Hydrotherapy using Hot Spring

Abstract

Hydrotherapy is the use of water for curing illness. The water used includes hot water, cold water, fresh water. Using hot spring is an alternative for hydrotherapy because it has the quality for rehabilitation. Recently, hot spring is used as the selling point in Spa business in Thailand. The knowledge about their mineral constituents, their temperature, the time for soaking and also their benefits for health; will make public health’s officers and people in spa business feel more confident about their services and will also help them to improve the “Spa” business according to natural resources in their area. This will help upgrading Thai spa business to international standard. In addition, the selling points according to the differences of natural resources in each area can also use for obtaining the most benefit in running the business. Details on the property of hot spring, radioactivity, pathogen contamination and factors that enhance pathogen distribution were presented in this review.