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HYDROTHERAPY STRESS RELIEF HELP FOR INSOMNIA
Chill in a hot tub - the perfect A dip a day keeps insomnia
antidote to a stressful life! away! It has been found that
The six benefits of Hot Tub It is widely recognised that the sleep deepens as the body
temperature falls.
hydrotherapy and why you benefit of warm water and soothing As a result some medical experts
massage is to relieve anxiety and
immediately feel good when you relax tense muscles. recommend that anyone wanting to
induce sleep - especially those being
get into a hot tub! It has also been shown that 20 kept awake by pain - soak in water at
minutes in a hot tub also helps relieve approximately 39°C about two hours
high blood pressure, headaches and before bedtime.
chronic pain due to stress.
So combined with the fact that a
Muscular relaxation occurs when soak in a tub alleviates body tension
warm blood reaches deep into the and provides a natural remedy (unlike
muscles. This relaxation effect helps drugs and alcohol which make you
to deaden muscle pain by easing any feel groggy and have other adverse
pinching of nerves or blood vessels side effects) you can’t fail to have a
and by helping the muscle rid itself good nights sleep.
of lactic acid and other metabolic
wastes.
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