Discover the benefits of hydrotherapy

HYDROTHERAPY, THALASSOTHERAPY, THERMAL CARES, THERMAL WATER THERAPY, BALNEOTHERAPY, SPA... MANY WORDS REFER TO CARE TREATMENTS WITH WATER.

All these words have a common point : the use of water as a means of treatment. However there are differences between them :

Thalassotherapy uses the beneficial effects and properties of sea water, its contents in salt, but also and above all in micro-organisms.
Thermal cares or Thermal Water Therapy take advantage of the properties of hot or cold mineral waters originating from the depths of the ground and rich in minerals and/or gas.
Balneotherapy or Spas use normal water which is very often enriched with additives such as Dead Sea salts, essential oils, algae extracts, etc.

All above treatments generically called Hydrotherapy cover a vast series of cares ranging from functional rehabilitation to cosmetology.

The beneficial effects of treatments with water have been known for millennia, and traditional treatment methods have lost none of their original appeal and efficiency. However, the techniques that are used in our times have been greatly evolving and developing in conjunction with the evolution of medical knowledge and technical know-how.

The basic element of all cares remains water and its specific properties, but water is now used in all its different states: liquid, solid (ice), gas (steam).There are many treatment methods and every Care Centre is usually developing its own specific treatment techniques.

The various applications can be either external or internal.

External applications are :

baths (partial or complete),
body wrapping (hot or cold),
showers, affusions, jets.

Internal applications:

water drinking cures,
steam inhalations, irrigations, gargarisms.

The most common hydrotherapy treatments are :

Treatments in bathtubs: Not just simple baths any more. Hydromassage, whether manual or automatic is now an essential factor for the quality and the actual efficiency of the treatments.
Affusion showers: 2 or 4 hands massages under running water (also called Vichy shower from the name of the thermal station that has invented the treatment)..
Jet showers: Dynamic massages under shower that require great skill from the therapist in order for the treatments to be fully effective.
Body wrappings: Applications of products that contain active principles like mud, algae, creams or even flowers or hay. Chocolate or grape marc (winetherapy) are now very much appreciated and are currently considered as innovative treatment methods.
Full courses of cares in swimming pool: Full care treatments, often the core of a whole cure, generally completed by other specific treatments.

The range of treatments carried out with water is huge. It is the basis for many types of specific treatments and cures essential for the improvement of our well-being:

Anti-tobacco, mother-baby, anti-ageing, anti-fatigue, anti-stress, back ache, heavy legs, etc.

The need to consult qualified professionals for conceiving treatment spaces as well as properly selecting, positioning and installing adequate equipments is fundamental in view of the wide variety of options and proposals available to the operators.

Actual success is tightly linked with the know-how and experience of concept and installation specialists. THOROUGHLY AND ACCURATELY SELECTING HIGHLY QUALIFIED SUPPLIERS UNDOUBTEDLY LEADS TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS IN BALNEOTHERAPY, THERMAL WATER THERAPY, THALASSOTHERAPY, SPA AS WELL AS IN EQUIPPING A HYDROTHERAPY CENTRE IN A HOTEL OR IN A BEAUTY SALON.

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