Originally Posted by
DangerousDanR
It is a very common practice in the world of electronics design and manufacturing to be tied to ground when handling static sensitive components.
Expecting some medical benefits from it sounds like an example of the placebo effect. You can buy grounding straps, conductive smocks, heel to floor grounding straps to and grounding mats for work spaces.
To protect electronics, pure science. To promote health, pure bunkum.
What makes you so certain the science of grounding cannot possibly have some effect on human physiology? Blood flow studies have already indicated that there may be some benefits. Not saying it's a proven thing at this point. But if static electricity can literally make my hair stand on end, then I can at least imagine it could have other real effects on my body. So I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand, like I would with ghosts and other non-scientific concepts. Electricity is at least real and interacts with our bodies.