Liguria wellness holidays

It’s possible to spend Liguria wellness holidays during your Italy vacations at the seaside. You can choose among some very famous sea resorts: Alassio, Diano Marina, Laigueglia, Pigna, Uscio. One of these Italy seaside resorts, Pigna, is a thermal hot spring resort offering sulphur waters. An Italy wellness hotel in Laigueglia is “targeted” towards families; while mum and dad are relaxing in the whirlpool bath or in the sauna, children play in the mini-club, overseen by qualified and certified personnel. This Italy family hotel at the seaside also offers many very interesting holiday packages for families with children. Thalassotherapy fans can also book Italy wellness vacations at Diano Marina; here there’s a wellness hotel specialized in this field!

Liguria thermal spa resorts:

• Pigna: its hot springs are of the sulphur type. They are useful to cure the following disorders: osteo-articular, rheumatic, respiratory, cutaneous, otolaryngological, gynecological. Therapeutic waters are given out under the form of: balneotherapy, under water massages, hydro-massages, inhalations, mud baths, therapeutic drinks.
• Thalassotherapy: it designs the therapeutic use of the sea and algae, and it’s a very popular wellness treatment to cure cellulite. The sea water is used under the form of balneotherapy, sand baths, showers, therapeutic drinks, mixed with sweet drinks, algotherapy, inhalations, nebulizations. Thalassotherapy isn’t just useful to cure cellulite, but to cure lymphatism as well, together with cutaneous disorders like psoriasis and acne, respiratory problems and rickets.
• Algoterapy: it’s the therapeutic use of algae to cure cellulite and osteo-articular disorders. To cure the latter, the fresh or dried algae are mixed with sea water and clay. It’s useful to cure arthritis, osteo-articular disorders and rickets. Many of them are very rich in vitamins and useful to cure digestive problems, like in case of carrageen, porphyra umbelicalis, ulva. Alga Spirulina is very rich in B-vitamins, apart being a very effective anti-cellulite. Algae are often used in anti-cellulite products, as they absorb the water present in the human body thanks to the osmosis process, which tones skin up. Algae help the fat-burning process and smooth your skin; they are also very effective to cure the capillaries fragility.
• Psammoterapy: psammoterapy, or sand baths, designs the application of sand on the body parts to be cured, for 20 minutes. The patient can also entirely be covered in sand, apart from his/her head and chest. Sand has disinfectant, alkalinizing and detergent properties. It’s useful to cure osteo-articular and cutaneous disorders, such as psoriasis, rickets and respiratory disorders. It also stimulates blood circulation, fighting cellulite.
• Balneoterapy: it designs the immersion in sea water or thermal water-filled swimming pools; under water massages, idrokinesitherapy, baths in ozone- enriched water, hydro massages and Kneipp cures are also part of balneotherapy. This wellness treatment is the ideal solution to cure many kinds of physical traumas, cellulite, many kinds of phlebitis and other osteo-articular disorders. A balneotherapy session lasts 20 minutes almost and can take place in sea water or in sea-water filled swimming pools, heated at a temperature of 36°-38°.