It’s not just about taking a bath, it’s a whole experience. A steam bath will relax your tense and aching muscles. If you have had an extended day (or month) at work, toxins can build up in your muscle tissue, causing you pain and discomfort.
A hot bath can force your muscles to relax, almost instantly releasing these harmful toxins. It is also great after a workout. The extra blood flow will speed up the repair of your muscle tissue, thus allowing you to exercise again sooner. A good soak in a tub filled with hot water also cleanses your skin. The sweat opens your pores, thus flushing out unhealthy toxins and dirt .
Heat therapy is also recommended by many therapists and physicians to treat chronic pain, including joint pain, arthritis pain, and fibromyalgia. It is also effective in reducing inflammation and swelling by improving lymph flow.
It is believed by many that a good soak can help stimulate the body’s immune response by elevating the body temperature – many viruses, tumors and toxin-laden cells are thought to be weaker (poor tolerance to heat) than normal healthy cells. Proponents believe that by elevating the body’s temperature much like the body does naturally during a fever, the hot bath will help the body fight various diseases. Given the human body’s effectiveness in fighting disease by inducing a fever, the science behind this theory would appear to be very plausible.
After indulging yourself with a fragranced hot bubble bath, drink a glass of water. Lie down or sit for a minimum of 10 minutes. These simple steps will allow your body to reap benefits from the relaxing soak. The healthier you become, the more easily you will sweat.
Because it eliminates, the skin is sometimes called the “third kidney.” It is far more complex than the kidney or any other organ except the brain. It is composed of blood vessels, nerve endings, vessels for carrying Iymph, pigmentation, oil glands, hair follicles, cells that waterproof and deny entry to bacteria and, of course, the tubular, coiled sweat glands.
A good soak in hot water, be it a bath or shower, can open up the pores in our skin. And if the water is clean then it can wash some of the dirt and toxins from our skin. The result is fresher and cleaner skin.
We may not like the wrinkled skin we get after a hot bath, but it actually has a good effect on it. The warm water leaves the skin moist for longer and prevents it from drying up and getting those little cracks that often appear when it’s dry.
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