I was reading a study about grounding/earthing and I had to share some of the very interesting stuff they found here regarding wound healing.

As the researchers state in their study, "Grounding reduces or even prevents the cardinal signs of inflammation following injury: redness, heat, swelling, pain, and loss of function".

Fascinating stuff, right?

Well, check this out.

An 84-year-old diabetic woman who has an open sore on her foot for 8 months that wouldn't heal using any of the alternative treatments they tried. They grounded her and saw a massive improvement in healing and expedited healing times.

The wound pictures:

Here is what the researchers stated:

"Photographic images documenting accelerated improvement of an 8-month-old, non-healing open wound suffered by an 84-year-old diabetic woman.

Notes: (A) Shows the open wound and a pale-gray hue to the skin. (B) Taken after one week of grounding or earthing treatments, shows a marked level of healing and improvement in circulation, as indicated by the skin color. (C) Taken after 2 weeks of earthing treatment, shows the wound healed over and the skin color looking dramatically healthier. Treatment consisted of a daily 30-minute grounding session with an electrode patch while patient was seated comfortably. The cause of the wound adjacent to the left ankle was a poorly fitted boot. A few hours after wearing the boot, a blister formed, and then developed into a resistant open wound. The patient had undergone various treatments at a specialized wound center with no improvement. Vascular imaging of her lower extremities revealed poor circulation. When first seen, she had a mild limp and was in pain. After an initial 30 minutes of exposure to grounding, the patient reported a noticeable decrease in pain. After 1 week of daily grounding, she said her pain level was about 80% less. At that time, she showed no evidence of a limp. At the end of 2 weeks, she said she was completely pain-free."

So this poor old lady saw a remarkable improvement in the open sore healing to the point where she was "completely pain-free" after 2 weeks of treatment with grounding. That's insane.

But wait there's more!

Here is another injury healing faster with the use of grounding this time it is a cyclist for the Tour de France who ripped open his leg on the bike chains, ouch.

Wound images:

Here is what the researchers stated:

"Rapid recovery from a serious wound with minimal swelling and redness expected for such a serious injury.

Notes: Cyclist was injured in Tour de France competition – chain wheel gouged his leg. (A) Grounding patches were placed above and below wound as soon as possible after injury. Photo courtesy of Dr Jeff Spencer. (B) Day 1 after injury. (C) Day 2 after injury. There was minimal redness, pain, and swelling, and cyclist was able to continue the race on the day following the injury. (B and C)"

Once again that is insane he even could continue to compete in the race the next day!

I believe Grounding has a stigma around it as if it's some pseudo-science crockpottery summoned up from the basement hippies but no there is real science behind it and more studies continue to keep being released.

There are other benefits than just wound healing and inflammation though for example there is evidence to support that when grounding you get better and high-quality sleep but that'll be for another blog post. This one just focused on wound healing and from ONE study no less.

I guess you could say this is GROUND-breaking research. :-D

Study Citation: Oschman JL, Chevalier G, Brown R. The effects of grounding (earthing) on inflammation, the immune response, wound healing, and prevention and treatment of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. J Inflamm Res. 2015 Mar 24;8:83-96. doi: 10.2147/JIR.S69656. PMID: 25848315; PMCID: PMC4378297.