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Health Benefits of Soaking in your Hot Tub

December 8, 2021

Category: Hot Tub

After a long day soaking in a hot tub might be just what you need to relax. Aside from helping you to unwind, it turns out that using a hot tub has additional advantages that you might not be aware of! We’ve put together a list of some of the top benefits that you should know about to make sure you’re getting the most out of your hot tub experience.

Stress relief & Muscle Relaxation

One of the most obvious advantages of a hot tub is its ability to help relieve stress. Warm water’s calming impact and massaging action may aid to ease physical, emotional, and mental stress. You may enhance this stress-relieving impact with gentle music, soft lighting, or aromatherapy to help you relax further. Warm water also helps to relieve tense muscles, helping relieve aches and pains. Did you know what bathing in a hot tub before exercising has also been proven to reduce to chance of injury?

Improve the quality of sleep

Studies have shown that the relaxation provided by a hot tub is a great way to help you fall asleep more easily. The passive heating and cooling of the body promotes the ideal setting for sleep. Alongside this, studies into the effect of hydrotherapy on sleep have concluded that sleep quality dramatically improved after partaking in hydrotherapy.

Pain Relief

Through relaxing muscles, joints, and tendons, soaking in a hot tub can ease certain aches and pains. If you have arthritis, the heat and massage motion may help relieve pain caused by rigidity and inflammation. Did you know that water supports your body and relieves joint pressure, allowing you to increase your flexibility and range of motion?

Promotes a healthy heart

Spending time in a hot tub has been proven to raise your heart rate and lower your blood pressure. Immersing yourself in hot water has positive impacts on vascular functions and blood pressure, while passive heat therapy has been found to reduce cardiovascular risk, especially among people who are unable to exercise.

Burn calories

Some research has also found that using a hot tub on a regular basis can increase your metabolism and result in burning calories. As your heart rate increases, your body has to work harder to pump blood around the body. That isn’t to imply it should replace exercise, but it may aid metabolism, especially for individuals who find it difficult to exercise.

Regularly bathing in a hot tub can have a variety of health advantages, like musculoskeletal relaxation, pain alleviation, and better sleep. Some studies imply that hot tub therapy has a broader range of health advantages, but additional research is needed to pinpoint the specific details.

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