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Spending 10 to 15 minutes a day in water temperatures between 36° and 40°C (98° to 104°F) can significantly improve anyone’s coordination and flexibility, but arthritis sufferers in particular stand to gain from the healthful effects of warm water hydrotherapy (soaking). In fact, many doctors strongly recommend hydrotherapy as part of a comprehensive approach to alleviating chronic arthritis pain. (The approach may also include physiotherapy and hypnosis for increasing pain tolerance, and pharmacological treatment).
A hot tub also provides you with an excellent place to exercise sore arms and legs. Unlike land-based exercises – which force your muscles and joints to fight against gravity when they are moved – exercising in the warm water of a hot tub is much easier because your body becomes virtually weightless, requiring less energy and strength to move and stretch limbs.
The near-weightlessness of the aquatic environment also makes it easier for your heart to pump blood throughout your body, while the warm temperature of the water helps your heart by dilating blood vessels and increasing blood flow to your extremities.
Coast’s new Wellness Spa™ is especially suited to the needs of arthritis sufferers and other mobility-impaired persons. The result of more than a year of close collaboration with the scientists and Consumer Advisory Board of the Arthritis Research Centre (ARC) of Canada, the Wellness Spa offers extra water depth, exterior and interior handrails for security and easy movement, interior steps with a non-skid surface, powerful hydrotherapy jets and built-in exercise devices.
The hydromassage jets in the Wellness Spa™ and other hot tubs are an excellent way to reduce pain in targeted areas of your body. Jets in the footwell, for example, alleviate pain in your ankles and feet, while swirling jets installed in the back of a hot tub’s lounger soothe tense muscles in your back and neck area.
If you have a problem with morning stiffness, a relaxing soak before you head out the door is an enjoyable and effective way to loosen up any tight muscles. If your arthritis pain is worse at night – waking you every time you change position – have a soak before bedtime. Nothing works better in relieving pain and stiffness that the warm water and soothing hydromassage action of a hot tub.
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