How Does Float Therapy effect and benefit the symptoms of the menopause and perimenopause?

Menopause and Perimenopause can cause symptoms such as anxiety, mood swings, muscle aches and pains, brain fog, hot flushes and difficulty sleeping to name a few.

Both the Menopause and the Perimenopause can have a huge impact on your life, including relationships and work. There are things that you can do to help with the symptoms.

Lifestyle or Medicine? regarding menopausal sysmptoms, the lifestyle versus medicine debate continues to rumble on. But actually we know these should not be debated as being inopposition to each other, rather complementary-  lifestyle and medicine should work together. 

The Perimenopause – think way, way back to puberty. The whole process took quite a few years! All the changes relating to it commonly labelled ‘just hormonal’, yup the emotional,  psychological, mental changes. Changes not only to the body physically but also changes within yourself.  No surprises that both the perimenopause and menopause involve an enormous amount of hormonal and physical changes and yet we seem to be more kinder and even more understanding towards our teenagers than we are ourselves.  So keep that in mind when considering your options for help and support with both the perimenopause and menopause, Always have an open mind and dont be afraid to try something different! 

Try Float Therapy

While in the pod you achieve a zero gravity like feeling. This means that you are relieved of the weight of your body.  Pressure is taken off muscles and joints and swelling greatly is reduced.  Blood pressure is lowered as blood circulation around the body is increased.

What Benefits Does Float Therapy Have On Menopause and Perimenopause?

Stress

Stress Reduction through deep relaxation and an increase sense of calm. Float therapy is like cleaning out the mind and giving yourself an upgrade, so when you go back to the same (often stressful situations) your using different aspects of your nervous system that maybe were not available to you beforehand optimising your ability to manage your stress effectively.

    Muscle Aches & Joint Pains

    Floating is freeing yourself from all sensation of gravity. Floating takes the pressure off joints and muscles and your body is put into a high state of physical relaxation.  Studies have shown that magnesium can increase physical endurance and muscle metabolism. It is associated with better muscle integrity and function and specifically helps with grip strength, lower leg muscle power, knee extention torque and ankle extention strength.  Magnestium is required for normal muscular contraction and relaxation and low magnesium levels are associated with muscle pain and cramps. With over 500kg of pharmaceutical grade magnesium in our pods, the levels of magnesium in the body increases as its absorbed. So you can expect levels of decreased pain in general through zero gravity and weightlessness on your muscles, tendons and bones. Floating increases endorphins and reduces cortisol that natural pain reliever.

      Problems With Memory & Concentration

      If your finding it hard to concentrate and to remember things during this time its often called brain fog! It can feel like nothing is clear and you can’t focus. This can lead to difficulties at home and work and can be incredibly furstrating and anxiety -provoking as well as embarrassing at times!

      The zero-stimulus environment of the tank makes it much easier to get into your thoughts and not be distracted. Brain studies show that thoughts, memory and visualisation require the same mental processes as actually carrying out the actions. Think on this as allowing the chatter in your mind to go away and allowing your brain to do what it wants or needs to do.

        Changes To Your Mood & Low Self-Esteem

        Floating has been shown to have mood and performance enhancing effects that seem to be more profound than other relaxation techniques. Floating can be a valuable stress reduction tool and especially useful in cases of mental burnout, anxiety and PTSD.

          Inability To Get A Nights Sleep

          Insomnia means the inability to sleep. it doesnt just affect us at night; the effects of tossing and turning all night have an impact on our days as well. 

          Floating can provide deep levels of rest that some people find difficult to achieve. Hormones can rebalance and brainwaves slow to theta waves – which are typically associated with deep restorative states of sleep. An hour in the pod floating has been documented as equivalent to 5-7 hours good quality sleep restoratively on your body.

            Too hot to handle – Hot Flushes

            Hot flushes and night sweats, the most common menopausal sysmptons, often come and go and will eventually stop of their own accord.  Hot flushes are due to the lower levels of oestrogen in the body, and Oestrogen doesnt just affect the ovaries – there are oestrogen receptors everywhere, in your breasts, your skin, your brain – so the symptoms can be wide ranging.  

            Float therapy improves blood flow. Magnesium absorption helps to regulate and lower blood pressure. Your floating in a pod with controlled body temperature water so its not hot and and its not cold – making it much easier to regulate your body. stresses and anxiety drift away when your fully relaxed and you have time to concentrate on your body and mind – transporting you to a place of calm and tranquillity. 

            When floating your breathing techniques can become more pronounced and you can focus on slow deep breath techniques that can improve oxygen levels in the body and Improve circulation. many ladies find that focusing on their breathing sends them into a state of meditiation without really trying! 

            Changes To Skin

            Our pods are full to the brim with pharmaceutical grade magnesium sulfate – commonly known as Epsom Salts. Each pod has around 550kg of salts saturated in the water. The water solution has a beautiful silk like feel to it. Epsom Salt is great for soothing and providing relief from skin irritations. It also strengthens and nourishes your hair and scalp.

              Headaches & Migraines

              Migraines are thought to be caused by restricted blood flow due to constricted blood vessels. Float therapy helps with reducing vascular inflammation and also helps with dilation of the blood vessels, thereby alleviating a migraine attack or preventing one from starting.