What do earthing / grounding have to do with massage therapy in Kalispell? Let’s start with the fact that my massage therapy table now has a grounding mat that fits nicely on the arm rest, and I transfer it for the feet to rest on when clients turn over at “half time.” Some of my clients may recall that in the past, for 5 bucks, I offered them an adhesive grounding patch to be worn during the session. With this new development clients are grounded AT NO EXTRA CHARGE. But I digress, of course I need to tell you my own earthing story, and give you a brief description of its benefits!
Me pointing to the grounding mat which fits nicely on the tables arm rest.
I began my experiments with grounding about 8 years ago as a way to improve sleep. The simplest way to explain earthing is when your bare skin is touching the earth, a tree, concrete (not blacktop), water, etc. I initially bought a grounding mat from innovator Clint Ober’s 1st company, earthing.com, for 40 bucks, and I still have it, and it’s still conductive! I then began mowing the lawn barefoot, and trying every other reasonable effort to be grounded as much as possible.
Let’s talk about WHY you should consider grounding and it’s numerous benefits. There has been tons of research and studies done on the effects of grounding, and they all conclude that it’s well worth your time and interest, especially if you’re interested in reducing inflammation in organs (think kidneys, skin, BRAIN, etc), which is one of earthing’s long term benefits. In the short term grounding will immediately put your body into a healing state. In short term situations like a Kalispell massage therapy session, grounding will reduce heart rate, reduce muscle tension, and circulation is improved. But don’t take it from me, watch this brief youtube video by Dr. Laura Koniver, MD. telling us massage therapists why it’s important we offer this easy, cheap feature to our valuable work.
One benefit I’ve often heard repeated in grounding videos, “it’s like soaking up handfuls of antioxidants!” You can find lots of earthing and grounding videos on youtube, and feature length documentaries in places like Netflix and Prime. Click the link HERE to watch my all time fav 15 minute documentary on grounding, and HERE to watch a feature length film about this important health care discovery (hint, it kinda started when the shoes we wear began to have rubber soles instead of leather…). You’ll see many different doctors explaining grounding much better than I can, everyday people with small and big time health concerns telling how grounding helped them, and you’ll have a much better topic for discussion around the workplace water cooler!
I welcome your comments and questions, please text them to me at 406-871-9885, book online at my website, and the next time you’re in my office you can experience the grounding miracle, even during a 20 minute chair massage session! CHEERS