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 Apart from the rare landscapes and
special natural beauties, nature also
endowed Greece with springs with
important therapeutic properties.
Spas are part of the countryís national
wealth, while their therapeutic
properties were already known
in ancient times. Natural mineral resources
are scattered all over the
country; while the water of these springs differs from common water, either due to the high
temperature or to the presence of rare drastic components. The water of these springs is
marked as mineral water, because of thetemperaturor the general chemical composition.
 Apart from cold mineral springs, there are also hot springs and these are the ones used in
therapeutic treatment: spa hydrotherapy (thermalism). The geographic allocation of the
springs is not accidental as it is connected either with tectonic events, as is the case for
example for the springs of Kaifa, Kyllini and Langada, or with volcanic activities, as in the
case of the springs of Methana, Milos, Lesbos, Samothrace, and Limnos.
Hydrotherapy is particularly important for the treatment of
multiple affections such as arthritis and rheumatic diseases,
and falls into two categories:-
1) Internal therapy
 2) External therapy
Internal therapy, which includes
drinking therapy (drinking of natural mineral waters),
inhalation therapy (inhalation of fumes or droplets of
mineral water) and lavages (oral, nasal,gynaecological).
External therapy, which includes baths, jet showers (the
body is hit by thermal mineral water under high or low pressure
for a specific period of time), hydromassaging (the
pressure of the water massages the body),
hydrokinesotherapy (combination of balneotherapy and
kinesotherapy for the period of time the body is inside the
water) and fangotherapy (application of mud, which has ìripenedî, on those parts of the
body that suffer from various disorders). |
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