Visiting a Wellness Center
In this day and age, our bodies and minds are subjected to constant stimulus and abuse. Stress is rampant, and in the United States alone, an average of 50 million people live with some form of chronic pain from injury and daily stress. At Urban Float, you’ll find treatments to help combat pain, promote and boost your body’s ability to heal, and find relief from the day-to-day stresses that find their way into your life.
What is a Wellness Center?
Each wellness center offers something a little different to offer on your journey to a better self. At Urban Float, there are many therapies and treatments available. These treatments include Float Therapy, Red Light Therapy, and Infrared Sauna Treatments. Floatation wellness centers are the perfect place to start your mindfulness journey and be better in sync with your body. If you’re unsure of where to start, visit your local center today and feel welcome to inquire inside about where to begin. Your journey begins today.
Float Therapy
Not many people know about float therapy, but it’s been around since 1954. The idea is relatively simple, though it can sound confusing at first. Essentially you’ll be floating in a pod of water with no outside noise stimulus.
You begin with a floatation pod that has no more than 8 - 12 inches of water inside. Now you may be thinking to yourself that it’s impossible to float in water so shallow. Despite the shallowness of the water, we supersaturate our pristinely clean water with Epsom salt -- so you float with ease on the surface of the water.
Once you’ve entered the pod, you can either close the lid for a soothing sensory deprivation experience or leave it open. The pod is also equipped with a light that you can turn on or off, depending on your comfort level. From that point on, all you have to do is focus on your breathing and floating effortlessly. With a lack of outside stimulus, your brain is allowed to rest and heal while your body also gets to enjoy weightlessness. Most float sessions are 60 minutes long.
Red Light Therapy
Red Light Therapy (RLT) can have many benefits. RLT helps feed the cells inside your body. With all those cells charged up, it is believed that your body’s natural healing and recovery abilities become easy during and after treatments. This is done by exposing your body to a low level of red light which is similar to infrared light. We cannot see infrared light, but your body does feel it as heat. Heat is considered an excellent tool in healing and recovery. Another proven benefit of RLT is that it can reduce skin wrinkling and acne.
It is important to note that RLT is perfectly safe. The red light is not at all similar to the lights used in tanning beds. RLT therapy does not expose your skin-damaging UV levels of rays.
To expose your skin to red light, a lamp, laser, or other device is used. RLT is still relatively new, and many discoveries of its benefits are still being made.
Infrared Sauna
If you’re tired of traditional saunas that either use air heated with rocks, heaters, or steam, then perhaps it’s time you try an Infrared sauna. Rather than the air around you being heated, with the use of this therapy. This stimulates natural responses in the body, such as sweating and increased heart rate.
Continued infrared treatments can have such benefits as detoxification, pain relief, supports healthy blood pressure, muscle recovery, and improved relaxation. With these physical benefits, it’s easy to see why treatments can also tremendously influence stress and mental fatigue.
Who should go to a Wellness Center?
Wellness centers are not for only one kind of person. Everyone deals with pain; everyone feels a certain level of stress. If you find yourself curious, do not hesitate to visit your local center and speak to one of the trained professionals about what treatments might be best for you. There is nothing wrong with self care and having another tool in your arsenal to help you on your path to wellness. Find a wellness center near you.