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Spa centres were once mainly visited to seek treatment for conditions related to the respiratory or digestive systems, or the bones. Recently, however, they have become places of wellbeing and relaxation where you can enjoy beauty treatments and rediscover your psycho-physical equilibrium.
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Thermal Medicine is a branch of medicine which uses thermal treatments (relating to thermal waters, mud and grottoes) for therapeutic and rehabilitative purposes.
Thermal waters: there are various types of thermal waters. They have a high salt content, can be used in many different ways (baths, inhalations, irrigations etc) and perform a variety of curative functions.
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The pathological conditions which can receive real benefits from thermal treatments (D.M. 15 XII 1994) are chronic, chronic-degenerative and/or recurrent pathological conditions affecting various systems:
- Conditions of the ears, nose and throat and those affecting the respiratory system
- Vasomotor rhinopathy
- Chronic bronchitis accompanied by congestion
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Thalassotherapy is also practiced at the spas. This is a method which makes use of environmental and climatic elements, exploiting the beneficial properties of water for healing and aesthetic therapies.
Sea water, filtered and heated is used to make marine mud for local application or in packs with effects that are both revitalizing and slimming.
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