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In some “passive” salt rooms, there is no machine to break down the salt.<\/p>\n
Instead, the room is simply designed like a salt cave, with controlled temperature and humidity and filled with several types of salts, such as Himalayan salt.<\/p>\n
Both forms of halotherapy are used to relieve skin, respiratory and lifestyle conditions, including:<\/p>\n
Asthma<\/p>\n
Eczema and psoriasis<\/p>\n
Hay fever<\/p>\n
Sinusitis<\/p>\n
Cold and flu<\/p>\n
Sleep and snoring<\/p>\n
Stress, anxiety and fatigue, and<\/p>\n
Sports performance<\/p>\n
Geelong resident Dianne Lucas uses salt therapy weekly and raves about its benefits.<\/p>\n
“I started because I have asthma, but I also had an episode with some severe pneumonia a few years ago and I found that the salt helped with opening up the lungs and so forth,” she said.<\/p>\n
“It also helps my sinuses, which is an added bonus that I didn’t realise was going to happen.<\/p>\n
“I still take preventative and so forth, but I hardly use my Ventolin now, so I just have to come along here, and it clears out my lungs a little bit.<\/p>\n
“I used to come three times a week, but I find once a week is good maintenance.”<\/p>\n Fellow local salt therapy enthusiast Christy Deery said she enjoyed salt therapy herself and also brought her children to the salt room whenever they were recovering from being unwell.<\/p>\n “It just helps with the progression of getting better, and I feel it definitely helps the kids.”<\/p>\n Owner of Ocean Grove’s Pinch Salt and Float Leah Sign said salt therapy was a great treatment for babies and young kids, and especially easy as all it entails is spending time in the salt room.<\/p>\n “With us the room is a private room, it’s great for any type of respiratory illness, it’s great for your immune system.<\/p>\n “It reduces all inflammation right down to your lungs, it’s great for your sinus, and it’s drug-free so it works pretty much straight away.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sign said the other benefit was the relaxation.<\/p>\n “It’s also extremely relaxing, so we also do meditation in there.<\/p>\n “You sleep really well that night.”<\/p>\n While salt therapy is said to have relatively few side effects, anyone with health issues should first discuss the therapy options with their GP before visiting a salt room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From saline solutions to moving to the seaside for the ocean air, for centuries cultures across the world have used salt to improve wellbeing. The modern-day take on these age-old salty wellness trends is halotherapy, or salt therapy – a natural therapy where pharmaceutical-grade dry salt is inhaled in a comfortable, controlled environment. The dry […]<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/weirdly-sized-image-2023-01-19T153604.665-600x380.png?_t=1674102985\")