Video: Why is this man floating? It's a form of therapy...

REPORTER: GREG FISCHER MAKES A
LIVING GIVING AND LEARNING HOW
TO TAKE HITS.
HOW DO YOU FEEL AT THE END OF
THE DAY?
>> SORE AND TIRED, BUT I COME
BACK THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE I LOVE
IT.
REPORTER: THE MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
FIGHTER RECENTLY ADDED AN
ELEMENT TO HIS TRAINING PROGRAM
THAT TAKES HIM OUT OF THE RING
AND INTO THIS FOUR FOOT BY EIGHT
FOOT TUB.
>> WHEN YOU'RE IN THE FLOAT
TANK.
IT'S COMPLETE RELAXATION.
NO ONE'S BOTHERING YOU.
UCONN COME DOWN, YOUR BREATHING
SLOWS, YOUR HEARTRATE SLOWS.
REPORTER: FLOTATION THERAPY
TAKES PLACE IN A DARK, QUIET
TANK PACKED WITH EPSOM SALT.
>> IT'S ONLY TEN INCHES OF
WATER.
THAT 10 INCHES OF WATER IS
HEATED TO SKIN TEMPERATURE AND
IT'S ABOUT 1000 POUNDS OF EPSOM
SALT.
POUND FOR POUND, IT'S MORE
BUOYANT THAN THE DEAD SEA.
REPORTER: EDDIE ABNEY ADDED THE
MIND, BODY & SOUL FLOAT SPA TO
HIS GYM TO HELP FIGHTERS LIKE
FISCHER COPE WITH CHRONIC PAIN.
>> JOINT PAIN RELIEF, NECK PAIN,
BACK PAIN, OVERALL RECOVERY,
WHEN YOU TRAIN AND YOU TRAIN A
LOT AND VERY HARD TRAINING LIKE
WHAT'S REQUIRED OF PROFESSIONAL
ATHLETES.
REPORTER: ATHLETES AREN'T THE
ONLY FANS OF FLOAT TANKS.
THE OWNER OF MIND, BODY & SOUL
FLOAT SAYS HIS CLIENTS RAN
FROM PEOPLE WITH PAINFUL
AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS FOR THOSE
JUST WENT TO RELAX, EVEN A
VETERAN WITH PTSD WHO SAYS
FLOATING RELIEVES HIS SYMPTOMS.
DOCTOR JOHN-PAUL RUE OF MERCY
MEDICAL CENTER SAYS THE DARK,
RELAXING ENVIRONMENT ENCOURAGES
MEDITATION WHILE EPSOM SALT
EASES PRESSURE ON THE BODY.
>> IF YOU CAN UNLOAD OR TAKE THE
STRESS OFF A JOINT OR MUSCLE
THAT'S HAVING PAIN OR
DISCOMFORT, YOU CAN RELIEVE SOME
OF THE PROBLEM IN THAT JOINT.
REPORTER: THE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON
BELIEVES FLOTATION THERAPY MAY
EASE PAIN.
>> I THINK IT HAS A VERY GOOD
ROLE FOR PEOPLE WITH ARTHRITIS,
PEOPLE WITH MUSCLE STRAINS.
REPORTER: BUT HE SEES IT AS PART
OF A COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT
PLAN, NOT A MAGIC BULLET
FOR ME, IT IS JUST AS MUCH
MENTAL AS PHYSICAL.
I AM IN THERE, NO ONE IS
BOTHERING ME.
I JUST LEFT WITH MY THOUGHTS.
I VISUALIZE THE FIGHT, BUT I'M
GOING TO DO.
I VISUALIZE WHAT I'M GOING TO DO
THE NEXT DAY.
IT JUST GIVES ME TIMES TO THINK.
REPORTER: AND TIME TO TUNE OUT
ALL THE NOISE IN THE RING.
IN FOR STILL, KERRY CAVANAUGH,
WBAL TV 11 NEWS.

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