| That wonderful feeling you get when you relax in a | | | | amount the heart has to work by up to 20%. Your |
| hot tub is mainly because of the way your body | | | | body dilates the blood vessels because it thinks that |
| reacts to the heat and jets of water. Our bodies are | | | | you are getting too overheated and the ones near the |
| extremely complex, and many types of therapies and | | | | surface of the skin relax in an effort to release heat. |
| drugs can work. Hydrotherapy, or the therapy of | | | | This vasodilation (opening up of blood vessels) allows |
| water, in a home hot tub is one way to benefit our | | | | oxygen to travel more freely to places where it |
| health. | | | | customarily does not go in great quantities. Since |
| Hot tubs are great for people with high blood pressure | | | | oxygen is a necessary part of healing, hot tub |
| (also known as hypertension). High blood pressure is | | | | hydrotherapy contributes to healing. |
| generally speaking defined as being greater than 140 | | | | Vasodilation serves another purpose because the |
| 90. For those with this condition, time in a spa or hot | | | | blood removes wastes from different parts of the |
| tub is one exceptionally beneficial therapy as it can | | | | body in the same way that it spreads nutrients. When |
| help out prescribed medicines. | | | | it's been a demanding day and your muscles are |
| Blood pressure is a requirement for our bodies to | | | | fatigued, it is often because there is a build up of lactic |
| survive, and it is produced in three different ways: | | | | acid. The more quickly blood gets to the muscles to |
| heart rate (how quickly the heart is beating); how much | | | | remove the lactic acid, the faster they will feel better. |
| pressure the heart is pumping against (the more | | | | This also allows your muscles to relax. |
| relaxed blood vessels are, the easier it is to pump | | | | Don't put it off any longer - finish your research on |
| blood into them, the tighter they are, the harder it is); | | | | which kind of hot tub you can afford to buy, install and |
| and the volume of blood in the arteries and veins. | | | | operate, and enjoy the remarkable health benefits. You |
| Hydrotherapy in a hottub or spa provides benefits for | | | | won't regret it. |
| high blood pressure because it dilates, or opens up, | | | | NOTE: It is important to check with your family doctor |
| blood vessels so the heart doesn't need to pump as | | | | before starting any kind of treatment. |
| hard. This lowers blood pressure and it decreases the | | | | |