| Spas are places where a person can get a wide | | | | portable home spa machine. This machine |
| range of health treatments and beauty | | | | provides relief from stress and from common |
| treatments that are meant to relax and | | | | illnesses. Studies have revealed that five |
| relieve the person from stress and strain. | | | | minutes of ultrasonic bubble treatment is |
| Due to extreme stress in professional life, | | | | equal to massage done for an hour. Like the |
| spas have become more popular offering | | | | traditional massage of applying pressure |
| relaxation treatments with a bigger price | | | | directly on the body tissues, this too |
| tag. The word spa is derived from Latin | | | | applies pressure by dilating the cells and |
| "solus per aqua", which means health through | | | | penetrating the skin. This ultrasonic home |
| water. The spa concept of immersing the | | | | spa provides relaxation and massage to the |
| body of the person in water to restore and | | | | body, cleans deeply, provides internal |
| maintain health is considered to be very | | | | warming, beauty contouring etc. For an aroma |
| important to life. According to Sebastain | | | | hydrotherapy to be done at home, one needs to |
| Kneipp, father of hydrotherapy, water and | | | | add few drops of herbal oils like the |
| herbs mixed in the right combination; can be | | | | sandalwood oil, citrus oil or lavender oil to |
| used to cure any illness. Today's modern | | | | enjoy and feel the natural healing of a |
| life style has made people feel sick, stress | | | | waterfall, forest bath or a hot spring. |
| and exhausted. To maintain a good balanced | | | | |
| diet, good exercise and enough rest has | | | | Health benefits of home spas: |
| become a real challenging issue for both men | | | | |
| and women. They get stress from working all | | | | Apart from making the person relaxed and |
| the day and get even more aggravated when | | | | rejuvenated, a home spa can even benefit them |
| doing the household chores after the day's | | | | health-wise too. A home spa can improve the |
| work. | | | | health of a person when used with bath oils |
| | | | and spa salts. It improves the removal of |
| There are different kinds of spas like the | | | | metabolic wastes and toxins from the body. |
| day spas where the person has to make an | | | | It enhances the oxygenation of the |
| appointment and get treated. Resort spas are | | | | extremities and joints, blood circulation is |
| like staying in a hotel, spas on cruise ships | | | | improved. The muscles are toned with a |
| as one of the relaxing ways, medical spas | | | | youthful and glowing complexion. It increases |
| which are run by medical practitioners to | | | | the metabolic rate, enhancing the power to |
| treat patients, home spas for daily | | | | burn calories quickly and promotes weight |
| indulgence in homes etc. The spa treatments | | | | loss. |
| include facials, massages, sauna and other | | | | |
| skin and body treatments like pedicure, | | | | It normalizes the blood pressure levels, |
| manicure etc. Some spas are dedicated to | | | | lowers the cholesterol levels, balances |
| particular health aspects like weight loss | | | | acid-alkaline levels in the body, boosts |
| regime or for back pain treatment. | | | | immunity, improves the flow of lymph, reduces |
| | | | aches and pains of the muscles and joints, |
| Latest breakthrough in spa technology | | | | enhances the mood and improves the digestive |
| involves ultrasonic waves, ozone negative | | | | system. |
| ions and far infrared rays into a single | | | | |