Why healthcare professionals are embracing float therapy
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Float therapy leverages both medical and alternative medical care.
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CBD Is Kryptonite to Inflammation
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Did you know CBD can be used in various ways? Learn about vaping or taking CBD orally through a tincture.
Read MoreThe ABCs of CBD
/Cannabidiol or CBD, as it is commonly called, has found its way into everyday conversation. CBD is an extract from the cannabis plant that has an amazing number of natural health benefits.
Read MoreChronic Pain, Opioids and Floatation Therapy, Part 2
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Floatation therapy is proving to be a viable alternative and adjunct to managing chronic pain. Opioid managed chronic pain may respond well to floatation therapy. A new case study on chronic pain, opiate usage and floatation provides a window into the benefits of this mind and body therapy.
Read MoreImprove Sleep Quality by Floating?
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All of us have experienced the consequences of a sleepless night. Everything the next day requires more effort. You lack energy and motivation. You feel groggy and irritable. Try floating. It might help you sleep.
Sleep has been of significant interest to the floatation therapy industry as evidenced by thousands of anecdotal instances of improved sleep after floating. While floating, like sleep, you are essentially "offline". with minimal to no external stimuli. Both floating and sleep require sensory disconnection as an essential requirement. Many floaters actually do fall asleep during part or all of their float. Most are somewhere in between sleeping and wakefulness.
Read MoreChronic low back pain improves with floatation therapy
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Chronic back pain is of epidemic proportions. Medical professionals are seeking complementary ways to manage pain. Floatation therapy is showing promise and proof through case studies such as those being conducted at The Float Zone in Richmond, VA.
Read MoreSculpture Dedicated to True Value of Floatation Therapy
/As a pain management specialist for over two decades, I have seen how pain can change and manipulate a person’s brain, behavior and being. Despite my best efforts to practice what I preached, my own chronic pain was a distraction and the source of significant physical and emotional disability. Chronic pain was a primary catalyst for the eventual expression of my multiple sclerosis. The combination of these issues played games with my brain and my body.
Coincidentally at this time, I discovered floatation therapy which lightened both my physical and emotional burden. One of the most remarkable benefits of floating is how effortlessly it allows for a state of internal reflection and focus. It’s like meditation on steroids. I’ve spent numerous hours floating atop 10” of super salty skin temperature water, visualizing the reduction and elimination of both pain and lesions in my brain and spinal cord. During this time of deep inner reflection to heal myself, it brought me to some realizations about myself, my surroundings, my emotional health, my relationships with others, gaining clarity on my purpose, my goals, future and direction.
One such result is that floating encouraged my transition towards retirement from clinical chiropractic and acupuncture to that of helping others through providing floatation therapy services to others in need.
Internal Focus by Lee HAZELGROVE
The FLOAT ZONE
In July 2017, the week of my retirement, I was visiting the United Network For Organ Sharing, here in Richmond, VA. Within this beautiful modern, life saving facility are artistic displays from local artists. As part of the exhibit, there was a ceramic sculpture hanging on the wall, entitled “Internal Focus”. It spoke to me. And in one moment, it captured years of thoughts and visualizations and emotions - tears, pain, joy, excitement, and hope. It reminded me of my relationship and journey with the float tank. I immediately purchased the sculpture with the intention of displaying it at The Float Zone.
Internal Focus, by Lee Hazelgrove, now hangs in the entry of The Float Zone as a dedication to all who come to float with the hope they too will find relief, calm, focus, direction, awareness, and the healthy state that naturally follows.
Beginning in February, 2018, The Float Zone will be featuring the work of local artists that too have been inspired by floating.
-Dr. David Berv, Chief Experience Officer, The Float Zone