From the earliest recorded history, many cultures explored the use of water to promote healing. The ancient Greeks, Romans and Japanese all turned to hydrotherapy for relaxation, stress relief, and alleviation of pain. In those ancient times, people had to travel to hot springs to experience the soothing relief of hydrotherapy on the mind and body. Today, all of the rejuvenating effects of warm water massage are only steps from your door with a hot tub from AquaRest Spas.

Stress Relief

Relaxation is probably the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of warm water therapy. Massage stimulates the body to release endorphins, which can help the body cope with pain and emotional issues. This stimulation can help naturally ease away stress, and its benefits can be even more noticeable if you combine your soak with meditation.

Improved Sleep

A nightly soak in a hot tub may help sleep come faster. In fact, the National Sleep Foundation concluded that soaking in warm water before bed eases the transition into deeper sleep. Initially, you’d think that it’s because of reduced stress allowing the mind to relax into sleep easier. While this is true, the temperature changes from being in warm water to cooling off after a soak is the main factor that helps ease your brain into a sleepy state. We dive into that information in another blog post, Hot Tubbing for a Better Night’s Sleep.

Increased Blood Circulation

The increased blood circulation provided by warm water massage in your AquaRest Spa directly benefits your muscles and joints. Targeted massage loosens muscles while the warm water and movement of the jets increases blood flow.

Beyond benefiting joints and muscles, this improved blood circulation has been shown to relieve the symptoms of diabetes patients. McKee Medical Center in Loveland, CO performed an experiment on the effects of frequent hot tub soaking on blood sugar levels. They found that patients who soaked in a hot tub six days a week for three weeks had a 13 percent decrease in blood sugar levels.

Arthritis Relief

The buoyancy of water combined with warm water and healing massage in your hot tub from AquaRest Spas makes it the ideal environment for alleviating stress on joints. Simple exercises, like stretching and gentle water resistance training, in warm water allow those with arthritis to maintain a healthy lifestyle, even when joint pain does not allow them to exercise on land.

Dr. Joel Silverfield, a Mayo Clinic-trained rheumatologist who does research on muscular skeletal disorders and operates a private practice in Tampa, Fla., said, “Patients who use aquatic exercise on a routine basis have less pain, better joint range of motion, and function in in their everyday lives at a higher level.”

Add Hydrotherapy to Your Routine

Does your doctor recommend adding a regular hot tub soak into your routine? If you want to include the daily rejuvenating effects of warm water therapy into your healthy lifestyle, right now is the perfect time to start experiencing its proven benefits across many common conditions, including stress, arthritis, sleep disorders, diabetes, muscle soreness and joint pain.

As Dr. Silverfield said, “Aquatic exercises are good for short-term rehabilitation, for example in patients who have had joint or back surgery or who have had strokes. In addition, the benefits of these exercises can last a lifetime and would be important for everyone to incorporate into their routines.”