Gain Important Athletic Benefits
Both professional and "weekend" athletes can use their hot tubs to aid in repairing sore muscles and injuries. Neck and back pain, sports injuries, muscle pulls, spasms and soreness are often eased simply by a quick dip in your hot tub.
Your hot tub can also be used as preventive medicine. Water's therapeutic powers lie in its ability to alter the body's blood flow. According to an article in Tennis Magazine, "When you immerse yourself in the hot water of a whirlpool, the temperature of your skin and muscles rise, causing blood vessels to dilate and thus increases blood flow to the skin and muscles. Turn on the whirlpool jets and the pulsating water massages the skin, increasing blood flow even more. The result? Your skin and muscles loosen and relax from the increased blood circulation.”
You can improve your athletic performance by using your hot tub both before and after you exercise:
Before You Exercise. Soaking in a hot tub before exercising relaxes your body and loosens muscles, making exercise easier and reducing the risk of injury. A pre-exercise soak will also help improve performance. In fact, some golfers swear it has actually taken a couple of strokes off their game.
After you Exercise Hot tub hydrotherapy has long been a favorite of athletes for the relief of post-training muscle soreness, strain, and injuries. Even if you're not an athlete, staying active, whether it's a daily walk, a game of tennis, bicycling, or gardening, can leave you feeling some aches and pains. For participants in recreational sports, most injuries are not the result of sudden catastrophes, but come from overuse, or not being properly conditioned for a particular activity.
As a Splashes spa owner, you can experience the post-workout benefits of hydrotherapy, right in your own backyard. In both Western and Eastern healing traditions, professionals routinely recommend or prescribe hydrotherapy for the relief of pain caused by overworked muscles, arthritis pain, and certain types of injuries.
Exercise and recovery. Find a balance with a Splashes Spa.
Whether you've spent a day cleaning out the garage or an afternoon on the golf course, you might be feeling some extra fatigue and muscle soreness. One of the best ways to alleviate the discomfort is by easing into a warm-water massage in a Sundance. The combination of heat, buoyancy, and massage in a Sundance is designed to deliver a highly effective hydromassage.
Hydrotherapy is used to "treat injuries and aid in the rehabilitation of the athlete," according to the book, Principles of Manual Sports Medicine by Steven J. Karageanes. Writing about the effects of a warm-water whirlpool, Karageanes states, "It is believed that the circulating water causes mechanical stimulation to the skin, which causes a reflex anesthetic effect and a decrease in muscle spasm."
The after-workout health benefits you get from a Splashes spa are far-reaching. Hydrotherapy has the ability to:
- Mitigate the symptoms of muscle strains, sprains, and other injuries
- Increase blood flow and circulation
- Alleviate back pain
- Ease the symptoms of arthritis
- Help restore range of motion
- Bring the body into a more calm state
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