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Healthy Hot Tubs
MINIMISE THE PAIN OF ARTHRITIS
More than 7 million people in the UK suffer from some form of painful arthritis. For many people with arthritis, the Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) recommends using a hot tub as an excellent way to apply heat to arthritic joints.
Benefits of the hot water soak include muscle relaxation, decreased pain and stiffness and greater ease when performing exercises and daily activities.
Additionally, the ARC found many arthritis sufferers benefited from 10-15 minutes in the hot tub in the morning, when join stiffness is at its worst.
PUTS YOU TO SLEEP (INSOMNIACS)
No more counting sheep! According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) 30 million Britons suffer from mild to chronic insomnia and other sleep disorders.
The results of sleep deprivation include depression, mood swings, memory lapses, severe tension and a compromised level of attention during waking hours.
A recent study in the journal Sleep showed that soaking in a hot tub prior to bedtime will not only help someone fall asleep, but it will also provide a deeper, more relaxing sleep as the body cools. ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
LOWER DIABETICS’ HIGH BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS
According to Diabetes UK, more than 2% of the British population are diabetic.
An independent study published by the New England Journal of Medicine led by Dr Philip L Hooper at the McKee Medical Centre in Loveland, Colorado found that bathing in a hot tub simulates the beneficial effects of exercise.
The result – for patients with Type 2 diabetes who soaked in a hot tub for 30 minutes a day, six days a week for three weeks – was a reduction in blood sugar levels by an average of 13%.
PROMOTES WEIGHT LOSS
In Dr Hooper’s study of diabetics, he found that patients not only reduced their blood sugar levels, but also lost an average of 3.5 pounds in weight without any new diet or physical exercise programmes.
He surmised the weight loss resulted from the hot water massage simulating the effects of exercise, on the muscles.
SOOTHES AND RECUPERATES SORE MUSCLES
Both professional and weekend athletes benefit from easing their aching muscles into a hot tub for a short soak.
According to Tennis Magazine, the hot water causes the temperature of a person’s skin and muscles to rise. This, in turn, causes blood vessels to dilate and increases blood flow to the skin and muscles.
The jets and pulsating water massage the skin and increase the blood flow even more. The result is loosened and relaxed skin and muscles from the increased blood circulation.
LOWERS YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE
In a reversal, a report from the Mayo Clinic by Dr Thomas G Allison states that relaxing in a spa can be good for heart disease patients.
The study showed that relaxing in a hot tub is less stressful on the heart and more beneficial than working out on an exercise bike!
Additionally, the research demonstrated that soaking in a hot tub for 15 minutes will lower the patient’s blood pressure.
Exercise raises a heart disease patient’s blood pressure significantly.
PROVIDES RELIEF FROM STRESS
Although there are no statistics estimating the number of Britons with stress, its probably safe to say that everyone has had it at one time or another.
Stress results in muscle tension, headaches, fatigue and soreness. Spa use, through a combination of buoyancy, heat and massage, relieves tension and stress. Hot tub buoyancy eases pressure on joints and muscles, tub heat increases blood flow to muscles and accelerates healing; and hot tub jets provide therapeutic massage – stimulating endorphins – the body’s natural painkiller.
In other words, a soak in a hot tub will bring the body to a more restful, healing state………
SAFE & PURE BATHING
All HotSpring, Tiger River, Sanum Spas and Rapid River exercise pools come complete with ozone generators driven by 24/7 circulation pumps. Ozone generators oxidise bacteria and when used in conjunction with an ioniser and 3-5ppm of chlorine will maintain perfectly safe spa water.
Looking after your HotSpring Spa water is quick and easy and providing you maintain it you can keep the same water in the spa for up to four months. Because the water is continually filtered there is no value in draining and replacing water more often.
MORE RESULTS TO COME
A number of research studies are being conducted around the world to prove the benefits of spa therapy on people who have undergone knee replacement surgery.
Based on anecdotal evidence, the common belief is the researchers will find that those patients who have used a hot tub in conjunction with physical therapy after the knee replacement surgery will have a shorter recuperation time.
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