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, the 80-hour workweeks and long car rides quickly took a toll on my neck and shoulders," she says. "Simple movments became torture!"

To soothe her pain, Karen tried everything from over-the-counter remedies to massages, but nothing worked. So when a relative suggested floatation therapy, Karen quickly made an appointment to "float" at a local wellness center.

The floatation session involved lying in a "pod" that was partially filled iwth salt-infused water, which enabled Karen to float as though she were weightless.

After one hour, Karen’s upper-back pain disappeared. "Since then, I’ve been going once a week, and I’ve experienced zero pain!" she raves. "I feel like a brand new person!"

How Floating Heals Pain