Category: Body

Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy for your Mind • Body • Spirit • Focus

Can Epsom Salt Baths Really Help With Recovery?

There are two objectives to this post: to educate about the benefits of epsom salt, and to highlight that a large part of the benefits of floating come from the benefits of epsom salt. There are three basic components of a successful training plan: fueling, running (duh), and recovering. But from there, the details get…
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Floating to Help Fibromyalgia and End Pain

There is always new science on the benefits of floating, often coming out of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research in Tulsa, OK. They post their findings on clinicalfloatation.com. Fibromyalgia is one of those conditions that floating has a high success rate in addressing. The institute advertised a short-documentary to show the results of their…
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Epsom Salt: Benefits, Uses, and Side Effects

Epsom salt is a popular remedy for many ailments. People use it to ease health problems, such as muscle soreness and stress. It’s also affordable, easy to use, and harmless when used appropriately. This article provides a comprehensive overview of Epsom salt, including its benefits, uses, and side effects. Epsom salt — the quality and…
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Why I Floated First Thing After a Car Crash

Here’s another great post from The Float Zone, this time about how floating shortly after physical trauma can help facilitate healing. The first hours after a car accident are the most crucial in terms of managing the inflammatory response and the adrenaline rush of the body’s “fight or flight” mode.  It is always these immediate…
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Aqua Therapy Helpful in Treatment Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Aqua or pool therapy can be a valuable addition to an existing care plan, or even as a standalone primary restorative treatment, for this complicated and perplexing condition. Read the full article on practicalpainmanagement.com

Suffer from Chronic Pain? Consider this (float, too)

This app was recommended by a client for anyone who suffers from chronic pain. Curable is an online pain psychology program. “Modern research tells us that recurring pain is caused by multiple complex and interconnected factors. Treatments like drugs or chiropractic try to target some of the chemical or structural issues, but these issues are…
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The Science Behind the Wim Hof Method

A strong immune system is vital to a healthy life. There are a lot of things you can do to improve your immune system. Eat right, exercise — and breathe? (PS: try it while you float) What “The Iceman” Wim Hof is capable of was long viewed as scientifically impossible. It wasn’t until the first…
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People are floating to relieve stress during the COVID-19 pandemic

This is a great story from ABC channel 7 in Denver, brought to you by one of their awesome float centers, Samana float center. Floating is a safe way to relieve stress and boost your immune system. There’s also great info in here on the anti-microbial float environment. The county public health department should take…
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The Essential Guide To Brainwave Entrainment & Binaural Beats

Here are some excerpts from a particularly educational article I found on brainwave entrainment. I think this is a nice bridge between two seemingly opposite activities: using sound to encourage a meditative state, like the float environment — with the absence of sound, light and touch — is used to encourage a meditative state. It’s…
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Relieve stress and strengthen your immune system by floating

Here are a few quotes from a story a Florida news station did on relieving stress during the pandemic, featuring their local float center: St. Pete Salt Works Float Center. “According to the Laureate Institute For Brain Research, scientists found floatation therapy helps relieve stress, anxiety, depression, sleep issues, pain and even PTSD.” “Scientists say floatation…
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