The Spa Encyclopedia: A Guide to Treatments & Their Benefits for Health & Healing
Dr. Reinhard R Bergel & Hannelore Leavy
The only guide to total well being and spa services: it will be the standard reference for
decades to come.
The Spa Encyclopedia is the first book that explains over 70 spa
treatments, their benefits and therapeutic powers for specific conditions.
This book examines the different types of spas - destination, resort, and day spas -- and explains exactly what visitors should expect from each.
The role of physicians and medical specialties in a "medical spa" are included, as well as an ongoing maintenance regimes. This book reveals the spa world and benefits it offers.
It also helps spa technicians, owners, managers, and health care professionals as well as physicians determine how best to help their clients, guests, and patients.
16-page, full-color, illustrated reference section, explaining each treatment - what happens during each treatment, which ailment or condition it is intended for, what the benefits are, and what are the counter-indications.
An appendix cross-references each treatment by ailments/conditions for easy searches.
A Day Spa Directory, listed by state and province, tells the reader where to find bona-fide spas at home and on the road, cross-referenced by treatments offered
Author Bio/Affiliation: Dr. Reinhard Bergel is Founder and President of H-e-a-t Inc (Health-equipment-
accessories-training) Spa Kur Therapy Development, an international spa equipment, consultation and training
company based in Calistoga and San Diego, California.
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