Underwater massage

The therapy of under water massage involves lying in a large tub of water. Water is taken from the tub and an internal pump used to create a high pressure stream that passes through a hose. With under water massage, you can expect the temperature to be warm.

While the pressure varies, it should never be painful or stabbing. A treatment of under water massage generally lasts half an hour with a certain amount of time to get used to the bath temperature. The hose is used to massage different parts of the body and you will be asked to move into different positions to allow this.

What are the benefits?

This has all the relaxation of a bath combined with the benefits of a trained therapist to ease your body into a state of balance and harmony. Warm water helps relieve tension and stress.

It's particularly good for minor aches and pains. You will be left feeling energised and invigorated. The use of different pressures can be effective on the skin as well as deeper muscle layers and your internal organs, such as the intestines.

Low pressure is used for athletes with sports injuries. Although very recent injuries or wounds are not recommended to be treated in this way. For muscular pains and sprains however, this therapy can be a great source of relief. It's good for improving circulation and boosting your body's natural defences. Afterwards you'll feel chilled out, cleaner, and healthier. This kind of therapy can be a real treat if you're feeling particularly run down or fatigued.

A precondition for achieving the best possible effect from classic massage is a relaxed position, free of pain. The water bed of the dry underwater massage table transports the user into an almost weightless condition. The body shape is supported perfectly by the displacement of the water, whether lying on one’s back or front. Depending upon the force and the manner in which hey are applied, the water jets simulate the essential basic movements of the classic massage.

Just as in the manual massage, the water jet massage should start with a stroking action, i.e. with gentle pressure only. This induces relaxations and prepares the muscles for the more intensive form of treatment. The ensuing more powerful massage, applied by the cone shaped jets of water, leads to an expressing effect in the taut muscles or in the deeper muscle layers such as ins achieved in the manual massage for example by strong penetrating strokes with the finders or the back of the hand. The sickle shaped rotary movements of the conical jets of water match in pressure and durations the circulating kneading and flexing of a manual massage.

Through both stationary and sectional application, tense muscle regions in particular can be massaged and treated. Carried out with the appropriate intensity, this equates to friction treatment. The continuous oscillations produced by the movement of the water in water-jet massage can be compared to the vibrations of the classic massage.