21 Jan

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How a Hot Tub Can Help You Fall Asleep Faster

From Swim University

Hot Tubs have gained tremendous notoriety for their ability to relax one, their ability to provide rehabilitation for injuries, and their ability to provide a wonderful gathering place for intimacy and friends.  One of the least publicized, and least understood benefits from hot tub usage is the ability to help people that suffer from insomnia.  This post from Matt Giovanisci at Swim University presents not only the conjecture that a hot tub can help people fall asleep, it talks about the reasons why and how it actually works.

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20 Jan

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A History of Innovation: Hot Tubs From Aqua There is nothing quite like sinking into a steaming hot tub, especially when the temps are cold.  Most people, when enjoying this singular recreational activity that promotes relaxation, healing, and calmness of...

02 Dec

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A History of Innovation: Hot Tubs

From AQUA

When the weather turns cold, most people's thoughts have long left the swimming pool and are on to things like snowboards, gloves, and goretex jackets.  One remnant of the backyard that may actually stay in peoples minds, however, is the hot tub.  Hot tubs have a long and storied history, as this post from Aqua Magazine presents.  From the 1950's when the Jacuzzi brand became synonomous with the item, all the way through our present day computer and smartphone controls, the hot tub has truy evolved to something more than just a hot body of water.

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09 Sep

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Hot Tub Folliculitis: Prevention and Treatment

From Swim University

Most people, especially children, never give the act of jumping into a public hot tub much thought.  It seems like a fun, harmless way to warm up and prolong the day at the waterpark or public swimming pool.  What these people don't realize, according to this post from Swim University, is that hot tubs are scary places.  They run the risk of dehydrating the bather, as well as passing some water-borne diseases that are present in the super-heated water.  One such disease is Hot Tub Folliculitis, which infects the hair folicles of the person, and presents a red, bumpy rash and pus-filled bilsters.  Fortunately, as the post explains, this condition is preventable and treatable.

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