SPA procedures in the treatment of skin diseases
Skin pathologies and possibilities of their treatment
A complex of SPA procedures helps relieve stress, improve general well-being, and rejuvenate the skin. But SPA is not only about beauty, but also about health, because the procedures contribute to improving blood circulation, removing toxins from the body, and increasing overall tone.
There are three main groups of spa procedures:
- wrapping (thalassotherapy);
- hydrotherapy (water procedures);
- thermal procedures.
Envelopment
These are enveloping procedures with the use of therapeutic and prophylactic mixtures applied to the human body. According to the mechanism of action, wraps are divided into hot and cold. Hot wraps expand blood vessels and activate blood circulation. During wrapping, slags and toxins are released to the surface through the open pores.
Hydrotherapy
The influence of cold or warm water causes a number of changes in the activity of systems and organs. Thermal procedures provoke increased sweating and release of water and some metabolic products from the body. Heat stimulates blood circulation, relaxes muscles, soothes, relieves pain. Cold procedures, on the contrary, increase metabolic processes and heat production, tone muscles.
Thermotherapy uses heat from natural and artificial sources: wet heat from water baths, baths, saunas, heating compresses, therapeutic mud, and dry heat from a heating pad, infrared lamp, paraffin, dry air and electric light baths.
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