Halotherapy
What is Halotherapy
Halotherapy or salt therapy, involves breathing in air with tiny salt particles to improve your breathing. Halotherapy is considered an alternative treatment for lung problems such as asthma, bronchitis, and cough. This therapy can also help you relax and may help with skin conditions and allergies.
The Halotherapy device is available as a complimentary service. If you would like to use it, please let me know.
This is the halogenerator available for clients to use.
Types of Halotherapy
There are a few different methods but the most common are:
Dry salt therapy. This type is the kind known as halotherapy. It is done in active salt rooms with the help of a halogenerator. This allows the small, dry salt particles to spread in the air and enter your lungs and skin.
Wet salt therapy. This involves bathing in salty water containing minerals, gargling with or drinking salty water, or passing salty water through your nasal canal.
History of Halotherapy
In the 12th century, the practice of visiting salt caves for therapeutic reasons, or speleotherapy, was common in Eastern Europe. In the 1800s, salt miners in Poland found a more modern version of what’s now halotherapy. Despite working in mines all day, the Polish miners didn’t have any respiratory conditions and were unusually healthy. They weren’t likely to get the colds or coughs that were common among other people.
Research showed that the salty air the miners breathed helped keep their lungs free from infection and allergies. Over time, Eastern European salt mines or caves became popular tourist destinations. People from all over the world visited to inhale the salty air and ease their lung problems.
Benefits of Halotherapy
Studies have found that halotherapy can have benefits for respiratory conditions, skin problems, and allergies. Salt is a natural and safe ingredient. It does not have any notable side effects. It is also:
Mucoactive, clearing up mucus from your airways
Antibacterial, helping prevent infections
Anti-inflammatory
Immunity-boosting
Anti-allergic
Research has found that because of these properties, halotherapy can be used as part of the treatment of:
Lung infection
Throat infection or pharyngitis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Smoking-related breathing problems
Respiratory allergies
Bronchitis
Cold or cough
Sinusitis
Rhinitis
Tonsillitis
Halotherapy can also be used to treat breathing problems caused by COVID-19, improving your breathing and the amount of oxygen in your blood.
Tiny salt particles used in halotherapy can also help repair your skin cells and protect your skin from aging and infection. This therapy can be used to treat:
Contraindications for Halotherapy (NOT FOR YOU)
Avoid halotherapy if you have:
Hyperthyroidism
High blood pressure (hypertension)
Tuberculosis
Respiratory failure
Blood disorders like anemia, hemophilia, or clotting
Infectious diseases
Fever
Open wounds
More information can be found HERE
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