The consistently positive findings of these studies have led to the incorporation of Floatation REST into physical and mental health care programs, as well as fitness training and professional sports medicine.
Sensory deprivation, or Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy (REST), is a technique by which sensory input (sound, light, smell, etc.) is minimized. This practice encourages an extremely deep level of relaxation.
Floating has been practiced for thousands of years by different cultures around the world. Modern flotation therapy, involving sensory deprivation tanks, was developed in the 1950s by John C. Lilly, a neuroscientist.
applications of cell therapy in the United States are still in the research, experimental, and clinical trial stages.
The benefits of color therapy have not been researched extensively and it is still considered a fringe therapy by the allopathic medical community.
We can find no peer-reviewed research that has been published in a recognized journal.
More than 40 scientific papers have been published that document the various effects of craniosacral therapy. There are also 10 authoritative textbooks on this therapy.
Since the late 1950s, hundreds of studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of magnetic therapy.
There is a growing amount of mainstream scientific research documenting the effectiveness of Rolf therapy.
A wide body of literature supports the use of art therapy in a mental health capacity.
research has documented the effects of dance therapy, qigong, t'ai chi, yoga, Alexander technique, awareness through movement (Feldenkrais), and Rolfing
Skeptics argue that there are no scientific studies documenting the benefits of aura therapy or the existence of a human biofield.
Although only one controlled trial of reflexology therapy, done in 1993, has been documented in medical journals, this therapy is practiced worldwide