"Floatation therapy eased my backaches!" Glancing at her calendar, Karen Pichkhadze groaned. Not another day of open-house appointments, she thought. All that driving is going to kill my back. For as long as she could remember, Karen had grappled with upper-back pain. "I always brushed it off, but when I started working as a realtor,
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1980 marked the film debut of Altered States, a science fiction movie that took liberal creative license with the man who invented the floatation tank (aka sensory deprivation tank), John Lilly. Altered States wasn’t a cinematic masterpiece, but it excelled at sparking interest in the strange water box that the main character Eddie Jessup (played
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I’ve written this article for the benefit of the millions of people who suffer back pain, muscle pain, fibromyalgia, arthritis and other types of joint or muscle pain. Back in 2001, I had a dramatic recovery from debilitating sciatic pain thanks to floatation therapy. This pain caused by a pinched nerve in my lower back
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How would you like to visit a spa where you’re greeted by an attractive woman who leads you down to a glowing cavern-like room where a pyramid-shaped zero gravity bath big enough for two awaits you? Yeah, me too!
ScienceDaily (2007-11-06) — Relaxation in large, sound- and light-proof tanks with high-salt water — floating — is an effective way to alleviate long-term stress-related pain. Sleep was improved, patients felt more optimistic, and the content of the vitalizing hormone prolactin increased. Anxiety, stress, depression, and perception of pain declined. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071105120604.htm# Scientific research on the pain
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I just found a fun little video of a guy going in for his very first float session. It was great to see this guy go from visibly confused and a little apprehensive to being visibly relaxed and de-stressed.
Jacksonville Florida resident Corey Dalton has terminal MS. Corey purchased a floatation tank for pain relief, but the Florida health department won’t let him set up his float tank in his beauty salon. For over a year, he has done whatever the health department required of him to get an exemption, but they continue to
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