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Train Hard. Recover Faster. Learn how hot tub hydrotherapy improves overall wellness.

The use of hot tub hydrotherapy is commonplace among both amateur and professional athletes alike. From stretching and relaxation to arthritis pain and injury recovery, hot tubs can be a game-changing addition to a runner’s training regimen.

Sports medicine experts advise athletes to immerse recently injured and over-worked muscles in cold water. It’s a critical move following a long run or after sustaining an injury to reduce swelling to the impacted area or muscle group.

But once the acute inflammation stage has subsided, penetrating, moist heat from a hot tub can reduce muscle spasms, improve joint stiffness and make soft tissue more pliable or limber. Depending on the injury or even after some surgeries, the hot water combined with therapy can have a beneficial effect.

“Many of our customers are runners, cyclists or other athletic, active adults who rediscover the product at a friend’s house or upon the recommendation of a health professional,” says Anthony Pasquarelli of Jacuzzi® brand hot tubs. “It’s just a product that makes your body feel better.”

How Does the Time-Honored Healing of Hydrotherapy Work?

Hot tubs offer the ideal conditions for hydrotherapy, the time-honored use of water for healing through the combination of heat, buoyancy and massage. Immersion in warm water raises the body temperature, causing blood vessels to dilate, improving circulation to bring vital nutrients to healing tissue. The heat also promotes the release of endorphins.

The soothing warmth and buoyancy of hot tub immersion loosens joints and can be used in combination with stretching to increase range of motion. For those with the signs of arthritis, heat from the warm water can make joint movement much easier.

According to Jacuzzi®, the official hydrotherapy sponsor of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series, other beneficial hydrotherapies can also be part of the hot tub experience.

Reflexology achieved through a state-of-the-art hot tub’s powerful jets can target specific pressure points in the foot. This type of massage relieves nervous tension through the application of finger pressure—especially to the bottom of the feet, which contain more than 7,000 nerve endings.

Watsu is a form of traditional Japanese Shiatsu finger-pressure massage applied to the chi, the body’s energy channels. Performed by a skilled practitioner in the warm water of a hot tub, Watsu enhances the Shiatsu moves and stretches, yielding feelings of well-being and total relaxation.

Aromatherapy is known to be the healing power of therapeutic aromas and muscle relaxants derived from combined oils of plants. This is intensified using a hot tub that can infuse healing bubbles of aromatic air into the dancing water.

The relaxing warmth of the hot tub experience can improve the health of many but it’s always a good idea for people with specific or chronic health conditions to check with their doctor.

For more information on hydrotherapy and an exclusive gift card offer for runners who purchase a Jacuzzi® brand hot tub, visit www.jacuzzisport.com and see us at the Expo.

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