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

By: Jarda Trynka

Carlsbad is the best well-known spa town located in West Bohemia. It was founded around 1350 by the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia, Charles 4. Its majestic roads and colonnades are surrounded by peaceful forested hills crisscrossed by mountain climbing & cycling paths that are ideal for pleasurable walks all time round.
A tiring cultural events calendar, numerous festivals & international conferences make Karlovy Vary the main and liveliest spa town in the Czech Republic visited not only by the spa-guests but also celebs. Karlovy Vary achieved its fame also thanks to its well-known herbal liqueur labeled as Becherovka (nicknamed "The thirteenth Spring"), Mattoni mineral water, unique spa wafers, and Moser crystal glass.
The curative waters from the springs in the valley of the Tepla River have been used by public from time immemorial - both for drinking as well as bathing.

Organic Remedial Sources in Karlovy Vary.

The twelve sources that be able to be found here are rich in sodium, bicarbonate & sulphates. The springs are very comparable to each other with respect to their chemical structure. Nevertheless they come out of the ground at diverse temperatures and have various amounts of CO2. In the view of Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad or Karlsbad) there are just about a 100 sources of diverse hotness and composition. The mineral-rich mud from a close spring is also used in healing procedures. The mineral water and mud are used to cure patients with digestive and musculoskeletal disorders, diabetes and overweight.

Health Indications in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) for adult patients:

Medical conditions of the digestive tract (functional dyspepsia gastric, gastric ulcer disorder, conditions after surgical procedure of stomach and esophagus, intestinal disorders, Crohn's illness, states after an acute toxic hepatitis & liver harm, inborn disorders of liver function and further chronic liver conditions), metabolic & endocrine problems (diabetes mellitus, obesity), diseases of the locomotor system.

Medical Indications in Karlovy Vary for Children:

Illnesses of the digestive tract (chronic conditions of the stomach, chronic gastritis ulceration of the stomach, lasting bowel conditions, Crohn's disease, liver disorders, hepatitis), metabolic & endocrine diseases (diabetes mellitus, obesity)

types of treatments available in Karlovy Vary

Water therapy: swimming, water workouts, aqua aerobics, Scottish showers, sauna
Baths: thermal, mineral, sparkling, dry, peat with ingredients (peloid, iodine), Kneipp remedies, hydroxeur, relieving
Massage: classical, sub aqua, massage chair and bed, Hydro-Jet Sigoroll, lymphatic manual and instrumental
Physical therapy: galvanization, interference, short wave diathermy, magnetic therapy, ultrasound therapy, vacuo-compressio, myostimulator
Luminosity therapy: sunray, biolamp, solarium, laser
Thermo-therapy: mud wraps, paraffine, lavatherm, pelotherm, cryotherapy
Kinesio therapy: group, pilates, individual
Reflexotherapy treatment: breathing, acupuncture, mobilization and handling, impulsive foot massage, underwater acupressure, soft tissue procedures
Supplementary procedury: CO2 insufflation, intestinal lavage with mineral water, oxygen therapy, drinking cure

VIP Spa visitors of Karlovy Vary

The listing of remarkable figures that visited Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) is thanks to the fame of the city very long. The spa town has been the favorite summer season option in particular for a lot of musicians, writers & poets but also famous polititions. 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 Ruler Franz Joseph I, the performer Katharina Schratt, Rothschild Rockefeller, businessman Arthur Krupp, Izzet Pasha from Constantinople, Chinese Ambassador Chen Soen Ling. Each year the town is also visited by plentiful well-known actors and film directors thanks to the yearly Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad or Karlsbad) International Movie 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 townCarlsbad (Karlovy Vary) and other SPA destinations such as Marienbad, Franzienbad and etc.

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