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Is sleeping on a hard floor good or bad for a person's back?

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Probably not good: Our body/back is not straight or hard so hard floor not good. Our body needs support during sleep and if you put a curved soft yet heavy body on blood, gravity will pull on it in directions you don't want and you wake up sore.

Answered 2/21/2016

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