Undoubtedly one of the prime reasons for having a hot tub
is for hydro therapy, which refers to, the use of water for
the purposes of healing and therapy.
Hydro is a prefix meaning that it is produced or generated
from water or the flow and movement of water and one
example that springs to mind is "Hydro-electricity"
electricity that is derived from Water.
So the point of all this is to try and define the word
Hydrotherapy and my own thinking is that it is a healing
therapy effect derived from the movement or flow of water.
Water is of course an outstanding resource. With out which
we would not survive on the planet Earth. Water is both a
liquid that we can drink and therby sustain our lives but
is also a fluid capable of being solid when frozen and is
often used in physiotherapy to help recovery from injuries
and to relieve muscle stiffness and aches by assisting in
the reduction of lactic acid. Warm soothing water helps to
open the blood vessels in the body so as to naturally
assist and improve blood circulation round the body. This
increased circulation helps to bring nutrients and thereby
assists the tissue and muscle groups around arthritic
joints relax, and promotes the flow of endorphins in the
body.
When you use a Hot Tub not only do you benefit from
Hydrotherapy but you also can benefit from Reflexology.
Modern day reflexology goes back in time many thousands of
years and is based on a very ancient form of therapy.
Treatment by massage to the hands and feet is known as
Reflexology and this is based on the fact that there are
reflexes in the feet and hands that correspond to various
parts of the body a bit like a mirror system. The massaging
effect of the warm water helps to apply gentle pressure to
the feet and hands increasing circulation and providing
respite to specific joint and muscular functions.
There is evidence that some kind of foot and hand therapy
was being practised in China some four to five thousand
years B.C. Around the same time the same kind of foot and
hand thereapy was in use in ancient Egypt, and this is
depicted in one of the ancient tombs of that era namely the
tomb of Ankmahor.
Inside the tomb of Ankmahor there is a wall painting which
dates from about 2300 BC so that's more than four thousand
years ago that shows an Egyptian physician to the Pharaoh.
I am told that the hieroglyphics, inscribed on the wall
translates into something like " Please do not cause me any
pain " to which the reply is " I will perform so that you
will praise me" Well you might say what is the point of
this history lesson ? Quite simply to show that reflexology
is a treatment that has been around for thousands of years
and one that you can enjoy using your own Hot Tub.
The Jets in a Hot Tub will massage your feet providing
similar if not perhaps better treatment than the Pharaohs
used to enjoy more than four thousand years ago.
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The author Jacuzzi John supplies luxury American Hot Tubs
from Estepona on the Costa Del Sol In Spain and for more
information his web site is at http://www.spas4you.com
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