A spa is not only a place for the elderly. A spa is an entertainment center, a place to rest and live experiences, while you care for your health. A pleasure for your body and your senses.
According to Law 5 / 1999 of 7 June, the regulation of mineral, thermal, spring and bathing establishments of the Autonomous Community of Galicia, the bathing establishments are those who, being endowed with the means appropriate use medicinal mineral waters declared public utility for therapeutic and preventative health.
It is the healing method that owes its effect to the therapeutic effects of medicinal mineral waters and springs.
Therapy based on the therapeutic use of seawater.
To distinguish from any other spa facility that makes water-based treatments should be fixed in purpose, if it is to cure disease, surely it will be a spa. Also a "balneario" should use mineral water directly from a spring, while the spa use ordinary water for therapies through changes in temperature, pressure, etc.. water.
The name comes from the thermal city of Spa in Belgium, which became very popular from the sixteenth century. Apparently, the people of this city thought that the origin of the name are the initials of the Greek phrase "Salus per aquam" the "Sanitas per aquam" (health through water). Today, spa became a generic term that refers to the centers where beauty treatments are performed and welfare whose main element is water.
Waters are formed by a solution of mineral elements that provide a range of properties. There are different types of waters GM and each has a distinct action on the body.
| Rheumatology | Osteoarthritis, arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic back pain, etc.. |
| Traumatology | fractures, spinal injuries, escoriosis, etc.. |
| Neurology | cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, Parkinson's, sequelae of poliomyelitis, multiple sclerosis |
| Sport | traumatic injury or overuse, post surgery recovery, etc.. |
| Asthma, bronchitis. | |
| Relaxation on the water | |
| Problems | immobility, chronic conditions, and so on. |
| Aesthetics | Varices, postliposucción treatments, scar retraction, obesity, stretch marks, cellulite, etc.. |
traditionally considered that the water with sulfur in its composition (sulfur and sulfur), hyperthermal hot with temperatures between 36 - 38 º are best suited for this type of disease. With the usual technology most spa resorts have adequate facilities to treat rheumatic diseases. Will select a resort that has a thermal pool, gym and medical management therapy assistants and occupational therapists and physiotherapists.
These waters have the characteristic smell of "rotten eggs" due to sulfide. The sulfur mineral water is absorbed by the digestive route for respiratory tract, and through the skin but in very small quantities. It has a number of actions both in general and on the respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, the skin and cartilage that will lead to its major therapeutic indications. The main indications of a spa with sulphurous waters are:
Water preferably containing sodium chloride are commonly used in outdoor applications due to its high mineralization. They are characterized by its stimulating action of various physiological functions and metabolic diseases. The main indications of spas with water containing sodium chloride are:
There are many diseases and conditions can be treated at a spa. These include: arthritis of the spine or limbs, soft tissue diseases, post-recovery cirurjÃa articular sequelae of mechanical injury and other degenerative diseases. All these diseases may benefit from hydrotherapy especially if complemented by a physical therapy program. In modern spas both physical treatments are considered complementary.
The thermal treatments are not always tolerated. There are contraindications or higher recommended caution in the following cases:
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