| Summary: | Floating or floating therapy, or float therapy (the English-language literature uses
the term Flotation-REST from eng. float – free to swim, hold on to the surface,
REST – Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy) – a method of physical exposure
to the human body is based on sensory deprivation. Float therapy is the immersion
of a person in a closed reservoir with plenum air exchange (float chamber)
filled with water with extremely high salt concentration, resulting in the shutdown
of stimulating environmental influences. Restricted Environmental Stimulation
Therapy (REST therapy) is a method used to achieve deep relaxation and subsequent
positive effects on emotional health through relaxation and disconnection
from the outside environment. This review presents estimates of the potentially positive
health effects of float therapy, including stress reduction and blood pressure reduction.
Active study and use of float therapy for therapeutic and preventive purposes
marks several stages. The first stage is the use of a float camera in the system
of preparing space pilots for the real overload experienced in space flight. The second
– complex preparation of professional athletes for competitive stage with subsequent
rehabilitation, including event on rehabilitation after injuries. The third is
the routine use of float therapy as a physical exposure factor in the integrated treatment
of patients with diseases that are associated with external stress. The results of
the studies show a decrease in stress, a decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure
due to a decrease in sympathetic influence due to deep relaxation in the float
chamber. Flotation – REST has a beneficial effect on an individual 's emotional
health, so this method has potential as an additional method in the integrated treatment
of stress-related diseases.
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