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A Green Night’s Sleep
by Brigit Ingram
T
o James Koss, owner of The Back ered Tempur-Pedic®, a company that
Store in North Naples, individuals manufactures mattresses that adjust to
with back problems, circulatory each individual’s body posture, and
problems and other medical conditions wheelchair cushions that help prevent
are much like facets on the face of a pressure sores in wheelchair-bound
Rubik’s Cube—he likes to align them patients. As he continued his search for
perfectly, using the products that can alternatives for clients’ health chal-
solve their problem. Koss’s recipe for lenges, he ended up with enough to
a high rate of success is threefold: a fill a store. Between 2003 and 2006 he
wealth of business experience; a broad opened three locations: The Back Store
“All frames, battings,
education and experience in the ad- in Bonita Springs, now used for a sleep
fillings and fabrics are
ministration of home health and medi- clinic, and two storefronts in Naples.
cal equipment, health care and assisted The Back Store carries regular, flat
made of the cleanest,
and independent living; and a personal sleep systems, adjustable sleep systems,
purest organic products
encounter with continuing care. therapeutic Swedish neck pillows,
At age 19, Koss’s left leg became
available on the market
travel pillows, lumbar support products,
paralyzed as a result of a motorcycle inversion tables, zero gravity recliners today,” affirms Koss.
accident. After months of rehabilitation and fully reclinable lift chairs. Plus, a
and therapy, he resisted the prognosis complete line of office equipment and
deliver the desired firmness. Surround-
of a handicapped future that would fully reclinable desk chairs designed
ing these plates, an organic cotton
burden him with a brace and a cane. “I to help prevent and relieve back stress.
velour cover, quilted with the finest
didn’t agree with that,” he says, “be- Says Koss, “All the products I have are
wool and silk, adds to restful comfort.
cause I knew if I continued to swim, do for people who have back problems
Two sleeping zones even allow sleeping
weights and stretch, the cane and brace and still want to enjoy life, so we match
partners to select their own individual
would be unnecessary. In the end I was them up with furniture and accessories
firmness.
right.” that are ergonomic and supportive.”
“All frames, battings, fillings and
While working on behalf of nurs- Determined to continue his quest
fabrics are made of the cleanest, pur-
ing home companies, Koss discov- to improve the lives of his customers,
est organic products available on the
his latest studies have taken a look at market today,” affirms Koss. The cotton,
all the new trends and products in the grown without herbicides, pesticides
green marketplace. His store’s latest or synthetic fertilizers, is hand-picked,
offerings include the luxurious Green high in the Peruvian Andes. Hardwood
Sleep® system, by Vimala. bed frames, made of wood harvested
“This company even grows its own from sustainable Canadian forests, are
rubber trees in North Malaysia, in order constructed by a skilled cabinetmaker.
to ensure they have the purest, most The pure wool originates from fleeces
elastic rubber produced on the planet,” sourced from a small island in the
says Koss. Netherlands, where no pesticides or
Each mat- harsh chemicals have ever been used.
tress has “The Green Sleep system offers
The cotton, grown
three inter- the best night’s sleep under the moon,”
without herbicides,
changeable quips Koss, “it’s like a little piece of
natural heaven that fell to earth.”
pesticides or synthetic
rubber
fertilizers, is hand-
plates, For more information, visit The Back
picked, high in the
which are Store in Naples at 13800 Tamiami Trail
selected N., Ste. 112, or 198 9th St. N. Call 239-
Peruvian Andes. and com- 280-9050 and visit TheBackStore.net.
bined to See ad on page 17.
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