How Navy SEALs Use Float Tanks To Treat Concussions

Retired Navy SEALs Jeff Nichols and Alex Oliver are at the forefront of concussion treatment, using sensory deprivation, or float tanks, to help rewire the brain, treat concussion symptoms, and accelerate learning.

Together Jeff Nichols and Alex Oliver own Virginia High Performance, a performance training facility in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Before opening VHP, both served our country as Navy SEALs where they experienced multiple concussions and dealt with the headaches, loss of sleep and hormonal disruption that followed.They also experienced the benefits that float tanks provide for healing and treating the symptoms of concussions.

Since then, they've helped hundreds of Special Forces Operators recover from concussions and they're pushing science forward with brain tracking devices and treatment protocols that could change concussion treatment as we know it.

What You'll Learn About Navy SEALS, float tanks and Concussions in this episode:

How 2 Navy SEALS became concussion experts
The optimal floating frequency to rewire the brain, reduce headaches, and restore sleep
The difference between impact concussions from collisions VS. blast/overpressure concussions
Why concussion signs don't show up until 5 minutes after the brain injury
Getting the science and proving the results and writing "treatment" protocols
How floating helps rewire the brain and Central Nervous System
How concussions shut down the pituitary gland - impacting serotonin, dopamine, growth hormone, testosterone, and IGF-1 - and negatively impacting performance and optimal health
We've seen the results on concussed individuals - what can we expect for "normal" or healthy individuals
How European Soccer is protecting players better than the NFL - and the guy that the NFL told to "shut up"
The link between sleep, concussions and recovery
Breathing and replicating the benefits of floating without floating 3 times a week
The power of establishing routines to elicit optimal performance
The #1 Performance Enhancer for the Elite 1% performers
Increasing stress resiliency and pushing your breaking point further and further
How to help your brain receive and process more data
How your phone is CRUSHING your sleep and your health
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Jeff and Alex give us their Top 3 tips to #LiveOptimal

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Here's what happens to our head & brain when exposed to blast waves.

This image makes it easy to see why this type of concussion differs greatly from traditional "impact" TBI's experienced in collision sports as the blast wave travels through the entire brain compared to "just" a local impact region for collision concussions.