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SPA Origin and Development of Culture

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Glassware from the 20th century, we can find, SPA’s popularity has been popularized globalization, from Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Western Europe, Southern Europe, the Middle East, North America, Central and South America, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, Southern Africa to Taiwan, in fact,  SPA without exception throughout human culture, traditions, a combination of landscape features, thereby creating its own unique brand new exquisite taste, show a personality, has style, a full range of multi-SPA culture.
Should first look to move the 15th century Europe, when people prefer water as a recovery media for water treatment began to have strong confidence and interest in that time, many natural hot mineral springs in the vicinity of the beach began to be redeveloped into a different temperature water immersion pool In these baths SPA, respectively have their own doctor’s prescription for their patients treat rheumatism, paralysis and sequelae after injury, etc. This is the world of professional spa body prototype.
The early 18th century, Britain, France, Germany and Italy, some doctors have begun to advocate both inside and outside the spa concept, for example, in 1830 Priessnitz (Priessnitz) developed a set of outdoor cold bath, shower and bandaging methods; Kniepp (Kniepp) in the 19th century and further modified the Priessnitz skills, take a shower at different temperatures, with water pouring Baptist body, this approach is still widely followed in the German-speaking countries in Southern Europe, Italy the north, the Netherlands and France, but also virtually build the modern history, national diversity, diverse style SPA type.
In Germany, people called this spring for the maintenance of Museum KURHAUS, it is at the seaside or the mountains where beautiful scenery and pleasant climate of the region, combined with hotels, hot springs, clinics and even parks in one, as the physical and mental recuperation sites internationally recognized.
In addition, in the United States, there are many people suffering from rheumatism will go to West Virginia’s Berkeley Spa (Berkeley) Bath Bath, which is deemed to have a recovery of the water, SPA, hot spring hotels had an even greater one after another in this present out of the footprint. As for Arkansas, then the construction of the leading hot spring bath house (bathhouse), as good as the SPA pioneering culture, when almost every SPA has its own doctor, or doctors have their own SPA, and even some American doctors follow the well-known in Europe water treatment division, the establishment of the [water treatment] institutions, services become more pluralistic, more and more such institutions, both in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Appalachian Mountains ┅ ┅ and other places, there are many new SPA set up the hot springs, so they go further into the American people, SPA leisure, social, tourism activities important to culture.
In addition to the development of countries outside the SPA, the SPA natural hot spring water treatment modality, the current has a more diverse and advanced development, including domestic common shower, Vichy jet massage, underwater lavage, whirlpool bath , plaster bath, air bubble bath, floating bath, swimming and body bath and so on, with a variety of fine peripheral services, such as a wide range of massage, nail trim, face care, body care, hairdressing, aromatherapy, weight loss weight-loss, nutrition, conditioning, cut food and exercise therapy, music therapy, light therapy, flower therapy, yoga, meditation, tai chi ┅ ┅ sculptures. In addition, the SPA, the medical, health drinking water for the purpose of promoting culture, have also been fairly straightforward recommended and encouraged.

The effectiveness of SPA

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

All the organs inside the body with the skin, reflecting the region to maintain an interactive connection, thus spa water bed in the course of treatment can produce results to pacify. In order to specific therapeutic purposes, can be combined in different water treatment processes.

【Beauty Body】

In order to maintain good health and maintain a good body, you must consider a variety of factors, for instance, intake of low-calorie diet, exercise, stimulating blood circulation and lymph circulation, relax tense muscles, are part of the spa. In addition, spa co-ordination of the marine algae therapy, can also be absorbed through the skin via a variety of minerals and rare trace elements to restore the balance inside the cell; again through infiltration and to stimulate the lymphatic circulation, eliminate toxins, with a sustained recovery physical effects.

【Resist pressure】

The body’s natural balance has always been threatened by external stress factors, in order to cope with, inside the body will automatically release a series of nerve hormone, which is the so-called adaptation syndrome. The design of water treatment will be able to provide compression to relieve stress.

【Thin】

Intake of low-calorie diet, exercise, and attitude change is the fundamental path to weight-loss. Spa treatment can help relax the body fluids, the body flow increased by about 30% of the total amount of water can reduce the human tissue, or in the interface between the organization and the organization of fat cell mass base. Spa can also speed up the metabolism of body fat and the role of carbohydrates. Spa massage with seaweed on the application of the weight there is any effect.

SPA Origin

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

As early as 1500 BC, Indians Take this “Shen Shui” healing pain, the ancient Greeks also as a panacea for physical healing, and in the luxury of ancient Rome, people are more the use of water temperature Natural differences of public bathrooms are divided into hot, slightly hot and cold pools. And become a warriors body wash the dirt in public exchange.
15 century, SPA’s name comes from Liege in Belgium near the city of a small valley called Spau, this is a very rich mineral hot temperature zone, the local residents through the bubble spa bath treatment of various diseases and pain. Thus the local hot spring bath is well known for. 18th century, SPA began in popularity in the European aristocracy to become nobles leisure and physical fitness of choice.
In addition to SPA this place, the ancient Romans also used in Europe and other parts of the natural mineral springs as a healing treatment. Later, more and more parts of the world’s hot springs resort. The United States, California, France, Britain, Italy, Austria, Japan, Taiwan and other places have very well-known spa center, SPA beauty of this casual approach is also very popular in these places.
With the development of the times, people are constantly updated to give way to SPA and richer meaning. Today SPA This blend of ancient traditions and modern high-tech water treatment method is no longer a nobility’s pet, and will gradually become a modern city dwellers return to nature, eliminate mental and physical fatigue, leisure, beauty, decompression in one fashion health concept, combined with the five sense therapy, whether it is massage, beauty or spa, all these with ease pressure, relieve physical, spiritual-related activities can also be called SPA.
Beautiful Legend
Legend of three to four hundred ago, has been proposed by the Greek physician spa can prevent diseases. Until the 14th century, located in Rome, the Belgian Ardennes (Ardennes) forest areas, there is a small town called SPA, residents found that a number of natural springs gush here, but also a very low salt, non-mineral impurities, either for drinking or to Bath, on the human body are significant benefits to residents are using it to treat pain and disease, so they became the birthplace of the modern SPA.
Hydrotherapy is also a legend in the 19th century by a Catholic priest Sebastian Kneipp found. He kinds of cold and hot hydrotherapy to stimulate bodily functions, promote blood circulation and relieve pressure on the effectiveness of a very good, and slowly evolved into the current popular “water cure” (Hydrotherapy).
Another legend of the city of Liege in Belgium, a small town called Spau surrounded by beautiful forests and rich in mineral hot springs, the residents have gone to hot springs to cure diseases, while in the treatment of large Di nature of live soul, and enjoy the natural gift, hence the name SPA. And sent Beauty Body and other forms.