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The Effects of Grounding on Meditation Quality: A Preliminary Study Report

Gaétan Chevalier, Ph.D., Director, Earthing Institute, and Research Director, Psy-Tech Labs. ABSTRACT Published research shows that grounding the human body to Earth (also called Earthing) produces multiple health benefits. They include reductions in pain, inflammation, and stress, and improvements in energy, quality of sleep, peripheral blood flow, and indicators of osteoporosis and glucose regulation (1-3). …

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Conditions Often Heal that Typically Never Get Better

Wendy Menigoz, D.N., pain specialist, Bourbonnais, Illinois (2019): “I have been grounding patients for eight or nine years. Roughly 90 percent are Earthing. “I tell my female patients to be grounded because helps with their cysts, periods, cramps, bloating, hot flashes, fibromyalgia, back pain and other pain. I ask them to do Earthing exclusively for …

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No Healing System Like Earthing – Neuro Massage Therapist

Art Bailey, Neuro Massage Therapy Institute, Walker, Louisiana (2019): “I have specialized in nerve related injuries for over 20 years and have not found a healing system like Earthing with so many medical health benefits. In 2008 I read a white paper on the effects of Earthing on sports injuries. I immediately added a ground …

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Earthing Speeds Sports/Training Recovery, Lessens Muscle Damage and Inflammation

Athletes and exercise enthusiasts have a lot to gain from Earthing: ● Less muscle damage.● Reduced inflammation and pain.● Reduced exercise-induced blood thickness.● Quicker recovery time. What the Research Says In 2010, exercise physiologist Richard Brown of the University of Oregon’s Human Physiology Department conducted a study demonstrating how Earthing significantly reduces the degree and …

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Pain and Allergy Relief: One Medical Doctor’s Personal Experience

From Andrew Doan, M.D., Ph.D. (December 2018): “The current epidemic of chronic pain and unwellness, and tragic opioid overuse, calls for exploration of alternative solutions. I strongly believe grounding is one such promising solution.“About a year ago, I injured the bottom of my left foot and continued to aggravate it when using the foot pedal …

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Accelerated Healing from Surgery

No Pain or Inflammation after Hip Replacement From Gail Margaret Rhodes, Fairfield, Iowa (October 2018): “I am a very active 80 year old in excellent health. I spend as much time outdoors as possible. I grew up spending summers barefoot and have for many decades walked barefoot at sunrise, celebrating my deep connection with Mother …

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Earthing, Inflammation, and Aging

Type the word “inflammation” in the search box at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (Pub Med) website and you’ll get some 700,000 medical research articles to consider. The very first one goes back to an 1813 paper on inflammation in the eyes. It’s been since 2000, however, that the relationship between inflammation and disease …

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Can Grounding Benefit Individuals with PTSD?

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects many individuals after episodes of shocking, scary, or dangerous events, such as military combat, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, major accidents, sexual assaults, and a sudden, unexpected death of a loved one. Chronic symptoms vary, and include depression, anger and being on edge, insomnia, loss of interest in normal activities and …

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Defuse Jet Lag with Grounding

Looking to reduce common jet lag? Ground yourself as soon as possible after landing and flying through multiple times zones. Here are some ideas how: sit, stand, walk barefoot on a patch of grass or plain old soil, or the wet sand at the beach, or take a dip in the lake or ocean. Or …

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From Pain Relief to Improved Digestion: Grounding Benefits Confirmed Through Thermal Imaging

On a routine basis Gregory Melvin, D.C., of La Mesa, CA gets feedback from patients telling him that grounding has accelerated healing on a wide variety of issues ranging from pain problems to poor digestion. He is then able to actually confirm their feedback with the use of thermal imaging. Infra-red thermal imaging (also known …

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