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Hot Baths, Saunas can Relieve Pain, may help Heart

By Amy Chillag, CNN (CNN) Don Benedict played handball competitively for 30 years in the Pacific Northwest. To stay in shape, he ran 5 miles every other day. But decades of pounding the pavement took its toll. When Benedict was 57 years old, he ruptured a disc in his back. And then it happened again. He had … Read More

Muscles in Hot Water

Studies show how hot water therapy can improve muscles after a workout, increasing strength and endurance using heat rather than cold.

4 Ways Swimming Has Helped My Running

This form of cross-training brings some surprising benefits. ByTed Spiker FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2017, 11:05 AM The other day, I walked into the locker room and a friend asked, “Did you just go swimming?”I hadn’t. It just looked that way, because my shorts and shirt were sopped, soaked, and slogged from a run in the Florida … Read More

7 WAYS TECHNOLOGY HAS SIMPLIFIED HOT TUB MAINTENANCE

Spa owners find hot tub maintenance easier than ever. It’s so easy to maintain a hot tub today. You no longer have to worry about restaining wood siding, and you might be surprised at how few chemicals you’ll use. Consider these facts: A hot tub manufactured in 2017 uses just 10 to 20 percent of the chlorine a similar model did in 1997 Today’s hot tub cabinets are made from low-maintenance, weather-resistant vinyl rather than wood … Read More