Thermal Cave and Balneotherapy:
healing begins with well-being
a sauna in natural steam caves, movement in thermal water, and beneficial rest
“Cave therapy” refers to a type of thermal treatment involving staying in natural or artificial environments with specific microclimates that may be: hot or cold, dry or humid.
Hot microclimate cave therapy, like the one in the caves of the Stufe di Nerone Thermal Baths, is characterized by the use of environments that trigger a sweating (diaphoretic) response in the patient.
The high level of relative humidity (around 90–95%) is due to the presence of thermal spring water. The saturation of the environment with water vapor prevents normal skin perspiration and increases the sensation of heat, inducing a sweating response. The temperature range in these areas varies between 48°C and 54°C.
At the Stufe di Nerone Thermal Baths, there are two natural steam caves with high vapor saturation, and temperatures ranging from 52°C to 55°C.
The therapeutic action of the natural caves is primarily due to the intense heat in which one immerses oneself: the diaphoretic effects are certainly significant.
Staying in a warm and steamy environment also causes vasodilation and deeper blood flow even in tissues with typically poor circulation, such as tendons and ligaments. This contributes to muscle relaxation and helps eliminate waste products (catabolites), such as lactic acid.
Thermal baths and... osteopathy
The osteopath studies all those structural, visceral, neurovegetative, and craniosacral dysfunctions that generate an "osteopathic lesion" caused by bad habits, poor posture, stress, and tension.
When osteopathy is combined with the benefits of thermal baths, the treatment becomes doubly effective. The mineral-rich salsobromoiodic water has relaxing and decontracting properties that enhance physical and mental well-being, strengthen the therapeutic effects, and prolong the benefits.