Imagine lying down in a cozy, dimly lit room. Soft music is playing in the background and warm water massages you like rain falling from above.

Sound heavenly?

Oh, it is. It also happens to be very beneficial. This luxurious water treatment is detoxifying, hydrating, and intensely relaxing. It affects both the skin and the muscles. It calms the lungs, heart, stomach, and endocrine system by stimulating nerve reflexes on the spinal cord.

The Vichy shower, which originated in Vichy, France, is a form of hydrotherapy. Hydrotherapy is the therapeutic use of hot and /or cold water to alleviate pain, relieve stress, and to achieve a state of comfort, relaxation, and refreshment. During your Vichy shower treatment the therapist will adjust and alternate massage jets over your entire body. The Vichy shower is a 6 headed rain bar that can be adjusted to provide light pressure (for a soothing, tingling, sedating effect) or stronger pressure (for relieving tension in your problem areas). Your therapist will decide with you beforehand whether you should have a hot, cold, or contrast shower. The hot water is to relax tense muscles and muscle spasms, increase blood flow to the tissues, and relieve pain. It also initiates a good night