The Medical Benefits of Owning a Walk In Bathtub

Here are some of the medical benefits that these tubs offer:

Benefits from a Full Soak (from the feet right to the chest)

• Balances the emotions and puts the mind at ease
• Improves the quality of sleep and treats insomnia
• Eases the muscles and relieves them of strain
• Reduces pain caused by arthritis
• Reduces the onset of hemorrhoids
• Improves blood circulation
• Promotes the proper elimination of waste and toxins through the skin
• Helps alleviate mild colds and fever
• Helps urinary and bladder problems
• Helps promote healthy metabolic function

Benefits of a Sitz Bath (soak from the feet to the hips)

• Fights inflammations in the pelvis, legs, and feet
• Relieves pelvic congestions, hemorrhoids, and crams
• Helps against menstrual problems
• Can alleviate pains in the kidney and the intestine
• Works best for ailments that affect the abdominal area

Benefits of a Footbath (soak up to the calves of the feet)

• Helps relieve tired feet
• Promotes better circulation in the legs
• Helps fight varicose veins, insomnia, and headaches
• May help reduce hypertension

Now, all these benefits get multiplied if you have a walk-in tub that is fixed with hydrotherapy jet systems.

Here are some of the medical benefits of hydrotherapy.

Benefits of Warm Hydrotherapy

• Increases blood circulation
• Reduces aches and pains and relieves tired muscles
• Helps strengthen the immune system
• Hastens the healing of cells and tissues by proper oxygenation
• Helps proper removal of harmful toxins from the body
• Boosts hormone production

Benefits of Cold Hydrotherapy

• Can hasten the healing of sprains
• Opens constricted blood vessels for better circulation
• Significantly reduces swelling and inflammation

Other Physical Benefits of Walk In Bathtubs

Yes, there is so much more health benefits than meets the eye:

• Steam rising from hot water soak can help properly open bronchial and nasal passages for better respiratory health
• Water buoyancy can help relax muscles and soaking in warm water can ease up muscle tension thereby allowing better flexibility
• Massaging action of whirlpool jets can effectively loosen tight muscles and release endorphins (the “happy” hormones)
• Air massage in walk-in tubs can provide therapy to the nerves, arteries, and veins in your body to ease pain and promote healthier circulation
• Prevent tripping, falling and other accidents.

If you still do not have a walk-in tub at home, you are missing out on a lot of wonderful health benefits. Remember that all these health benefits are not only for the elderly or the handicapped or the injured, they are also for the healthy to stay healthy.

Choose a walk-in bathtub today and choose health. In this era where sickness and disease seem to come from nowhere, this is probably one of the best investments you can have for a better quality of life.