Don’t take our word for it. At Urban Float we rely on the science of flotation therapy. Recently published & peer-reviewed studies why floating has lasting physical, mental and emotional benefits.

Physical Benefits

Relieve everyday aches & pains (2)
Significantly reduce your worst pain (1)
Reduce chronic muscle pain & tension (2)
Improve sleep quality (1) (3)

Mental Benefits

Significantly reduce stress (1) (2)
Increase mindfulness (1) (3)
Improve mental focus (1)
Enhance creativity (1)

Emotional Benefits

Decrease anxiety (1) (2)
Reduce symptoms of depression (1) (2)
Increase optimism (1)
Improve feelings of well-being (1) (3)

Research

2018; Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Inc. in Tulsa, Oklahoma
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
Source: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0190292

2014; Human Performance Laboratory in Karlstad University in Karlstad, Sweden
Department of Psychology; Study of 65 participants vs a control group including before & after study of both groups (7-week flotation study; 12 sessions; 45 minutes each)
Open Access article, permitting unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219027/

Pain Research and Management (2009), Sweden
88 Patients: 69 women (78.4%), 19 men (21.6%), mean age 49, 36% had depression. All were recruited from waiting list at the Human Performance Laboratory.
All had been diagnosed by a physician as having chronic stress related back +/- neck pain
Design: Two 45 min sessions/week x3 weeks, 1 week break, two 45 min sessions/week x3 weeks.
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2734516/

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Published, March 2016
46 people: 25 REST and 25 control. 22 REST and 24 control included in analyses. Averaged age 43. 70% women. More people in control were on medication.
7 week treatment, 12 flotation sessions, 45 min/each
Surveys done at baseline, 4 weeks into treatment, and after treatment. Float group was also questioned 6 months after treatment.
The main findings were that flotation-REST significantly reduced both the general GAD-symptomatology, as well as several symptoms associated with the disorder, such as difficulties in emotional regulation, sleep difficulties and depression
Source: http://bmccomplementalternmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12906-016-1089-x