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Hot Tub Spa Therapy

A study published in the British Journal of Rheumatology provided evidence that hot tub therapy has short and long term benefits for people with lower back pain in 1995. In a study of 40 persons at the University of Minnesota, 85% of the participants chose a whirlpool bath over a still bath. Both were effective in reducing anxiety, but only the whirlpool bath was effective at at reducing the participant's reactivity to stress.   Hydro therapy use in the back is useful for diseases of the lungs, bronchial asthma, multiple sclerosis, spinal disease, back pain and weakened back muscles. it should not be used on debilitated patients or those with neurasthenia.

Hydrotherapy is also known to help patients with insomnia, arthritis and diabetes.   In July of 1998, Pool and Spa Magazine reported that hot water bathing to induce sleep in 1,000 adults surveyed in a recent Gallup poll. A Consumer Reports survey found that people with mild sleep disorders listed a warm bath as one of the most popular remedies. The New England Journal of Medicine suggested that the benefits of exercise and the use of hydro therapy from the use of spas had positive affects on diabetes in the September 16, 1999 issue.  The use of heat is recommended for many people suffering from arthritis and hydro therapy is a great way to distribute and deliver heat to many parts of the body. The buoyancy of water reduces body weight by approximately 85-90% and is what provides the relaxing feeling of weightlessness. Many doctors advise people with sore joints to soak in warm water in the morning before starting their daily activities.

Some risks do exist during hydrotherapy.  People with impaired temperature sensation run the risk of burning themselves at extreme temperatures.  Although rarer, it is possible.  Eldery and young children can also experience exhaustion after being in a hot tub for too long. 

The oldest known spa (mineral bath) still in existence is in Merano Italy where there is evidence of organized use of the spring dating back 5000 years ago. It's quite possible wandering humanoids soaked their tired feet in the steaming pools of ancient geysers even earlier than 5000 years ago.  It is thought that the Egyptians used baths for therapeutic purposes as early as 2000 B.C. (not to be confused with "Before Chlorine") . Evidence of actual spa construction also exists from Phraortes, King of Media, in 600 B.C. The earliest forms of hot tubs were simply a caldera in which sizzling stones had been placed to heat the water.

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