Of all the natural therapies, the one that has caught the
attention of the many is the hot tub therapy. It is popularly known as
the hydrotherapy and is believed to be one of the most impeccable ways
to improve general health of people.
Apart from treating some
common ailments like back pains and joint pains, hypertension or high
blood pressure is also known to get cured with the use of hot tubs.
Generally, the therapy involving hot tub is used as an assistant
treatment to the regular medications that a person suffering from high
blood pressure is indulging in.
But the patient is always advised
to consult their doctor before trying this therapy to lower their blood
pressure. This is because, the therapy initially increases the body'
blood pressure due to increased temperature of the body. Therefore
people with high blood pressure should first consult their doctors
before using this kind of water therapy.
However, hot water has a
very positive effect on your body as it dilates the blood vessels. As
the blood vessels dilate, the heart does not have to work hard in
pumping blood in the vessels. The lowered activity in the heart provides
an over-all relief to the high blood pressure patient. But for some
patients such kind of relaxation is not optimal.
The reason
because of which the blood vessels dilate when brought in contact with
hot water is very simple. When your body comes in touch with hot water,
there is reflex that goes to your brain with information that your body
temperature has risen from the normal levels. Thus the vessels near the
skin, which are in direct touch with the water relaxes and dissipates
all heat outside the body. Thus all these developments in the body
dilate the vessels. This process in medical terms is known as
Vasodilation. In vasodilation more oxygen is transported to all body
parts. Oxygen is a very important element for your body as it hastens
the process of healing.
Apart from this, the process of
vasodilation has another important advantage for the body. It helps the
blood in clearing itself from all the waste accumulated in it. With the
day in progress, the food you eat and the physical activities that you
perform, a lot of waste and harmful chemical substances get deposited in
the body. With hot tub treatment and the process of vasodilation, the
blood reaches fast to the body parts and thus removes the waste
products. This could again help lower your blood pressure.
So talk to your doctor now and find out if hot tubs can help you decrease your blood pressure.