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Remedial SPA Destination - Karlovy Vary the most notorious spa town located in the Czech Republic

By: Petr Kovar

Carlsbad is the best well-known spa city positioned in West Bohemia. It was established about 1350 by the Holy Roman Emperor & King of Bohemia, Charles 4. Its magnificent roads as well as colonnades are surrounded by tranquil forested hills crisscrossed by hiking and cycling ways that are best for pleasant walks all year round.
A full of activity cultural events calendar, various festivals as well as international conferences make Carlsbad the largest and liveliest spa city in the Czech Republic visited not only by the spa-goers but also celebrities. Karlovy Vary achieved its fame also thanks to its well-known herbal liqueur called Becherovka (nicknamed "The 13th Spring"), Mattoni mineral water, matchless spa wafers, and Moser crystal work.
The curative waters from the springs in the valley of the Tepla River have been used by public from time immemorial - both for consuming as well as bathing.

Organic Health-giving Sources in Karlovy Vary.

The twelve sources that be able to be found here are rich in sodium, bicarbonate and sulphates. The springs are quite comparable to each other with regard to their chemical structure. However they appear out of the land at different temps & have various amounts of CO2. In the view of Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) there are approximately a 100 springs of various warmth & constitution. The mineral-rich mud from a nearby source is as well used in treatment plans. The water & mud are used to heal patients with digestive & musculoskeletal conditions, diabetes and obesity.

Medicinal Indications in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) for adults:

Diseases of the digestive tract (functional dyspepsia gastric, gastric ulcer condition, health conditions following surgical procedure of stomach & esophagus, intestinal issues, Crohn's illness, conditions after an acute toxic hepatitis and liver damage, innate disorders of liver function and other chronic liver conditions), metabolic & endocrine diseases (diabetes mellitus, overweight), disorders of the musculoskeletal system.

Medical Indications in Karlovy Vary for Children:

Disorders of the digestive tract (chronic diseases of the stomach, chronic gastritis ulceration of the stomach, chronic bowel health conditions, Crohn's illness, liver health conditions, hepatitis), metabolic and endocrine disorders (diabetes mellitus, overweight)

Procedures available in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad)

Water therapy: swimming, water workouts, aqua aerobics, Scottish showers, sauna
Baths: thermal, mineral, sparkling, dry, peat with substances (peloid, iodine), Kneipp therapy, hydroxeur, relaxing
Massage: classical, sub aqua, massage chair & bed, Hydro-Jet Sigoroll, lymphatic hand and instrumental
Physical remedy: galvanization, interference, short wave diathermy, magnetic therapy, ultrasound therapy, vacuo-compressio, myostimulator
Radiance therapy: sunray, biolamp, solarium, laser
Thermotherapy: mud wraps, paraffine, lavatherm, pelotherm, cryotherapy
Kinesitherapy: group, pilates, private
Reflexotherapy treatment: breathing, acupuncture, mobilization & handling, reflexive foot massage, underwater acupressure, soft tissue techniques
Other: CO2 insufflation, intestinal lavage with mineral water, oxygen therapy, drinking remedy

VIP Tourists of Karlovy Vary

The list of remarkable records that visited Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) is thanks to the fame of the city very long. The spa city has been the desired summer choice in particular for many musicians, writers & poets but also political figures. Amongst them was Johann W. Goethe as well as the Russian Tsar Peter the Great, German thinker Johann Fichte Gottlieb, German bard Heinrich Heine, the mistress of Monarch Franz Joseph I, the actress Katharina Schratt, Rothschild Rockefeller, manufacturer Arthur Krupp, Izzet Pasha from Constantinople, Chinese Ambassador Chen Soen Ling. Each year the town is as well visited by many famous actors & movie directors thanks to the yearly Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) International Film Fest.

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Author is a Czech Spa history and treatments expert. He is the head therapist of Spa-resorts.cz, leader in organizing spa resort retreats in famous Czech spa townKarlovy Vary (Carlsbad) and other SPA destinations such as Marienbad, Franzienbad and etc.

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