The welfare has never been so trendy. Indeed, for a few years now, the French have been taking more and more time for themselves, especially since the Covid-19 health crisis. After trying years during which they juggled between confinement et restrictionsthey want to take more time for themselves and focus on their desires.
The methods natural well-being are back in fashion. This is particularly the case for courses in yogafrom naturopathybut also other older and forgotten techniques such as spa treatments where the thalassotherapy.
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Indeed, these cures have often had bad press and had the reputation of being reserved only for an elderly clientele. But that tends to change. More and more French people are turning to these cures in order to escape for a while and have a little moment of relaxation just for themselves. But then, what to choose between a spa treatment and thalassotherapy? Few people know it, but there is a difference between the two, and it can change everything.
So, spa treatment or thalassotherapy?
As reported by the site of Dax thermal bathsthe objectives will not be the same between a thalassotherapy and a spa treatment.
Thalassotherapy, as its name suggests, “thalasso” and “therapy”, is a treatment provided with sea water, unlike spa treatment which refers to “thermal baths” and therefore with water that comes from the source and whose properties will vary depending on where it is taken. Here’s to the first difference. But that’s not all.
Thalassotherapy uses other natural elements such as mud, or some to do massage. There are also massage baths, jet showers, etc., which have only one purpose: to unwind and relax.
However, the purpose of the spa treatment is to cure. There is a health aspect since during the said cure, the patients are followed by doctors, rheumatologists, phlebologists, etc. It is therefore used to fight against a pathology and this is the reason why it is reimbursed by the Social Security, unlike thalassotherapy which has not been covered since 1998.