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Health SPA Destination - Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) the most notorious spa town situated in the Czech Republic

By: Jarda Trynka

Karlsbad is the best recognized spa city situated in West Bohemia. It was established about 1350 by the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia, Charles IV. Its magnificent roads and colonnades are surrounded by calm forested hills crisscrossed with climbing and cycling ways that are perfect for pleasurable walks all time round.
A busy cultural events calendar, various festivals and international conferences put up Karlsbad the biggest and liveliest spa city in the Czech Republic visited not only by the spa-guests but also celebrities. Karlovy Vary achieved its fame also thanks to its known plant based liqueur labeled as Becherovka (nicknamed "The thirteenth Spring"), Mattoni mineral water, unique spa wafers, and Moser crystal work.
The therapeutic waters from the springs in the valley of the Tepla River have been used by people from time immemorial - both for drinking as well as bathing.

Organic Remedial Resources in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary).

The twelve sources that can be found here are rich in sodium, bicarbonate and sulphates. The sources are quite similar to each other with regard to their chemical composition. However they come out of the ground at diverse temps & have a variety of quantities of CO2. In the view of Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad or Karlsbad) there are roughly a hundred springs of numerous temperature and constitution. The mineral-rich mud from a nearby source is as well used in treatment options. The water & mud are used to cure patients with digestive & musculoskeletal problems, diabetic issues & overweight.

Medicinal Indications in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad or Karlsbad) for adults:

Health conditions of the digestive tract (functional dyspepsia gastric, gastric ulcer disorder, health conditions after surgical procedure of stomach and esophagus, intestinal disorders, Crohn's diseases, conditions after an acute toxic hepatitis & liver damage, innate disorders of liver function & other chronic liver conditions), metabolic & endocrine problems (diabetes mellitus, overweight), disorders of the locomotor system.

Medical Indications in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) for Children:

Conditions of the digestive tract (chronic health conditions of the stomach, chronic gastritis ulceration of the stomach, chronic bowel health conditions, Crohn's disease, liver disorders, hepatitis), metabolic & endocrine conditions (diabetes mellitus, overweight)

Procedures available in Karlovy Vary

Water therapy: swimming, water physical exercises, aqua aerobics, Scottish showers, sauna
Baths: thermal, mineral, carbonated, dry, peat with ingredients (peloid, iodine), Kneipp therapy, hydroxeur, relieving
Massage: classical, sub aqua, massage chair & bed, Hydro-Jet Sigoroll, lymphatic hand and instrumental
Natural 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: inhalation, acupuncture, mobilization & handling, reflexive foot massage, underwater acupressure, soft tissue procedures
Supplementary procedury: CO2 insufflation, intestinal lavage with mineral water, oxygen therapy, drinking therapy

VIP Tourists of Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad)

The record of remarkable figures that visited Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) is thanks to the fame of the city incredibly long. The spa town has been the preferred summer choice particularly for various musicians, writers and poets but also political figures. Among them was Johann W. Goethe as well as the Russian Tsar Peter the Great, German thinker Johann Fichte Gottlieb, German poet Heinrich Heine, the mistress of Emperor Franz Joseph I, the performer Katharina Schratt, Rothschild Rockefeller, businessman Arthur Krupp, Izzet Pasha from Constantinople, Chinese Ambassador Chen Soen Ling. Every year the city is as well visited by many recognized artists and movie directors thanks to the yearly Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad or Karlsbad) International Film 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 getaways in famous Czech spa townKarlovy Vary (Carlsbad or Karlsbad) and other SPA destinations such as Marienbad, Franzienbad and etc.

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