Hydrotherapy Helps Weight Loss and Improve Circulation

Most of us are looking for ways to lose a few pounds. Whether it’s by eating right or exercising more, we often try to take hold of our health, but get frustrated when we don’t see results. Circulation plays an important role in weight loss. You may not be aware of this, but hydrotherapy helps improve circulation. Hydrotherapy is a medical technique in which water is used to provide relief from musculoskeletal and neural conditions.

Hydrotherapy helps improve circulation

Hydrotherapy while using a hot tub is a medical technique that many doctor’s stand behind because of its benefits. Two of those benefits are lower blood pressure and weight loss.Numerous studies have proven that regular trips to the hot tub can help you shed unwanted pounds and reduce the appearance of cellulite. When our circulation is improved it makes it easier on our body to rid itself of those pesky extra pounds that don’t seem to respond to diet and exercise. Furthermore, when you soak in a hot tub, you’re actually tricking your body to think it’s working out. The soothing hot water from the tub relaxes your skin and muscles while lowering your blood pressure. The hot tub also raises your heart rate and dilates your blood vessels creating the optimal environment for your body to develop its circulation. These are all the positive things you would experience while you were exercising, so you don’t have to worry if you miss a workout and choose to have a relaxing soak instead.

The results are in: hot tubs enable weight loss

In 1999, a diabetes research study was completed, and the results gave researchers more than they could ever ask for. Patients who soaked in a hot tub 3-6 times per week dropped an average of one pound per week. A more recent article published in the North American Journal of Medical Sciences in 2014, details the results of similar studies dating all the way back to the mid-eights. The focus of this article is to highlight how hydrotherapy improves circulation and reduces blood pressure leading to weight loss. Moreover, regular hot tub use can reduce the appearance of cellulite. Most women over 30 – no matter what their weight is – will experience fatty deposits on their thighs, hips and backsides. Cellulite is harmless, but it can be unseemly. With regular hot tub use, you will notice that any fatty deposits will have all but disappeared because the areas where the cellulite lives will experience better circulation.

In a nutshell, with a hot tub you get many benefits such as:

• Hydrotherapy helps improve circulation
• Reduced appearance of cellulite
• Lower blood pressure
• Toned body tissue
• Lowered fluid retention (say goodbye to bloating!)
• A relief from arthritis and swelling of the joints

Hydrotherapy helps improve circulation leading to a healthier life. For more information about our hot tub selections and the benefits of hydrotherapy, please contact Seaway. As Ontario’s premier hot tub dealer, we know a thing or two (or three) about helping our customers relax and enjoy a nice soothing soak.