Can Your Hot Tub Ease Lower Back Pain?

While a hot tub is great to relax in, it also has some pretty amazing benefits for individual health and wellbeing.

But can your hot tub help improve lower back pain?

Those soothing jets of warm water may certainly help loosen those muscles and ease tension as any hot tub owner knows.

Here we take a closer look at what causes lower back pain and whether a dip in your tub can make a difference.

What is Lower Back Pain?

According to the NHS, almost 80% of us will suffer from back pain at some point during our lives. It’s become increasingly common in recent years because we lead such sedentary lifestyles. We spend hours hunched over computers at work, are stuck behind the wheel of our cars for long periods and then spend the evening slouched in front of the TV.

Lower back pain can be an acute attack that occurs suddenly or chronic, meaning it causes issues over longer periods of time. If you suffer from back pain, you’ll know how painful and debilitating it can be.

There are various ways to improve a condition like this such as doing appropriate stretching exercises, eating a good diet and maintaining a healthy weight and taking painkillers such as Ibuprofen.

Putting a hot water bottle on your back can also help. Much of the pain in lower back problems can come from the muscles spasming and tightening up. The warmth helps the muscles to relax and bring some relief.

Can Soaking in a Hot Tub Help Lower Back Pain?

Your hot tub provides a unique environment to help ease back pain. Of course, if you have an ongoing back problem of any kind it’s important to get the right medical advice from your GP or a chiropractor before you do anything. We are not medical professionals at Aqua Design and Leisure and using a hot tub is not being offered as a cure for your back problem.

The right hot tub will provide three distinct therapies that you might look for in back pain relief:

• The warmth of the water will help improve circulation and release the tension in your back muscles.
• The buoyancy of the water should support you meaning you take the pressure off your joints and bones – something you don’t always get with a normal bath.
• If your hot tub has jets, then these will provide a massage that will work on the muscles and help ease any spasms.

Which is the Best Hot Tub for Lower Back Pain?

The good news is that modern hot tubs come in a variety of different sizes and with a range of features including hydrotherapy jets. If you are searching for something to help with back pain, it’s important to choose a model that allows you to sit comfortably and enjoy the massaging effect of those jets. You’ll also want to be able to get in and out as easily as possible.

Hot tubs may have a range of different therapeutic uses including helping conditions such as reducing stress. It’s important to have a real idea of what you want your hot tub to do for you but many people use it for both social and wellbeing purposes.

At Aqua Design and Leisure, we offer a range of different quality hot tubs, premier brands that are manufactured in the USA. If you would like to find out more, contact us today.