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Why do you immediately feel
good when you get into a hot tub?
For a start, you instantly lose 90% of your body weight,
reducing the load on your heart by 10-20%. And, because the
temperature is sustained at around 38°C, the feeling of
well-being that you experience is accompanied by changes in your
circulatory system that have a beneficial effect on many aspects
of your body. When this is combined with the therapeutic
affect of the spa's massage jets, which further relax the
muscles, and promote healing, the result is sheer bliss!
What
happens to your body in the hot tub? The body's first
reaction to being immersed in hot water is to try to get back to
its normal temperature by working the heart harder to pump the
blood to the surface where it hopes to be cooled.
This causes a temporary increase in blood pressure. Of
course, because the water is hot the blood is warmed not cooled.
The result is that the core body temperature rises and, after a
short while, the warm blood causes the blood vessels to dilate
which lessens the resistance to blood flow and reduces blood
pressure. The body begins to perspire, expelling toxins
and the muscles relax, relieving aches and pains.
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 STRESS RELIEF
Chill in a hot tub - the perfect antidote to a stressful life!
It is widely recognised that a benefit of warm
water and soothing massage is to relieve anxiety and relax tense
muscles. It has also been shown that 20 minutes in a hot tub
also helps relieve high blood pressure, headaches and chronic
pain due to stress.
Muscular relaxation occurs when warm blood
reaches deep into the muscles. This relaxation effect helps to
deaden muscle pain by easing any pinching of nerves or blood
vessels and by helping the muscle rid itself of lactic acid and
other metabolic wastes.
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 HELP FOR INSOMNIA
A
dip a day keeps insomnia away!
It has been found that sleep deepens as the body
temperature falls. As a result some medical experts recommend
that anyone wanting to induce sleep - especially those being
kept awake by pain - soak in water at approximately 39°C about
two hours before bedtime.
So combined with the fact that a
soak in a tub alleviates body tension and provides a natural
remedy (unlike drugs and alcohol which make you feel groggy and
have other adverse side effects) you can't fail to have a good
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 PROMOTION OF HEALING
Hot water cleanses the body and accelerates natural healing.
A
known benefit of hot water and massage is that it eases pain,
fatigue and soreness due to exercising. It also relaxes
muscles and stimulates the release of endorphins, the body’s
natural pain killers.
A further benefit of the hot tub's jet action is to promote
healing by providing even more oxygen to the blood than is
provided by warm water alone. The heat and pressure from the
jets can also raise the level of antibodies and white blood
cells, promoting the destruction of toxins and stimulating the
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 ARTHRITIS AND CHRONIC PAIN RELIEF
Just like having your own personal masseuse!
A benefit of the buoyancy of hot tub water if
that it reduces body weight by approximately 90%, relieving
pressure on joints and muscles and making it easier to perform
exercises. Heat warms up joints and decreases swelling.
Then, as the body registers temperature change, the central
nervous system becomes depressed, contributing to muscle
relaxation and temporarily relieving chronic pain.
Regular use of hot tubs helps to keep joints moving, restores and preserves strength &
flexibility, helps restore the full range of motion and
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 TYPE 2 DIABETES
Proven to
reduce blood sugar levels.
Hot tubs are proven to provide
benefit to people suffering from Type 2 Diabetes by reducing
blood sugar levels1, improving sleep patterns and boosting an
individual's general sense of well-being. Also, by relaxing the
muscles, hot water helps increase an individual's range of
motion and is especially helpful to patients who find it hard to
exercise on land. An independent study2 of Type 2 diabetes
patients, who were required to soak in a hot tub for thirty
minutes a day six days a week for three weeks, showed that the
patients' blood sugar levels were reduced by an average of 13
percent.
Ref: New England Journal of Medicine. September 16,
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 FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT
It's just fun!
Finally, if you're still not convinced,
possibly the greatest benefit of all is that hot tubs
provide an ideal place to relax with your friends and
family. You will soon find that your children think the whole
hot tub experience is as cool as you do and you'll be amazed at
how the conversation magically flows!
You'll find yourself becoming incredibly
popular too as your friends queue up to share a cool drink and have a
fun dip in your tub!
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