What used to be rather grimly called “sensory deprivation” or “isolation” therapy has resurfaced as the far more appealing “flotation therapy”: Those in need of some de-stressing and mental relaxation ...

Wouldn't it be nice if our everyday stress would just float away? Well, there are places that offer "flotation therapy" with the goal of doing just that. Floatation therapy often involves partial ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- What if someone told you that you could float your troubles away, literally? From back pain to stress, some say a type of therapy that's making a comeback may be the answer. It's ...

Flotation therapy — which involves floating in a tank of warm, salt-saturated water — is a popular and often expensive form of relaxation. Now, a small but growing body of research suggests it may ...

Although the first float tank was developed decades ago in the 1950s, float therapy did not become popular in the US until more recently. In float therapy, also known as flotation-REST (Restricted ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Thousands of stressed-out Americans are finding a new type of relaxation. Flotation therapy is catching on. Customers float in warm tanks of salty water to cure both mind and ...

The contraption is known by a variety of names: sensory-deprivation tanks, isolation tanks, flotation tanks. They're chambers full of a mixture of water and 800 pounds of epsom salt, designed to make ...

In flotation therapy, there is no doctor. There is no sound and no light. Just you. Just your body floating in a pool of salty water. Warm salty water. Water saltier than the Dead Sea. For 45 minutes ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — Good Morning Washington stops by True REST Float Spa to chat with co-owners and power couple Amber and Deleep Nair to discuss the benefits of flotation therapy. A float spa ...