For the past few weeks I`ve been testing out earthing/grounding to help with various joint problems/conditions.

I`ve noticed a big improvement in mobility and especially in pain relief, aswell as improved quality of sleep and quicker recovery from fatigue.

Just thought I`d share this information in case it may help others.

Lots of info out there about it. Earthing by Clint Ober is a really good book that explains it well.
http://www.groundology.com/earthing-book

You dont have to buy the kits as its pretty easy to rig up your own.

Anyone else checked this out?

Do you get hit by lighting quite often, then?

Do you get hit by lighting quite often, then?

Only takes one hit, Ben. Just one…..

DrP 😉

are you less magnetic to trees now you’re earthed properly?

It`s pretty hard to get hit by lightening, but one hell of a buzz!! 😀

Yeah, don`t seem to bumping into trees lately either.

does static build up in your bed when you’re asleep?
can you not just ‘ground’ yourself before you go to sleep? just touch a tap or stick your finger in a socket or something?

Any links to published research to explain why this works? 😉

Aha! I’ve been reading many good things about grounding sheets etc. Very very tempted but am put off by the high price.

Of course one expects derision on here. 😉

For anyone interested I’ve got some special shoe laces that work on a similar principal. Only they don’t prevent diseases they protect you against tiger attacks, but the principal around how thy work is the same. In all the time I’ve worn these laces I’ve never once been attacked by a tiger.

does static build up in your bed when you’re asleep?
can you not just ‘ground’ yourself before you go to sleep? just touch a tap or stick your finger in a socket or something?

I’ve got an electric blanket, clear i’m completely f*****d

I have found my tin foil hat is far more effective when I use an PE conductor.

I like the steampunk approach;

I’ve got some wristbands here that use rare earth metals and hologram technology, that are scientifically proven* to improve both muscle pain and quality of sleep by absorbing built up static electricity.

Can do you one for a Tenner if you’d like one?

If only there was some kind of device that could properly and accurately measure electrons flowing between two things…

I’ve got some wristbands here that use rare earth metals and hologram technology, that are scientifically proven* to improve muscle pain

Can you post a link please.

I’m always complaining I don’t have enough muscle pain 😉

I work with electostatic electricity all day…i’m DOOMED….

hahahahaha hahaaha

I think we can probably chalk this one up as more quackery designed to sell useless junk to gullible people.

Couldn’t find a Bad Science article, but did turn this up:

A cursory search of PubMed did, indeed, turn up an impressive sounding study (“The biologic effects of grounding the human body during sleep as measured by cortisol levels and subjective reporting of sleep, pain, and stress”)…

… the above study was published in none other than the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, which means that it was either not submitted to, or was rejected by, journals that have any sort of legitimate reputation…

…these studies suffer from the same fatal flaws: No blinding at all, and no control groups at all. This means that the test subjects might as well have been wearing paper hats, and if told it would reduce their stress, it probably would have had the same effect. The small size of the study, 12 people, renders any result statistically useless; and my experience in such matters suggests there’s a good chance that these 12 people were very possibly employees and friends of the company selling the products.

http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/08/12/are-you-a-grounded-person/

Dave

There`s a good vid on you tube re the tour de france teams using it.

That vid lost me at……

There`s a good vid on you tube re the tour de france teams using it.

Team with corporate sponsors in endorsing product shocker.

Do you think any money changed hands?

tree magnet, that video proves nothing. Replace ‘used grounding technology’ with ‘had a hot shower’ or ‘ate all their greens up at teatime’ and you’ll get what I mean.

This, categorically, has to be the best place to use this:

W…T…F…

Ah well, no worries.

All I know is, I get a lot of arthritic pain and within 20 minutes of connecting to earth, the pain is more or less all gone!

Works for me …oh yeah, the dog seems to like being on me when I being earthed and likes sleeping on the earthing sheet too.

Man maybe stupid, but animals aren`t!

I strongly believe* that people who are esily led, open to suggestion, have a significant sporting advantage over the more analytic, scientifically minded.

All they have to do is take a shot of nothing, strap on a gizmo, and their brain tells them they can perform 5% better. And they do.

Its not fair!

*oh, er…

Is that why animals don’t go to school?

I get a lot of arthritic pain and within 20 minutes of connecting to earth lying down, the pain is more or less all gone!

the dog seems to like being on me when I being earthed am lying down and likes sleeping on the earthing sheet bed too.

FTFY

I get a lot of arthritic pain and within 20 minutes of connecting to earth, the pain is more or less all gone!

is your pain worst when moving? do you stop moving when you connect to earth?

STW – more resistant to change than the Church of England.
😉

the pain is more or less all gone!

Works for me …oh yeah, the dog seems to like being on me when I being earthed and likes sleeping on the earthing sheet too.

Maybe you’ve both got the same polarity of charge, so he finds it difficult to jump on you normally without being thrown back off by some magical force unless you ground yourself.

This is the funniest thread I have read for ages, thanks.

STW – more resistant to bullsh*t than the Church of England

FTFY 🙂

They’re only using it off the bike, right? Well that’s a bit useless – what they really need are:

Derision because it’s stupid, not because it’s STW.

As for the Tour de France video, anyone believing that Lance and Alberto won their TdFs because of some sort of special sheet rather than large quantities of drugs needs their head read.

I’ve got some of this stuff, very high quality. £25/bottle

As for the Tour de France video, anyone believing that Lance and Alberto won their TdFs because of some sort of special sheet rather than large quantities of drugs needs their head read.

Do you reckon Alberto’s into homeopathy? Taking drugs, then storing some blood with a tiny ammount of that drug in it, then re-injecting it to get the same effect?

Even better, the doctor they have talking about how awesome it is is… Pedro Celeya. Yes, the one facing the lifetime ban from the USADA doping case. Wonder if the grounding people realise how useless their experts are.

Do you reckon Alberto’s into homeopathy? Taking drugs, then storing some blood with a tiny ammount of that drug in it, then re-injecting it to get the same effect?

No, I reckon he trained with it and misjudged how long it would be in his system and used a blood bag on a rest day. Read the Ashenden interview. Anyway, thats another thread and has been done to death.

You guys are funny!

I guess I should have expected all the smart comments.

Re arthritic pain in my hand, the pain and stiffness gets so bad I can`t make a fist, let alone brake properly!
When I hold onto a piece of copper band connected to an earthing rod outside, it still amazes me that within 20 mins I can move my fingers smoothly, easily and with no pain and only when I make a tight fist can I feel a very slight pain.

Helps with all the rest of my joints pains.

Just thought it might be of use to anyone else who suffers with pain/inflammation etc.

Im not pushing to sell any products,you dont need to buy anything, just connect with the earth more and you`ll feel the benefits.

It`s helping me get back into biking after a long time off from injuries, so I thought I was being helpful by passing it on.