OUR HEALTH ADVICE – The physical activity and the therapeutic education carried out during the cure are useful. But the composition of the waters itself probably makes no difference.
Is it really worth taking the waters? If spa treatments are generally perceived positively, this practice is not unanimous in the medical community, some of which criticize it for the lack of evidence of its health benefits. However, the use of thermal cures does not seem to be weakening, with nearly 600,000 spa visitors each year in France. A craze encouraged by Health Insurance which reimburses this care at 65%, provided that it has been prescribed for a specific pathology by a doctor, or at 100% for people suffering from a long-term condition (diabetes, cancer , stroke…).
Among the diseases most represented in spa treatments, osteoarthritis obviously figures prominently. 40% to 50% of curists suffer from this very painful pathology due to a progressive destruction of the cartilage, leaving the end of the bones “lively”. But what benefits can patients with osteoarthritis expect from a spa treatment?
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