Jacuzzi.pdf

The shower for hydrotherapy
Functionality and wellness
While conducting research for “A new form of wellness”, produced
under the supervision of Prof. Umberto Solimene and Prof. Arsenio
Veicsteinas, collaborators at the European Association of Medical
Welfare, it has been shown that the shower constitutes an external
crenotherapy activity that can be carried out with both water from
the mains and with thermal water. Like other types of treatment
it can be carried out at different temperatures, hot or cold, with
alternating temperatures in sequence and different pressures of
water. It can be total body, ensuring a stimulus to the body, or local,
bringing direct effects to the treated area.
An undisputed fact is that the shower has hydrotherapy functions,
as such many physiological benefi ts are recognised. Its main action
is directed at the cardiovascular and nervous system: the warm
water jets directed to different parts of the body have important
effects on wellness. It is now shown that, in addition to stimulating
circulation and muscle function, the shower can also have benefi cial
effects on the internal organs and the emotional sphere.
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