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Introducing the Float Therapy Medicine Institute: Evidence-Based Integration of Floatation-REST into Clinical Practice
A Resource for Healthcare Practitioners Seeking Non-Pharmacological Treatment Options The Gap We're Addressing As healthcare practitioners, we face an increasingly complex challenge: patients with chronic pain, anxiety disorders, and stress-related conditions who need effective, safe alternatives to pharmaceutical interventions. While the research literature contains over six decades of evidence supporting Floatation-REST (Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy), most phys

Rebecca Nolan Harris, PhD
Nov 15 min read


Overview of Flotation-REST Research (2025)
A 2024 systematic review identified 63 studies encompassing 1,838 participants from 1960 to May 2024 [1], categorizing flotation-REST research into nine main areas: pain, athletic performance, physiology, stress, consciousness, psychology, creativity, clinical anxiety, sleep, smoking cessation, and miscellaneous applications. Key Research Findings by Domain for Flotation-REST Mental Health & Anxiety (Strongest Evidence) Studies with anxious participants showed substantial red

Rebecca Nolan Harris, PhD
Oct 158 min read
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