Floating Benefits During Pregnancy

During pregnancy, women can enjoy the many benefits Float Therapy provides, including back and pain relief, reduced inflammation, enhanced sleep, and deep relaxation.

Experiencing weightlessness in pristine, warm water mixed with nearly 1,000 pounds of therapeutic Epsom salt creates a healing environment that especially benefits women in their 2nd and 3rd trimester who are often feeling the aches, pains, and symptoms of advanced pregnancy.

In addition, the float environment provides an opportunity for the mom-to-be to experience some much- needed tranquility time, often leading to reduced anxiety and enhanced energy, as well as a unique setting to bond with her baby in the womb.

What is Epsom Salt?

Epsom salt is made of the naturally occurring minerals Magnesium and Sulfate. It is a pure, mineral compound that is easily absorbed through the skin and has provided numerous health, healing and beauty benefits for centuries.

What is Magnesium?

Magnesium is the second most abundant element in human cells and the fourth most important positively charged ion in the body. It helps the body regulate over 325 enzymes and plays an important role in organizing many bodily functions, like muscle control, electrical impulses, energy production and the elimination of harmful toxins. It is also one of the principal nutrients involved in the composition of breast milk.

Most people are deficient in magnesium, especially women, and pregnant women need double the normal requirement; So floating in high concentrations of Epsom salt, which is high in magnesium, is one of the easiest ways to get a boost. According to the National Academy of Sciences, magnesium deficiency contributes towards high rates of heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, arthritis and joint pain, digestive maladies, stress-related illnesses, chronic fatigue and a number of other ailments.

What are Sulfates?

Sulfates play an important role in many biological processes, helping to flush toxins and form proteins in joints, brain tissue and the proteins that line the walls of the digestive tract. They stimulate the pancreas to generate digestive enzymes and help detoxify the body of medicines and environmental contaminants.

Why Float Therapy is Beneficial for Pregnant Women

It Eases Aches & Pains

The weightlessness of float therapy allows a woman to alleviate all of the added pressures and weight on her body, especially her back, knees, and joints. Magnesium helps regulate the pH levels in the body. This in turn reduces stiffness, inflammation, and swelling associated with pregnancy. Plus, Epsom salt promotes nerve functionality and soothes nerve pain.

It Naturally Enhances Sleep

Pregnant women especially need sleep, and magnesium helps you get more of it. Maintaining appropriate levels of this crucial mineral boosts your brain’s GABA receptors, which help your brain switch off every night. As early as your first day with increased magnesium levels you could start to experience deeper, more restful sleep.

It Boosts Energy

Magnesium plays a major role in breaking glucose down into energy. When levels of this mineral are low, this process slows down significantly and your heart rate and oxygen intake increase, causing exhaustion. For increased stamina, it is important to have appropriate magnesium levels.

It Eases Stress & Prevents/Reduces “Baby-Blues”

Epsom salt can help you calm down when you are feeling stressed. Stress drains the body of magnesium and increases adrenaline levels. Magnesium plays an important role in the release and uptake of serotonin, a mood-elevating chemical in the brain that reduces anxiety, irritability, insomnia and abnormal heart rhythms. Magnesium is also one of the important contributors to the nervous system’s stability and balance and can thereby prevent or reduce symptoms related to the “Baby-Blues” during and after pregnancy (anxiety, light sleep, fatigue, mood swings), as well as of post- partum depression.

It Uniquely Connects with Baby/Visualization

Floating has also been an effective tool for moms-to-be-to connect with their baby and prepare for childbirth. The tranquility, stillness and silence of the unique float experience can be compared to a womblike experience. Within this context, many moms-to-be feel a connection to what their baby inside is also experiencing. In addition, many find floating to create a serene opportunity to positively visualize and prepare for their upcoming childbirth.

It Aids in Detoxification

Epsom salt can assist in eliminating toxins from the body. The magnesium in Epsom salt is required for detoxifying cells. It also helps detox the body of environmental contaminants that can potentially cause ill health.

It Adds Volume to Hair

Epsom salt is also healthy for your hair. It can add body to your hair, keep your scalp healthy and help repair and strengthen damaged hair.

It Exfoliates Skin

Some women break out and have irritated skin during pregnancy. Epsom salt is a natural exfoliant and helps get rid of dead skin cells and remove oil from skin pores that can cause itchiness, pimples, blackheads and other common skin problems. Epsom salt is widely reported to soften skin, and it rinses away completely.

It Improves Heart Health

Epsom salt also improves heart health and blood circulation. The magnesium helps maintain a normal heart rhythm and healthy arteries. When the arteries are healthy, there is less risk of blood clots, plaque buildup and damage to arterial walls.

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