It has been a long and treacherous week, your child has gotten into trouble at school a total of 4 times and you were summoned to his school every time. Plus due to the ongoing surge in business your boss has been bearing down on you to get work done and that too quick! Just when things couldn’t get crazier, your in-law’s also dropped in towards the end of the week!
Finally, it’s Sunday and you want nothing better than a relaxed day at home when your friend turns up and makes plans to drag you to the nearest spa! “How rude!” you think to yourself and are about to dismiss the very idea, but before you dismiss the idea of a trip to the spa, did you know that spas can grant you with amazing health benefits!
But before you visit a Spa, let’s get to know Spas better
The word Spa is derived from the Spanish word –Solus Per Aqua, which roughly translates to health through water. The basic idea of a spa was to immerse or submerge your body in water (hot, warm or cold) to cure it of its illnesses. But with Spas undergoing major changes in recent times one has seen the rise of a variety of spas such as the day spa, medicinal spa, ayurvedic spa, holistic spa and cruise ship spa and so on…
Basically a spa is just a place wherein you are given massages, sauna, steam and other treatments which help to relax and relieve you of your stress. Experts point out that the biggest plus point of visiting a spa is that the very idea of being pampered does wonders to your levels of stress – reduces them drastically.
Ever heard of Touch Therapy?
Touch therapy involves using the hands and their touch to massage and for the purpose of healing the body, relieving stress, soothing stiff joints and various other such health related purposes. A visit to a Spa includes at least one massage depending on the treatment that you choose. The touch of a well trained masseur helps to alleviate any stress or pain, even chronic – if you opt for regular massages.
But why should I visit a Spa?
We understand that it’s a Sunday and dragging yourself out of your home is a task, given that you were really looking forward to a complete R-n-R afternoon siesta, but after reading the following health benefits granted by a spa, we are sure you will want to tag along with your friend to the nearest spa!
- Massage your stress away:
The number one reason why men and women mostly visit a Spa is to avail of the massage. As mentioned before, touch therapy comes into play, but other than that a massage also calms down your nervous system, plus it boosts your blood circulation, giving your complete health a boost up. This increased circulation takes care of enriching your skin cells, tissues and also helps to stimulate the lymphatic system and flushes out your bodily toxins through your skin pores.
- Various treatments offer varied benefits:
General Spas offer a stress reliving massage followed by a bevy of choices such as facials and body treatments. These days, spas also have a salon corner, where in you can have your hands and feet massaged, which are done keeping in mind the acupressure points that help alleviate pain, improve blood circulation, reduce migraines etc.
Some Spas also offer the hot stone massage which is based on reflexology, which concentrates on massaging the back along with hands, feet which affects the other parts of the body too. Other treatments vary from spa to spa wherein at some places you might get a sea-weed body wrap, a chocolate bubble bath and in some other spas a caviar body massage! The list is endless and so are the health benefits that you can derive from each of these treatments such as relief from conditions such as Arthritis, anxiety, back-ache, removal of bodily toxins and regeneration of skin cells etc.
- Make ample use of the steam and sauna services:
The very meaning of a spa is health through water! So, on a visit to a spa, do make use of the steam, sauna, warm, cold and hot pools offered by the Spa. These pools not only cleanse your body of its toxins but also rid your skin of excess dead cells and any other free radicals by opening up your pores, thereby giving you a clean and healthy skin.
The hot and cold pools help to improve your blood circulation, boosting blood supply to not only your organs but also your skin cells and tissues, guaranteeing a glowing skin and a healthy body! Furthermore they help in getting rid of any painful joints, serve to relax your nervous system and help in reducing your stress levels to almost nil!
So what are you waiting for? Get up and join your friend for a completely relaxing, rejuvenating and a stress free spa experience!!
