Tom Brady and other athletes have touted flotation tanks as a way to speed up muscle recovery. Celebrities like Elle Macpherson and Jennifer Lawrence have heralded the calming effects and skin ...

A sensory deprivation tank cuts a person off from as many sensory inputs as possible. Some research suggests it may help ease anxiety, relax muscles, and reduce pain. Although current research ...

If you visit a flotation therapy center, you’ll put in earplugs and step into a rounded, podlike tub big enough for a tall person to lie back and stretch out. Depending on the center’s policies, you ...

“In the basement of a university medical school, Dr. Jessup floats naked in total darkness. The most terrifying experiment in the history of science is out of control … and the subject is himself.” So ...

Floating in silence and in the dark offers your brain a break from stimulus, decreasing anxiety, depression, and stress levels. The salt water also helps joint and muscle pain, as it relaxes muscles.