Do you suffer from sore joints, a bad back, a stiff neck or problems with your shoulders? If so, your medical doctor may have prescribed a course of hydrotherapy. A GP or physiotherapist may also prescribe hydrotherapy for arthritis and several other ailments including knee problems with cartilage and tendons.
Relaxing in warm water is an extremely practical treatment for many conditions and is generally called hydrotherapy. It usually also involves adding salts, oils or / and herbs to the water. A typical session for the point of hydrotherapy is 15-30 minutes. You can perform this form of water therapy at home with one of the many domestic hot tubs on the market.
Even if you are fortunate enough not to suffer from chronic joint pain, you can benefit from relaxing in a tub of swirling, bubbling, hot water as is to be found in a hot tub, hot spa or Jacuzzi, which are all the same thing by different names. Luxuriating in a hot tub will soothe away daily aches and pains, relax the mind and body and even go some way to decongesting the nasal passages.
The relief on your joints is immediate, because if you are submerged in water up to your neck, the effect of gravity is neutralized by the buoyancy of the water by between 20%-30%. This is a lot – a ten stone person all of a sudden feels like a 7-8 stone person.
Having this amount of weight ‘removed’ makes it easier for the disabled or the arthritic to exercise. In fact, hydrotherapy may be the only form of exercise that some individuals have because it is simply too painful to move needlessly on land. The bed-ridden also derive great benefit from sitting in a hot tub and exercising in it a little.
Hydrotherapy is also used for treating burns patients. Water is soothing and herbs and oils may be added to help treat the condition. Using warm water as a benefit to health is not a new concept by any stretch of the imagination. Individuals have been using spas for thousands of years. The Pharaohs, Ancient Greeks and Romans used them and they were popular in India long before the birth of Christ.
If you have the money and the space, acquiring a hot tub with therapeutic hot water jets should get on your short list. One thing is for certain, you wil never regret purchasing a hot tub for the practice of hydrotherapy at home.
You do not require a specialist hydrotherapy unit, because all hot tubs can carry out that task, although some firms do offer their clients special hydrotherapy jets. It is useful to have directional jets pointing at each seat though for the individual touch.
Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on a number of subjects, but is now involved with Sundance hot tubs. If you would like to know more, please visit our site at Hot Springs Spa Parts