Wellness and Health Benefits of a Hot Tub
Wellness is Being at One with Yourself and the World
The steps to Health and Wellness have never been so easy or so much fun! No need to go to beauty salons and exclusive spa retreats. Wellness can be found right in your own backyard and it can be fun, entertaining, and… relaxing. Your Bullfrog Spa® brings wellness to your home where you can enjoy it at the time that is most convenient for you. Spas help to prevent illness, relieve harmful stress, and help you to live life in a healthy way. A Bullfrog Spa will add years to your life by strengthening your heart and reducing your stress, allowing you to enjoy life and take time for those people that matter most.
Improve Every-Day Life with Hot Water
Make your life easier with hot water therapy. You really can reduce swelling, manage pain, heal faster, sleep better, and feel happier. After exercising, immersion in hot water reduces soreness by 40 percent according to Men’s Health Magazine.* Immersing your body in a hot tub actually decreases swelling by the pressure that the water exerts on our bodies. You can improve your joint health and relieve pain as water immersion lessens the impact of gravity on those painful joints. We feel lighter in water and that feeling can be very liberating and relaxing. When recovery exercise is combined with water, patients experience an increased range of motion and decreased levels of pain.** Start enjoying the wellness benefits of hot water therapy in your very own Bullfrog Spa.
*Quill, Scott. (2007, Jan-Feb). Reduce soreness by 40 percent. Men’s Health, 22, 46.
**Hinman, Heywood, Day (2007). Aquatic physical therapy for hip and knee osteoarthritis, Physical Therpay, 87, 32-43.
The Safe and Natural Way to Better, Deeper Sleep
Your Bullfrog Spa will help you to sleep at night. A hot tub can solve some of the causes of insomnia like stress, anxiety, and muscle tension. A scientific study showed that people that immerse themselves in warm water before bed, as you can do in your hot tub, fall asleep more easily.* Take advantage of sleeping more soundly by taking time for yourself in the only spa with massaging JetPaks.
*Sung and Tochihara. (2000) Effect of bathing and hot footbath on sleep in winter. Journal of Physiological Anthropological Applied Human Science, 19, 21-27.
Care for Your Heart
Healthy living, including exercise and soaking in your spa, improves the strength of your heart. Our heart stretches when immersed in water just as it does during exercise. The pressure of the water helps to push blood toward the chest cavity and increases blood flow by about 33%. Arteries and veins dilate (expand) to carry more blood. Besides strengthening your heart, this increase in blood flow helps you to recover faster from muscle fatigue or injury. Take care of your most important muscle with hot water in your Bullfrog Spa.*
*Consult a physician before using a spa if you have heart trouble.
Stay Mentally Strong
Deal with the stress of life in a healthy and natural way in your Bullfrog Spa. Scientific evidence shows that immersing yourself in hot-water can naturally reduce the harmful effects of stress and help to improve mental health.* Separate yourself from the sources of your stress by escaping for a peaceful soak and massage in your Bullfrog Spa. Reduce anxiety by taking time out to breathe deeply and to refocus as the tension in your neck and back is smoothed away. As you relax in your Bullfrog Spa, an energizing effect will build from within and you will better be able to face the challenges of the day.
*Keegan, L.&G. (1998). Healing Waters: The miraculous health benefits of earth’s most essential resource. New York: Berkley/Putnam.
Arthritis
Arthritis affects more than 70 million people in the USA alone. The Arthritis Foundation recommends warm water exercise to “keep joints moving, restore and preserve flexibility and strength” which “protects joints against further damage.” Also, “it improves your coordination, endurance and your ability to perform daily tasks (such as walking or writing).” The Arthritis Foundation endorses warm water hydrotherapy to such a degree that they provide a useful guide for purchasing a spa. With a Bullfrog Spa you will find many useful JetPaks massages that will help you to specifically target your sore and stiff areas.
Diabetes
An article published by the New England Journal of Medicine led by Dr. Philip L. Hooper at the McKee Medical Center in Loveland, Colorado found that immersing yourself in a hot tub helped improve blood sugar readings, improved sleep, and benefitted general well being in a group of patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
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