| Most people know the famous places where one | | | | the blood circulation to your skin and Doctors that I |
| could travel to take the waters. In Belgium there is, of | | | | have spoken to have confirmed this train of thought. . |
| course, the famous Spa the place where the very | | | | Our skin represents by far the largest component of |
| word "Spa" comes. Then in England you have Bath so | | | | our body which helps us to remove poisons and the |
| aptly named with its very famous Roman Baths. | | | | like. When our skin is invigorated, naturally our overall |
| Nearly all of Iceland has multi Hot Spring locations as | | | | health is improved and this helps to remove toxins |
| there are also many in North America and Rotorua in | | | | from our body and has a direct result in increasing our |
| New Zealand to name but just a few. | | | | personal vitality as our mind body & soul receive |
| Turning to Hot Spring in Spain one of Spain's | | | | the rejuvenating treatment. |
| better-known hot springs in located in the beautiful | | | | It is a well known medical fact that the lower legs, the |
| Andalucian region of Malaga. In the foothills of the | | | | Tibia & Fibia areas,between the knee and the feet |
| Sierras on a mountainside to the north of the | | | | and ankles are the longest distance from our hearts. |
| Guadalhorce Valley is the spa village of Carratraca. | | | | That is why if you break your leg below the knee the |
| This is one of the famed 'White Villages' of Andalucia, | | | | "lower third" is the area which is the hardest to heal |
| and Carratraca has been renowned for the curative | | | | often needing bone grafts to get the healing process |
| properties of its sulfur-water springs for hundreds of | | | | on its way. I speak with personal experience having |
| years. The peak popularity of the village was during | | | | spent more than a little time with my leg in traction with |
| the 19th century, when the English poet Lord Byron | | | | a broken femur and the leg below the knee in a |
| was a frequent visitor. This ancient facility is | | | | plaster cast with a broken Tibia & Fibia. This lack |
| constructed in the traditional Roman way out of | | | | of circulation is of course why the ankles can get |
| sandstone and marble. | | | | those blue looking spidery blood veins, and then of |
| Since time immemorial visitors have flocked to these | | | | course our legs often get varicose veins. |
| places to take the waters, knowing full well that the | | | | Gravity and the actual weight of the blood circulating |
| effect will be to soothe aches and pains as well as | | | | causes higher blood pressure and what is often |
| providing the mental respite of escaping from the trials | | | | referred to by Chinese Doctors and acupuncture |
| and tribulations of the stresses and strains of | | | | specialists as "stagnant blood". Of course in reality |
| everyday life for a while. | | | | there is no such thing as stagnant blood; rather it is |
| Of course, the popularity of the locations of these hot | | | | blood which is circulating slowly and not circulating as |
| springs comes at a price: sometimes they can get | | | | fast as it should. |
| extremely overcrowded. Fortunately for those looking | | | | When one submerses their body into warm water the |
| for a more intimate and private bathing experience, | | | | blood becomes more or less neutral in weight as it has |
| there are many more natural hot springs around. Some | | | | a similar weight to water. The effect of this is to |
| are located in out of the way places, known only to | | | | reduce the pressure on your legs and at the same |
| the locals; others are simply not as famous but they | | | | time the effects of gravity pulling on the body are |
| can often be far more pleasant. Alternatively of | | | | much reduced. |
| course one can have their own Hot Spring in a Hot | | | | What is missing however is the blower therapy, which |
| Tub Jacuzzi Spa in their own garden or on a patio or a | | | | is specifically designed by doctors to increase blood |
| roof terrace. | | | | circulation in your skin, legs and feet. The effect is very |
| Now what is the one thing that these Hot Spring Spas | | | | similar to taking a nice warm fluffy towel and gently |
| from the past do not have - it is of course an electric | | | | wrapping and rubbing this around your body and legs a |
| Air Blower (after all in days of old electricity had not | | | | bit like being immersed in ones own personal space. |
| been discovered) which is often fitted on many | | | | A spa with an air blower does help to reduce those |
| modern day spas. | | | | strange spidery blood veins that appear on ones feet |
| The basic idea of air coming out of those pepper pot | | | | and ankles. Use your air blower on your Jacuzzi in |
| independent air jets in a Hot Tub Jacuzzi or as in | | | | Spain regularly to get the full benefit of your Hot Tub |
| some spas cleverly combined and mixed with water | | | | Jacuzzi Spa. |
| to provide air blower therapy which helps to increase | | | | |