What is aromatherapy good for?
Imagine adding the aroma to your bath and then turning on the jets. An intense water massage follows, the oils are absorbed through the skin and stimulate inhalation. You can imagine that this helps with muscle relaxation, but also with flu and colds, for example.
There are different types of oil available, each with its own effect. Eucalyptus provides relief for the respiratory tract, but also refreshes body and mind. If you feel flu-like, we recommend adding Magic Musk. This oil is fresh, soothing and uplifting. A spa bath also works well for stress and insomnia and with the addition of an aroma you can relax even more.
Lighting in the spa
Relieving effect of a jacuzzi
Do you suffer from rheumatic complaints or arthritis? A spa bath immediately relaxes the muscles through the heated water. You can further reduce the complaints with aromatic therapy. The aroma also has a soothing and healing effect on skin conditions.
Hydrotherapy is a therapy performed in water. Hydrotherapy uses a number of factors: The weightlessness of the human body in water, the warmth of the water and massage.
Water is extremely suitable for patients with rheumatic complaints, neurological disorders, muscular diseases and patients confined to a wheelchair. All the mentioned factors come together in a spa hot tub.
The hydromassage jets in a spa bubble bath (often called a jacuzzi among the general public) provide a pleasant and deeply penetrating massage, resulting in a beneficial effect on a psychological and physical level.
History of hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy is an age-old way to relieve complaints. Hydrotherapy was already used in the ancient civilizations of the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians. It was common knowledge that the hot water baths could have a positive effect on health.
The first man to make hydrotherapy his profession was Vincent Priessnitz. He started professionally in 1829, and became famous for it. He received customers from all kinds of countries, a very commendable achievement at that time.
Effect of hydrotherapy
What is the beneficial effect of hydrotherapy? It uses the effects of different water temperatures and water pressure on the body. The skin registers the stimuli that come in and directs them to the brain, where they are processed. In response to stimuli from the skin, the brain stimulates the immune system, the circulatory system and the digestive system, reduces the production of stress hormones and the body’s sensitivity to pain.
With regard to temperature, hot and cold flows can be used. Heat gives peace, it soothes the muscles. Cold, on the other hand, activates the body. The pressure that the water exerts on the body can be varied endlessly, depending on the patient’s complaints. In the water people experience a kind of release from gravity: in water one can, as it were, float. In this way, muscle groups that cause complaints can be alleviated, and exercises can be performed with the muscle group in a relatively safe manner in order to loosen it. A form of massage can be given by working with water pressure on the body.
There are numerous methods in which hydrotherapy can be applied. For rheumatic complaints, for example, a small warm water swimming pool is often used in which the patient can do exercises. In the case of rheumatism, the warm temperature has a soothing effect on the joints. You can imagine that cold water has a much worse effect on rheumatism patients! In other cases, compresses or water baths can be used. As you saw in the case of rheumatism, the method by which hydrotherapy is best applied depends on the patient’s complaints.
