Thalassic Natural Therapy For Stress Management
Stress has become the common enemy of people, regardless their age. We cannot get rid of it. All we can do is to find the wisest and the most effective methods to prevent it. There are not many ways to prevent stress, but the existent ones can be very efficient. Thalassic therapy is one of them. Everybody can enjoy the gentle caress of the seawater on his or her body.
Historically, we used seawater for its therapeutic virtues. However, where does the sea draw its benefits? What can it bring us?
What is thalassic therapy?
According to the official definition, thalassic therapy is the combined use in a privileged marine environment, under medical supervision and on preventive and curative purpose of the marine benefits that include marine climate, seawater, sea mud, algae, sand, and other substances extracted from the sea.
Thalassic therapy takes therefore its virtues from a combination of factors. Thus, we cannot make a spa “in town” because the marine environment is an integral part of the spa. With its natural aerosols and negative ions suspended, it invigorates the body, balances the nervous system, and improves oxygenation. Moreover, each region has its benefits. If the Channel is known for its invigorating effect, the Atlantic is known for its tonic effects and the Mediterranean for its sedative virtues.
The principle of thalassic therapy is that hot seawater temperature close to the body (34-36 ° C) and thanks to the osmosis effect, all mineral elements, and live content of seawater enter through the skin.
Heating water allows on the one hand to maximize the active ingredients and therapeutic effects of the seawater, and to cause vasodilatation and thus a better absorption of it through the skin.
Seawater, Treasure of Nature
Sea water is a living place where animals and plants abound, making it a formidable reserve of nutrients (minerals, oligoelements) and a bio-chemical complex beneficial to our well-being and our health. Algae are also real sources of health: they offer a hundredfold fortifying, re-mineralizing, and balancing virtues of minerals.
This wealth of seawater and algae associated with the marine climate brings its benefits at several levels. Above all, it favors muscle relaxation and increases mobility of joints. Thanks to its high density of sodium chloride, seawater has a greater lift than fresh water as movements are facilitated here. Physical therapy performed in seawater is much more effective than traditional physical therapy. Finally, thalassic therapy allows a smooth re-mineralization of the body.
Indications
The indications of thalassic therapy are vast, as well as preventive and curative. Here are the main diseases of the bones and joints (arthritis, osteoporosis, inflammatory rheumatism, back problems, injuries, and rehabilitation), respiratory problems (asthma, sinusitis …), gerontology, fatigue, blood flow problems, endocrine disorders, gynecological problems, cellulite, convalescence that can be cured by thalassic therapy.
Conversely, some counter indications exist though: infectious diseases, allergy to iodine, dysfunction of the thyroid, certain skin diseases. In addition, people with heart disease should take advice from their doctor before such a therapy.
To be effective, a spa treatment should last at least 6 days, and four treatments daily are necessary.
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