Hydrotherapy encompasses any technique that uses water as the primary method of treatment. Examples include aquatic exercise, saunas, and steam baths, but hot tubs are especially popular in this regard. Here are a few benefits you can experience after installing a hot tub and using it for hydrotherapy.

Why Use a Hot Tub for Hydrotherapy?

1. Reduce Pain

Arthritis, tendonitis, strains, and sprains are a few common musculoskeletal disorders that can cause significant pain. They can also limit mobility, affect your range of motion, and impact your overall enjoyment of life.

Warm water can reduce the pain that often comes with these issues, improving comfort and quality of life. The benefits increase when accompanying the heated fluids with aquatic exercise, boosting physical fitness, functioning, and performance.

2. Improve Sleep

Proper rest is crucial to many body processes, from physical and cognitive functioning to effective stress management. Immersion in hot water—between 104 and 109 degrees—an hour or two before bedtime can improve your sleep quality. Body temperature is linked to your natural sleep-wake cycle, and the heated liquid can help rest the process to restore healthy slumber patterns.

3. Lower Blood Pressure

There is an all-too-prevalent concern that hot tubs are unsafe for people with high blood pressure. However, this isn't true in most cases. For most hypertensive patients, spending time in a hot tub does not increase blood pressure, and it's no more or less dangerous than it is for anyone else.

Also, exercising while soaking in hot water can reduce blood pressure, even in treatment-resistant individuals. Before doing so, however, consult your doctor about any risks that warm water immersion could pose.

Experience these benefits with a hot tub from Spa Guy Hawaii in Pearl City. With more than three decades of industry experience, they offer a full selection of spa tubs and swim spas to customers throughout Oahu. Their products come in a wide range of sizes and styles, so you can find the hot tub that will transform your home into a true retreat. Call (808) 763-0317 to request a quote, or visit their website to browse their inventory.