Using Hot Tubs to Soothe Fibromyalgia Pain

Widespread muscle and joint pain, muscle spasms, and fatigue are just a few of the symptoms that people with this condition have to deal with. Fibromyalgia is difficult to spell and a tongue twister to say but it is even more difficult to live with. The pain is crippling and can be discouraging to those who suffer from it on a daily basis. Did you know that using a hot tub can help with this medical condition! Here are some points that fibromyalgia sufferers will find encouraging.

Widespread Pain

Soaking in hot springs have been viewed as a source of healing traced all the way back to ancient times. Studies have shown that using hydrotherapy on patients with fibromyalgia lessens their aches and pains! In fact, after discontinuing the said study, their pain subsided up to an additional six months! Hot tub hydrotherapy can be used to treat and relieve lower back pain that often haunts fibromyalgia sufferers.

Fatigue

Sleeplessness and stress seem to go hand in hand and are also closely related to fibromyalgia. Recent sleep studies have shown that relaxing in a hot tub before bed can help improve the quality of your sleep and allow you to fall into a deep sleep more easily. Hot tubs are great to help promote relaxation and reduce stress! With less stress and more sleep, you will begin to feel like a new person.

Muscle Spasms

Your grandma’s use of a heating pad to help with her aching back…still rings true. But when you soak in a hot tub you are not only penetrating the spot of pain but also every muscle surrounding it! A relaxing dip in your hot tub will dilate your blood vessels, increasing blood flow and promoting healing!  
Relaxing, stress relieving, sleep-inducing and infinitely healthier than pain pills! A hot tub might just be the thing to soothe away your fibromyalgia pain!