Bardejovské Kúpele Hotel ALŽBETA

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Methods of Treatment: The range of treatments in use is very wide. It includes all the principal methods of complex balneotherapy. These are:

Mineral Water Drinking Cures: These rank among the main healing procedures. The natural waters that spring up here are classified as hydrocarbonic, sodium chloride, ferrous, cold, hypotonic, with a relatively high content of boric acid. The total mineralization of the individual springs ranges from 1,600 mg./liter (the Klára spring) to 9,400 mg/liter (the Hercules spring), and from 2,200 to 3,800 mg/liter of carbonic oxide.

Heat Therapy: In applying heat treatments, natural curative springs as
  well as artificial heat sources are used. Thermo-therapeutic healing methods used at the spa involve: paraffin, peat, infrared radiation, sauna, and electromagnetic waves.

Hydrotherapy: In addition to Kneipp methods, all other applications of modern hydrotherapy also have their place at the spa. The main ones are mineral and bubbling baths. For the mineral baths, water is drawn from the Klára and Alexander springs. Other applications of waters are: whirlpools, baths with additives, Finnish sauna, Turkish steam baths,
Scottish showers, and alternating walking baths.

Carbonic Therapies: Since spring waters used for mineral baths are rich in carbonic oxide, the mineral baths rank among these therapies.