If you ever sat in a spa, you already know how good you can feel when your muscles are tired or aching, and how mentally relaxing it can be.

If you suffer some form of arthritis or other chronic pain, you should know a spa can ease much of your discomfort.

Why does relaxing in a spa feel so good? Three reasons: warmth, water movement (massage) and buoyancy. Sounds simple doesn't it?

But even after years of study, doctors and physical therapists are only beginning to understand and document the ways a spa massage can influence the body and the mind.

Therapeutic Benefits of Hydrotherapy

Doctors, physical therapists, massage therapists, chiropractors and occupational therapists all over the country had the same thing to say about the Therapeutic Benefits of Hydrotherapy:

• Easing The Pain
  Warm massages and the healing process. When you exercise, your muscles develop thousands of microscopic tears, and lactic acid builds up in each muscle, leading to fatigue and soreness. As the cells rebuild, each tear becomes slightly stronger than that of the muscle had been prior to exercise.

• Increased Blood Flow
  Relaxing in a spa carries lactic acid away from the muscles faster, easing fatigue. As tense muscles relax, pressure releases on the surrounding nerves and blood vessels, adding to the pain relief.

• Endorphins, Nerve Endings and Muscles
  Long before there was asprin, the human body had a natural pain-killing chemical: endorpins. Research has shown that warm water hydrotherapy stimulates the release of endorphins, the body's natural pain killer.

• Pain Reduction
  It is only a part of the healing process. Ultimately, blood flow is what brings nutrients to damaged cells and completes the healing. And spas help with that, as well.

• Increased Blood Flow
  When the body is immeresed in warm water, blood vessels nearest the skin relax, allowing more blood to flow. The result: fatigue relief, faster tissue repair and relief of pain. At the same time, blood pressure drops, reducing strain on the heart and other vital organs.

• Reduced Stress
  Spas help restore balance to maintain a healthier outlook on life and offers a retreat that renews, relaxes and leaves you ready to view the world with a new perspective.

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