Earthing or grounding is when you put your bare feet or skin in contact with the earth. Free electrons are taken up in the body and could be considered the biggest antioxidants and help with inflammation and disease. Our body is made of mostly water and minerals and the earth is a great channel for them to flow through. It can help with chronic inflammation, reduce pain and doesn't matter what age, gender, race or state of health. Everyone will benefit from it. You can sit, stand, lay or walk on the grass, sand, dirt or even plain concrete. But will not work on surfaces such as wood, carpet, ashphalt, sealed or painted concrete and vinyl as these surfaces are not conductive surfaces.
Earthing is not something new. It's just something that we haven't done in so many years. Our new modern day with technology and our fast paced lives, majority of people do not even go outside unless it's to walk to their car or the mail box. Years and years ago we didn't have the high rate of chronic disease and inflammation that we do now because hours were spent outside. Sometimes the floor was the bed. Children played barefoot in the tall grass. It was a much different time then now and it doesn't mean that we have to go back to living like Little House on the Prairie. But we do have to recognize the role nature plays in our lives and how beneficial it is to our health.
Earthing is very easy in the warm months. You just walk outside in your backyard barefoot and boom your earthing. But what about now when we are just knocking on winter's door. There are earthing products out there that can help you earth/ground when you can't get direct contact with the earth. If you visit earthing.com or earthing.ca depending on where you live there is a whole line of earthing products. I was very fortunate to have someone give me an earthing band and tried for the first time this week and man does it every help! I've been suffering from chronic pain in my neck and spine for years. I am waiting for an osteopath appointment in December but this came just at the right time. I wore the band while I slept and I woke up with no stiffness or minimal soreness in my neck. It reduced the pain by about 80%. This will be a great tool to get me through to my appointment where she will correct some vertebraes that I've found are misaligned.
The first image below is the earthing band that I was talking about. Just plug the prong into the ground part of your outlet and put on your ankle or wrist while sleeping, reading. The second image is the earthing starter kit which comes with earthing pads, sheet, bands, a tester etc... Some of the products are a bit pricey but after trying the bands it's worth the investment. To start the band kit below is selling for about $40-50 dollars for 2 and comes with 2 connector wires and a tester. That's a really good price to start and see if this works for you. Give it a try!
The first image below is the earthing band that I was talking about. Just plug the prong into the ground part of your outlet and put on your ankle or wrist while sleeping, reading. The second image is the earthing starter kit which comes with earthing pads, sheet, bands, a tester etc... Some of the products are a bit pricey but after trying the bands it's worth the investment. To start the band kit below is selling for about $40-50 dollars for 2 and comes with 2 connector wires and a tester. That's a really good price to start and see if this works for you. Give it a try!
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