passive massage effect.

Sleep Technology:

• Eliminates high-stress pressure points -
• Promotes better circulation -
• Reduces tossing and turning -
• And provides a sleep environment more conducive to relaxing, restorative deep sleep.