Life in a metropolis does not have the best effect on the body. Where to restore your body? Woman’s day, together with the specialists of the insurance company “Intouch”, have prepared a list of the best places.
Mineralnye Vody and surroundings
The name Mineralnye Vody speaks for itself: around this small town, one of the most famous Russian resorts, there are numerous healing springs and curative mud. Other settlements located nearby (Kislovodsk, Pyatigorsk, Essentuki, Zheleznovodsk, etc.) are also great for medical tourism. The history of this region as a resort destination is more than 200 years old – princes, nobles and even members of the imperial family came here to improve their health back in the time of Pushkin.
The quality and quantity of balneological (in other words, mineral and mud) resources is unique: the healing properties of the natural resources of Kavminvod are incredibly diverse. Hot hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, radon, nitrogen-methane – this is just a small list of medicinal waters that exist in this region. And at the bottom of Lake Tambukan alone there is about one and a half million tons of curative mud!
People go to the waters of the Caucasus to treat gynecological and skin diseases, diseases of the stomach and musculoskeletal system, urological and ENT diseases, vascular and heart diseases. At the same time, the cost of treatment in the Caucasus, in comparison with similar places of rest abroad, is very low and affordable for many, and the health effect will give odds to a number of European spa resorts.
Buck
If you nevertheless decide to improve your health in Europe, we recommend paying attention to the city with the funny name Buk – one of the largest thermal spas in Hungary. There are healing springs here, with the help of which tourists treat numerous diseases of various kinds. These are scoliosis, and spinal injuries, and tuberculosis, and gynecological diseases, and ailments of the genitourinary system, and much more.
Here, rehabilitation takes place after various injuries and operations, including neurosurgical ones. There are several swimming pools for adults and children in the city’s therapeutic bath. In the sanatoriums of Buk, you can do a full-fledged medical examination and, depending on the indications, undergo a course of treatment with mineral water – both externally and internally.
Ein Bock
Ein Bokek is an Israeli city right on the shores of the famous Dead Sea. This is a unique body of water: the water in it is incredibly salty and enriched with a huge amount of minerals and other substances that are very beneficial for the skin. Dead Sea mud also has incredible healing and cosmetic properties: it stops inflammation in the skin, cleanses it of toxins, smoothes wrinkles, fights cellulite, improves metabolism and stimulates blood circulation.
People come to Ein Bokek and other resorts of the Dead Sea not only with skin diseases, but also with diseases of the musculoskeletal system, gynecological, urological and even congenital diseases, neuritis, when recovering from complex operations.
The Dead Sea is home to a large number of not only medical and resort institutions, but also clinics. Local medicine is renowned for its quality and hospitals are renowned for their excellent technical equipment. People from all over the world, including Russia, travel to Israeli clinics for the treatment of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Recently, foreign medicine has become available not only to wealthy people, but also to Russians with average and even low incomes. For example, the Intouch company, together with the international medical association Best Doctors, offers insurance against fatal diseases (for example, cancer) with treatment in the best clinics in the world, including in Israel, and the cost of a basic policy is a little more than 1000 rubles per month.
But back to the Dead Sea. The healing rest here is not only very healthy, but also incredibly exciting! You really can’t drown in this pond, so even if you can’t swim, it doesn’t matter! You can lie on your back and calmly drift along the waves, and if you get tired of the water, plunge your whole body into the healing mud. It is said to have beneficial effects on mental health as well, as the body automatically remembers times in the womb.
Rishikesh
Rishikesh is the oldest city in India, located in the foothills of the Himalayas. For thousands of years sages and ascetics have come here. Now Rishikesh is the world capital of yoga, and if oriental health practices are close to you, then it is here that it is recommended to go to improve your health and breathe the freshest Himalayan air.
In Rishikesh, yoga tours are organized with classes several times a day and meditation, ancient techniques are studied here, aimed at recovering from emotional and physical stress. Also, here you can buy numerous natural Ayurvedic remedies made from herbs that have a beneficial effect on the body (in particular, on the skin).
If you are not interested in a ready-made yoga tour, then you can independently come to the city and find a suitable place for medical practice on the spot. In Rishikesh, you can easily find a place for both group and individual yoga classes: masters of this direction come here from all over the world. In many yoga centers there are doctors who will provide the necessary assistance in case of the slightest problems during classes.