The use of water as a source of healing goes back to the times of ancient Babylon, Egypt and China. The pioneer of hydrotherapy in Europe is regarded as Asclepius, who built a massive hydrotherapy complex in Epidaurus on the Peloponnesian peninsula. The Romans were the greatest proponents of the systematic building of baths. The use of water for the purpose of healing was developed to its most sophisticated degree by the physician Priessnitz, and one hundred years later by the priest and physician, Kneipp.

While water affects the whole of the human body, we see the greatest effects on the vessels – primarily the superficial and lymphatic vessels, and bodily cavities. Hydrostatic pressure means that a person with a mass of 70 kg weighs 8 kg when submerged in water. The movement of water – through whirlpool baths, subaquatic massage, and Scottish showers – or the movement of gas – pearl baths – have massaging and reflexive effects.

The hydrotherapeutic procedures that we offer include e.g.

Whole-body whirlpool, whirlpool on both the upper and lower limbs – this procedure utilises the healing effects of heat and light massage.

Hydromassage bath, in which the effect consists in the massaging of the skin and hypodermis through the flow of compressed air.

Subaquatic massage (current massage) – this combines the mechanical and thermal effect and the aquatic environment.
The goal of this deep massage is to loosen up stiff muscles and connective tissue and partially loosen up the joint.

Four-chambered galvanic bath – consists of a source of galvanic current and baths for the upper and lower limbs. This bath operates on the principle of unidirectional galvanic current in water. Both the upper and lower limbs are submerged in baths and the intensity and polarity of the current is selected based on the doctor’s prescription.

Alternating treadle Kneipp bath, commonly used for vessel exercises and reduction of muscle tone, starting with approx. 3 min. of treatment with warm water, followed by 20 seconds of cold-water treatment, which concludes the procedure.

Spa Resort Libverda has high quality electrotherapy equipment from BTL.

Physical therapy is now equipped with the latest and most technologically advanced series designed for rehabilitation.

BTL 4620 Premium - a device with a wide range of therapeutic currents on the market including electro gymnastics, galvanic current, Träbert or Faradic current, TENS, diadynamic currents or interference currents, etc. A vacuum unit is added to the device to be used on less accessible areas than conventional electrodes.
BTL - 4710 Premium - an ultrasound device with a unique unattended applicator with a rotating hands-free sono field. This applicator precisely creates a rotating ultrasound field without the need for therapist intervention.
The BTL 4920 Premium magnetotherapy device features applicators with unique FMF technology.

All devices can be fully utilized and the desired program can be professionally set thanks to preset protocols and therapeutic encyclopedias. Each device allows to have its own patient database. Precise parameters can be set specifically for each patient's diagnosis.

Individual exercise targets issues related to a given diagnosis, where the patient (client) undergoes an initial kinesiological analysis by a physiotherapist, who then draws up a precise treatment plan using the methods described below. The client is also informed of their schedule and restrictions. Adherence to the treatment plan allows a quicker return to everyday life.

Methods used during individual exercise sessions:

1. Foot reflexology.
2. Reflexology therapy of the face and scalp.
3. Comprehensive shoulder therapy.
4. The Brúgger concept.
5. Manual therapy according to Mojžíšová.
6. Exercise with balls, balance pads, and overballs.
7. The Shroth Method for scoliosis.
8. A course in conscious posture correction techniques involving exercise on balls and balance pads.
9. Comprehensive cervical spine therapy.
10. Utilization of active segmental centering for post-trauma joint issues.
11. Treatment of neural structures based on the Maitland concept.
12. The McKenzie method within the context of centred posture.
13. Postural proprioceptive therapy for segmental instability according to Dr. Eugen Rašen, utilizing Posturomed neuro-orthopaedic aids.
14. HSSP diagnostics and therapy of the spinal stabilization system.
15. Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF).
16. Ball facilitation.
17. SM system – spiral stabilization.
18. Taping.
19. Segmental massage.
20. Basic principles of the R. Brunkow method.
21. A basic Basal Stimulation course.

The founder of manual medicine is neurologist Prof. MUDr. Karel Lewit, DrSc. (1916 - 2014).

Mobilization is a procedure aimed at influencing mobility in a joint, including joint clearance. It is a gradual, non-violent restoration of joint mobility in the face of functional impairment. Mobilization is performed by repetitive, non-violent movements in the direction of joint locking (limited joint clearance).

Soft techniques affect structures such as skin, subcutaneous tissue and fascia by stroking, stretching, grazing or pressure. The basic approaches to managing painful musculoskeletal conditions include acting on the muscle. Traditional therapy incorporates a wide range of methods. Of these methods, the most commonly used is post-isometric relaxation (PIR).

Soft tissue techniques also include the treatment of scars, which can often be the hidden cause of your difficulties. Even a scar that is a few years old or inconspicuously small can be active and can cause various musculoskeletal disorders through complex chaining.

• If the soft tissues are not flexible or elastic and displaced between each other, we will not achieve full mobility in the joint. The same is true for muscles, which must move freely within their ligamentous sheaths in order to fully contract and stretch at their natural length and provide full muscular function.
• In restoring the displacement and elasticity of individual soft tissues, we are guided by the presence of the "natural barrier" of the tissue in question and subsequently by the "melting phenomenon". If we do not follow this, tissue switching or even tissue injury (microtrauma) could occur.
• Soft tissue tightening is mainly experienced by individuals with chronic musculoskeletal problems, i.e. pain and other difficulties lasting for months or years. In addition, acute patients also suffer, but these changes often disappear with the removal of the cause of the difficulty. Thus, for chronic problems, soft techniques are usually needed in addition to movement therapy to completely resolve the problem.

SO WHEN WE USE
For clients who have problems with painful conditions of the musculoskeletal system, muscle tension, muscle spasm, conditions after surgery that heal with scar tissue, reduced joint mobility and joint blockages due to various causes (functional - e.g. swelling or structural).

WHEN IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED
In certain acute conditions (inflammatory and febrile conditions).

SEGMENTAL MASSAGE 

It involves locating areas of altered skin sensitivity and following reflex changes that can achieve a change in the function of internal organs by targeted irritation of reflex zones on the skin surface. Hyperalergic (in the sense of heightened sensory response) sites on the skin in certain dermatomes correspond to given visceral roots and are referred to as Head's zones.

The goal is to eliminate disease changes in the skin, tissues, subcutaneous tissue, fascia, muscles and periosteum.

It has a positive effect on the functional disorders of blood circulation manifested by changes in skin temperature, changes in skin tension, changes in respiration, peristalsis of the intestines.

Principles of segmental massage:
Massage is performed slowly, without massage medium. The massage must be performed precisely. The set of strokes is fixed. 
The aim is to eliminate the morbid changes in the skin, tissues, subcutaneous tissue, fascia, muscles and periosteum.

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Indications: 

1. Functional and organic diseases of internal organs,
2. Organ and organic disorders of blood circulation (cold hands, feet),
3. Degenerative and inflammatory diseases of the musculoskeletal system,
4. post-traumatic and post-operative conditions,
5. vegetative and endocrine dysregulation. 

Contraindications: 

1. Acute inflammatory conditions of tissues and organs,
2. conditions requiring bed rest,
3. febrile and infectious diseases,
4. Pregnancy and menstruation.

Thermotherapy is a treatment method in which heat and cold are applied in a variety of ways. The application of cold, or cryotherapy, is called negative thermotherapy.

The application of heat is positive thermotherapy. Both can be applied in a wide variety of ways.

Possible application media are air and water.

We can observe the effects of cold

• on the skin,
• in the blood circulation (vasodilation or vasoconstriction),
•  on breathing (cold causes deeper breathing and heat causes superficial breathing),
• on digestion (cold slows the metabolism),
• on the nervous system,
• on the muscles (relaxation).

As stated above, cryotherapy is a negative thermotherapy procedure that uses temperatures of 0 degrees and below.

This treatment method induces vasoconstriction, analgesia and the easing of inflammation.

We offer various forms of application of cryotherapy – ice bath, massage, bags, compresses, local applicators.

Here at the spa we use a local applicator. This device uses convection to transfer cold, dry air through a strong pipe onto the surface of the body part being treated.

We apply positive therapy using a sauna and paraffin.

Sauna treatment is the repeated application of hot, dry air followed by cooling. This procedure has a long tradition, primarily in the northern European nations (mainly Finland) and is used to cleanse and harden the body and reinforce one’s health.

Paraffin, or positive thermotherapy, has a lower thermal capacity than water, meaning that it retains heat better. We apply paraffin by the repeated submerging of the limb, application by brush, laying of impregnated cloths and spraying with a special pistol.

Oxygen therapy is a regenerative oxygen treatment in which a mask is used to inhale humidified oxygen at a much higher concentration than is normally found in the air. This increases its supply to the tissues with a number of positive effects.

When is oxygen therapy suitable:

• For heart disease,
• lung and bronchial diseases,
• headaches, lack of appetite, increased fatigue, sleep disorders,
• psychological problems and depression,
• after suffering from COVID-19,
• in smokers,
• in demanding occupations that tax the brain,
• recovery after training or other strenuous activity.

Effects of oxygen therapy:

• Strengthens the body's defences against infections, vascular and cancer diseases,
• accelerates the recovery of strength after illness or surgery,
• the therapy has a positive effect on your body in case of high blood pressure, diabetes, tibial ulcers, cardiac arrhythmia, after a heart attack and other diseases (urological, gynaecological or digestive system),
• strengthen your body before surgery and is also suitable for post-operative recovery,
• increase mental and physical performance,
• improve the energy status of the organism,
• oxygen therapy delays the signs of ageing, including reduced sexual performance,
• preventive action against cancer,
• mitigates the side effects of drug therapy,
• slows the aging process, wrinkles and cellulite.

Oxygen therapy is not recommended:

• in epilepsy,
• increase in thyroid activity,
• after organ transplantation.

Collagen injections

Collagen injections are administered by our spa physician to help reduce joint pain and repair collagen in the soft tissues. They significantly reduce soft tissue swelling, for example after injuries or inflammation. The substances contained cause damaged tissue to re-form through new collagen fibres. As a result, tissues for which collagen is the basic building block, such as joint capsules, ligaments, tendons, bones, cartilage and muscles, are strengthened. Therefore, collagen injections can be used in the following cases.

Joints, muscles:

• Pain in large and small joints, arthrosis and other degenerative changes,
• Inflammatory diseases (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, small joints in the hands, tennis elbow),
• after repeated joint sprains (luxations) and other injuries,
• carpal tunnel syndrome, rotator cuff or frozen shoulder,
• meniscal or knee ligament disorders,
• foot pain, halluxes, SI (lumbar) pain.

Spine:

• Spine and back pain with bone growths in the spine;
• pain in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine from faulty posture;
• disc pain, root pain;
• pain in the ribs at their connection to the sternum;
• scoliosis;
• osteoporosis (thinning of the bones).

Face:

• Neuralgia of the facial nerve,
• pain in the temporomandibular joint.

Application of collagen injections in case of pain 1-2 ampoules 1-3 times a week in painful points, for chronic problems or prevention of damage in athletes once a week; in total at least 10 applications are recommended.

The principles of yoga are based on the psychosomatic concept of the unity of mind and body, where, after years of deliberate distortion and one-sided interpretation of how our body works, we are rediscovering the ancient truth of the mystery of human existence.

The present over-technicalised modern age, which favours mainly unlimited economic growth and profit at literally any cost, places disproportionate demands on the human body, and our efforts to adapt to this pace are accompanied by health problems that even technically advanced medicine cannot cope with. Therefore, people naturally seek help from traditional and time-honoured systems of holistic and natural healing such as herbal medicine, homeopathy and acupuncture.