Spa, Relaxation and Health (I)
The Spa are establishments that offer their clients, different techniques such as hydrotherapy jets, saunas or baths for therapeutic purposes.
Discover what water can do for you in a Spa
To maintain our health through the therapeutic use of water is what is currently done in the Spa.
Hydrotherapy is concerned with the use of water for therapeutic purposes, but considered it as a physical agent for external application, so ordinary drinking water is characteristic of physical agent Hydrotherapy. In natural waters are the waters of the sea or salt lake, whose job is responsible for therapeutic thalassotherapy.
The Spa uses the chemical, mechanical and thermal (thermal store and transmit stimuli: hot-cold) water, to generate locally or generally, a series of reactions in the body that can be exploited for the treatment and / or prevention of various diseases.
Any thermal stimulus on the skin creates a local response in the superficial blood circulation, cascading through the nervous system in a more deep muscle, viscera and general circulation throughout the body. With these changes the body works and recover in the event of not being healthy.
Hydrotherapy techniques and specialized centers called SPA
Water is a fundamental element of nature, life and human, as our body is composed of between 65% and 75% water. Therefore plays a key role in the therapeutic uses of so-called SPA.
Throughout history, man has used water for these purposes. From fourth millennium BC, all civilizations have developed using it. Any kind of drinking water, spring water, salt lakes, mineral-medicinal, oceans, etc.
External application of water is mainly based on physical effects, whether mechanical (for body movement) or thermal (fumes, steam, etc. Using water temperature) specialized centers in hydrotherapy SPA, made available to the the qualities of water user, in beautifully prepared by professional circuit techniques SPA.
These circuits contain different types of therapeutic application of water, bathrooms, showers soft showers, termotherapeutic… all are of the most pleasant and relaxing. But we’re not only talking about relaxation and wellbeing, but also water can successfully treat a variety of diseases and musculoskeletal diseases, skin problems, anxiety, aesthetic problems, etc..
credit to: Marta Bargiel
Assistant Director and trainer Iris academic IMAI
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