I wanted to post an update of my results too........

My disclaimer is that I've had a nasty cold since I've started my earthing 'experiment', so I've been in bed a lot, which by itself helps my neck feel better, but.......drumroll, please.......I haven't taken pain med in 48 hours !

Tomorrow will be a real test as I am hoping to get out and do some Christmas shopping.....we'll see how that goes.

So far, I am just amazed to report......earthing seems to be helping !

The 'high' that comes from walking the beach or just hanging out barefoot is certainly something I have experienced. The grounding explanation for this does make sense to me, but the contrarian in me (and I mean no offense by this) is still skeptical. Maybe we just feel better at the beach and hanging out barefoot because those are periods of relaxation. Maybe the joy is just because we have committed to NOT worrying about household chores and other things we 'should' be doing. I'm thinking of fun times spent camping with friends, all sitting around the campfire and enjoying cocktails.......Do I feel better then simply because I am enjoying the company of friends or is it because I have kicked off my flip flops ?

I can tell you I am not happy that barefoot weather is over for this year in New England !

I will keep you all updated on my results. If something so simple can help us with out pain.......that's just earth shattering !

I'm off to read a little more of the book.......take care all

I am very happy for your progress but dont quite understand how this works. I was a normal 42 yr old woman going in for gallbladder surgery, 2 weeks later i am doubled over in pain, abdomen swelling out of control and the doctors throwing all kinds of meds at me. I know if i want to know more buy the book. just making a general statement of confusion.
look forward to hearing more of your progress.
Lori

I just checked my local library and they have the book, but right now it is checked out.
So check for it at your library - ours has a searchable online website/data base - it is so handy saves a trip or a phone call.

Sweat shouldn't be a problem.
Wonder what you mean by an adapter.
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This is a fascinating and amazing discovery...we don't know a lot of the answers yet...but what we do know is darn exciting.
Best wishes
Martin Zucker

Lori,

The general gist of it is......our modern day lack of direct contact with the earth contributes to many health problems because of inflammation. Plugging back into the earth (called earthing or grounding), in theory, reverses that inflammatory process.

The free radicals (positively charged) in our bodies serve a purpose in battling infection and acute injury, but can go haywire attacking healthy tissue and causing inflammation. Grounding allows us to pick up negatively charged electrons from the earth's surface to disarm the free radicals

Grounding can be accomplishedthrough the use of the available products which you plug into the little hole in a 3 pronged outlet (the grounding portion of the outlet that keeps appliances from getting fried) OR by the totally free alternative of just being in direct contact with the earth (by going barefoot or laying down on the grass or in the sand).

The theory is that many of our health issues happen because we wear shoes with rubber/plastic soles when we are outside and live/work in insulated buildings, so we have not been getting grounded by the earth as our ancestors were.

It seems to make a lot of sense, but I still have a lot of problems with the logic.....like why do wild animals still get cancer when they live near pollution if they are grounded 24/7 ? Shouldn't there be less illness in warmer locales where it is possible to go barefoot more ? Points to ponder.......

Lori.......here's more info by one of the authors of the book http://www.esdjournal.com/articles/cober/earth.htm


What is really getting me excited about this concept, as I read more of the book, is that the authors all seem excited just to share their theories and educate people. They are not saying "you must buy these products" or "everyone must buy and read this book." Their approach is really more about just telling everyone that you know to go touch the earth !

The chapter I just read talked about the potential uses, suggesting that mattress manufacturers should start putting pads into their mattresses. That would kill the sales of the Barefoot Connections Ped Bads, but they reommend it ! The book also discusses the hope that their will be widespread use of grounding shoes, for when going barefoot is impractical. Barefoot Connections doesn't make grounding shoes. Other companies do, for people who work in electrically sensitive areas. Most of the ones I saw were hideous 'orthopedic' shoes, but I did see some cute clogs. I've also been finding some cheaper alternatives for grounding pads. Apparently, they are needed in some industries and also used by people with expensive computer equipment to be anti static.

I'm just really impressed by the apparent lack of financial incentive the authors take in their approach. Maybe I've seen too many infomercials, but I'm very used to any new gimmick coming with a big price tag. This new 'gimmick' is saying "this health benefit is FREE, just do it !"

Wow !

Just to be clear.....the book doesn't claim being grounded will cure anything. It's just premoting the idea that more direct contact with the earth can help our bodies return to a more natural grounded state that should help fight free radicals and decrease inflammation.

Thank you SO much for breaking this down for me. What you are saying does make sense. I have read articles about how all of the electrical appliances in our homes can take away our energy and it especially pointed out that we should never use an electric blanket!

I am all for trying new things and especially something like this that would be so easy to do.
Thanks bunches
Lori

Electrical fields, read about EMF {electro magnetic field} for more info on that.

http://www.google.com/search?q=EMF&i...c48c66f0d3c525

Animals in the wild do much much better than domesticated animals. Ask any large animal vet.

We believe that the inflammation belt develops stronger the further you get away from the tropics. For instance, there is more MS in the U.S. and Canada and Europe than there is in the tropics where people are out and about more and have more contact with the Earth.

The logic in all this is beautiful and repeatedly validated by the testimonials we receive from people all over the world. More science is coming along, further validating this concept.

Martin Zucker, co-author of the Earthing book

Finz

The implications for Earthing are massive. Steve Sinatra, the cardiologist with whom I co-authored the book, describes this as the greatest breakthrough in his 40 years of practicing medicine.

This concept fires me up every day when I get emails or telephone calls from people who have started to ground themselves and tell me what you are telling the people in this forum. "Oh my God, my pain is gone" or "practically gone."

The more inflammation that somebody has, like in an auto-immune condition, the more there is to gain from this. Contact with the Earth reduces inflammation!!!!!!
How many exclamation points can I put after that fact. This is a law of Nature that has been discovered or re-discovered or re-enlivened. Modern society has disconnected itself from Nature in so many ways. Not just the food we eat, and our lack or physical activity, but the energy that exists right under our feet...our primordial connection with Mother Earth. Nature put us on Earth and we evolved with a connection to it that somehow...and wonderfully...regulates the bioelectrical systems that run our bodies...and controls the inflammation in our bodies.

This is a landmark concept. Doubt it. Be skeptical. Don't believe it. Think it is hogwash. All well and good. But if you have chronic pain or a headache or feel lousy and stressed, go outside (if weather permits) and plant your barefeet on the dirt, grass, gravel, stone, sand, concrete and sit there for 40 minutes or so. At the end of that time you will become a believer. The Earth is electric! And that natural, subtle electric energy on the surface of the Earth can help restore your natural bioelectrical state and reduce your pain and help you sleep better and accelerate healing from injury.

Not everybody will go outside barefooted and certainly not in the winter. For that reason conductive products have been made that people can use when they sleep or work inside. Whether somebody buys them or not, is not important. What is important is for all of us to reconnect to this missing link in the health equation, something so utterly simple, right there on the ground under our feet.