When Browns players return to CrossCountry Mortgage Campus for the start of 2022 training camp, they’ll walk into a newly-built regeneration space fit with several recovery machines and additional training technology that will enhance all high-performance activities when the season begins. The space, which will replace the team weight room next to the fieldhouse, will…
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Here’s another intro article giving you the rundown on float therapy, REST, sensory deprivation. A sensory deprivation tank cuts a person off from as many sensory inputs as possible. Supporters claim that the experience can make a person feel rejuvenated, potentially easing anxiety, relaxing muscles, and reducing pain. Current research indicates that people in good…
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I appreciate an objective and complete overview of what floating is, its benefits and the evidence, or lack thereof, to support them. You float in super saturated epsom salt water that is the same temperature as you. Your body doesn’t have to expend any energy to warm up or cool down or stay afloat. Watch…
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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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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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This youtube video is another good intro to floating, produced by float culture. Watch the full video here.
“Oshin Vartanian of the University of Toronto and Peter Suedfeld of the University of British Columbia report floating in an Epsom salt solution one hour per week for four weeks boosted the technical ability of a group of college music students. This suggests such periods of minimal sensory stimulation can improve performers’ perceptual-motor coordination.” This…
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Here’s another new study from clinicalflotation Conclusion FLOAT may prove to be an effective method of exercise recovery, improving aspects of performance, pressure-to-pain threshold, perceived MS and PF, and sleep quality. Read the full paper here.
This one checks all the boxes: mind, body, spirit and focus. This is a great video from this past year’s float conference where Dr. Jerry Walker talks about his research into REST and how it helps our armed forces service members. Watch the video on youtube
I’ll help you skip the usual description of floating that always accompanies articles like these, and give you the relevant paragraph, below. Floating after a long flight can help speed your adjustment to a big time change. It’s been said that an hour of floating is worth 4 hours of sleep. IDK about that, but…
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