Massage. Just reading this word makes you feel more relaxed, doesn’t it? Yet, while massages loosen up our tight muscles and help us recover from strenuous workouts, not all of us have time to schedule appointments with a licensed massage therapist.
Adventure Fitness Athletic Club offers an incredible alternative to traditional massage — our Hydro Massage Bed, which is free to use for everyone with a GOLD membership. Available on a first-come, first-served basis, our Hydro Massage Bed can be enjoyed for 30-minute sessions by simply checking in at the front desk of our Thornton gym.
If you’ve been interested in trying out this heavenly form of massage, read on to learn more about what a Hydro Massage Bed is, how it provides massage therapy, and what the benefits are.
What is traditional massage?
Traditional massage therapy is a treatment in which a trained and certified massage therapist uses varying degrees of pressure and movement to manipulate the soft tissues of the body — the muscles, skin, connective tissues, ligaments, and tendons. This type of therapy helps to reduce pain, muscle tension, and stress and is used to treat a wide range of conditions including neck and back pain, osteoarthritis, headaches, and fibromyalgia.
What is a Hydro Massage Bed?
A Hydro Massage Bed applies the same pressure and movement that you’d receive from the hands of a massage therapist, but you get the massage by reclining on a bed that uses jets of pressurized, warm water. This water is the “hydro” part of the Hydro Massage Bed. However, even though water is a main component the massage, the Hydro Massage Bed provides a dry massage because the water stays contained within the bed.
This means you can stay fully clothed when you use a Hydro Massage Bed. You can also target the areas of your body that you’d like via touchscreen controls. There are pre-programmed massages that you can try, or you can adjust the bed’s settings as you desire to get the exact massage you want.
What can a Hydro Massage Bed do?
Our Hydro Massage Bed at AFAC can play an important role in helping you achieve overall wellness thanks to the many different ways you can customize your experience. This technology is the ultimate tool to achieve complete comfort, relaxation, and rejuvenation!
Here are a few options you can control on our Hydro Massage Bed:
- Target up to 60 different areas of your body with the warm, pressurized jets of water.
- Control the speed and temperature of the water jets.
- Enhance your experience with relaxing videos, music, e-books, wellness articles, apps, games, and more.
As you can see, there are many ways to tailor your Hydro Massage Bed experience. Play a game, read a book, or simply close your eyes and unwind as your body is relaxed and recharged.
What are the benefits of using our Hydro Massage Bed?
The Hydro Massage Bed at AFAC offers many of the same benefits as traditional massage, with a few of its own additional perks, as well. Some of the many benefits of using a Hydro Massage Bed, even for 15 minutes, include:
- A sense of deep relaxation that improves mood
- Temporary relief from aches and pains
- Reduced levels of anxiety and stress in both the body and the mind
- Increased circulation in the areas that are massaged which could speed healing
- Relief from muscle tension, soreness, and stiffness
- Relief from muscle knots and spasms
- Faster recovery after intense training
- Treatment of chronic conditions like osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, neck pain, back pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, headaches, and fibromyalgia
- Greater accessibility and convenience compared to booking an appointment with a massage therapist
- Receiving a dry massage that provides the luxurious, weightless feeling that only water can provide
- Receiving enough pressure to reach deeper tissues without the discomfort or pain that you might experience with traditional massage
- The ability to adjust the pressure and direction of the massage during each session, so it will meet your immediate needs
- Avoiding the delayed onset of muscle soreness after a workout because of increased circulation of nutrient- and oxygen-rich blood
- Getting a great massage in a short amount of time — 15 minutes on a Hydro Massage Bed can provide the same benefits as a 60-minute session with a therapist
- Staying fully clothed and comfortable, which also saves you time
Feel Amazing With Hydro Massage Bed Sessions at AFAC
The Hydro Massage Bed is an especially popular benefit for GOLD members of Adventure Fitness Athletic Club. GOLD members can use our Hydro Massage Bed on a first-come, first-served basis for 30-minute sessions by inquiring at our front desk for assistance.
For more information about our Hydro Massage Bed or how to get a GOLD membership at AFAC, contact our gym or visit our front desk. You can also call Susan at 720-849-0245 or email her at susan@adventurefitness.club.
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