Karlsbad is the best branded spa city situated in West Bohemia. It was established approximately 1350 by the Holy Roman Emperor & King of Bohemia, Charles IV. Its majestic roads & colonnades are surrounded by peaceful forested hills crisscrossed by climbing & cycling ways that are ideal for lovely walks all time of the year round.
A busy cultural events calendar, numerous festivals & international conferences make Carlsbad the leading and liveliest spa town in the Czech Republic visited not only by the spa-goers but also celebrities. Karlovy Vary achieved its fame also thanks to its known plant based liqueur called Becherovka (nicknamed "The thirteenth Spring"), Mattoni mineral water, unique spa wafers, and Moser crystal work.
The curing mineral water from the springs in the valley of the Tepla River have been used by people from time immemorial - both for drinking as well as bathing.
Natural Health-giving Sources in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad or Karlsbad).
The twelve springs that be able to be found here are rich in sodium, bicarbonate as well as sulphates. The springs are very comparable to each other with regard to their chemical structure. Nevertheless they appear out of the earth at different temps and have numerous amounts of CO2. In the surroundings of Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad or Karlsbad) there are about a 100 sources of diverse hotness and composition. The mineral-rich mud from a close source is also used in therapies. The mineral water & mud are used to deal with patients with digestive and musculoskeletal conditions, diabetes & overweight.
Medicinal Indications in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) for adult patients:
Medical conditions of the digestive tract (functional dyspepsia gastric, gastric ulcer condition, conditions subsequent to surgery of stomach & esophagus, intestinal issues, Crohn's illness, states after an acute toxic hepatitis & liver damage, congenital disorders of liver function & further chronic liver disorders), metabolic & endocrine problems (diabetes mellitus, obesity), health conditions of the locomotor system.
Medicinal Indications in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) for Children:
Diseases of the digestive tract (chronic health conditions of the stomach, chronic gastritis ulceration of the stomach, lasting bowel diseases, Crohn's disease, liver disorders, hepatitis), metabolic & endocrine diseases (diabetes mellitus, obesity)
treatments available in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad or Karlsbad)
Hydrotherapy: swimming, water workouts, aqua aerobics, Scottish showers, sauna
Baths: thermal, mineral, carbonated, dry, peat with substances (peloid, iodine), Kneipp remedy, hydroxeur, relieving
Massage: classical, underwater, massage chair & bed, Hydro-Jet Sigoroll, lymphatic manual and instrumental
Physical remedy: galvanization, interference, small wave diathermy, magnetic therapy, ultrasound therapy, vacuo-compressio, myostimulator
Luminosity therapy: sunray, biolamp, solarium, laser
Thermotherapy: mud wraps, paraffine, lavatherm, pelotherm, cryotherapy
Kinesitherapy: group, pilates, personal
Reflexotherapy treatment: inhalation, acupuncture, mobilization and management, reflexive foot massage, underwater acupressure, soft tissue methods
Supplementary: CO2 insufflation, intestinal lavage with mineral water, oxygen therapy, drinking healing
VIP Spa visitors of Karlovy Vary
The list of remarkable figures that visited Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad or Karlsbad) is thanks to the fame of the city very extended. The spa city has been the most wanted summer choice in particular for a lot of musicians, writers and poets but also known political figures. Among them was Johann W. Goethe as well as the Russian Tsar Peter the Great, German philosopher Johann Fichte Gottlieb, German bard Heinrich Heine, the mistress of Royal leader Franz Joseph I, the artist Katharina Schratt, Rothschild Rockefeller, industrialist Arthur Krupp, Izzet Pasha from Constantinople, Chinese Ambassador Chen Soen Ling. Each year the city is also visited by various famous actors and movie directors thanks to the yearly Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) International Movie Festival.
Author Resource:
Author is a Czech Spa history and treatments expert. He is the head therapist of Spa-resorts.cz, leader in organizing spa resort getaways in famous Czech spa townKarlovy Vary (Carlsbad or Karlsbad) and other SPA destinations such as Marienbad, Franzienbad and etc.
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