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The Steps to a Great Bathing Experience
Our world-famous hot mineral baths are one of our most
popular and memorable experiences. And with the
restoration of Downtown and the magnificent Hot Springs
National Park Visitors Center & Museum, they are
becoming even more popular.
Some visitors, however, have questions and show some
concerns about the bathing experience because of modesty
or assumptions about the nature of the baths. To reassure
your clients about the pleasurable and STRESS-FREE bath
environment, here are the steps involved in the bath
regimen:
- As clients enter the bathhouses of their choice, their
valuables will be locked in individual security boxes and
the keys given to them for safekeeping.
- Next, the bather is escorted to the bathing area dressing
rooms. The bath is a totally private experience, not a
group bath. A personal attendant for the bather (of the
same gender) will first assist in helping the bather into a
cotton “toga-style” bathing wrap.
- Then the bather is given a cup of hot mineral water to
drink. This is not a sulfuric “medicinal tasting” water -often
associated with some hot springs - but our pure
mineral water. It is free of contaminants and is world
famous for its wonderful taste. The hot water helps ready
the bather’s body for the 100 degree bath.
- Next the bather enters the bath. Throughout the bath,
which lasts about 20 minutes, the bather’s progress and
condition will be monitored by the attendant.
- Each bather is given the choice of a “sitz” bath or a steam
cabinet. The “sitz” bath is a special tub allowing the legs
and feet to rest over its edge, the therapeutic effect
concentrating on the lower trunk.
- These are followed by hot packs and then a needle shower.
- Finally, the bather has the option of a full-body Swedish
Massage, lasting a minimum of 20 minutes. A more
relaxed and fresher-looking client leaves the baths.
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