HYDRO-THERAPY 
The processing unit of the portable home spa pumps air a hose into a mat placed on the floor of the bath tub. The mat contains magnetic cells which produces ozone, negatively charged ions and infra red heat.  The air bubbles and ozone forced into the water of the bath tub collide and burst at a maximum output of 46 litres per second. These bubbles emit ultrasonic waves in the bath water estimated to be 1,125 bubbles per second.

The waves massage your skin, loosen dirt, reduce your body weight through heat loss (equivalent to 3km running if you have a 15-minute bubble massage bath). They do lighten your skin complexion making you fairer if you have daily bathing. You don't need to use soap anymore as the skin cleaning is very good.  

HEAT THERAPY
Use hot water at temperatures above 33 degrees Celsius or 92 degrees Fahrenheit or at a temperature suitable for you.  The infra red heat together with the ultrasonic waves increase blood circulation to your tired muscles, tendons and arthritic or rheumatic joints.  This increased blood flow brings repair cells to the affected tissues and help them to heal faster.  The negatively charged ions, increased water oxygen levels and ozone act to detoxify the air and skin by killing the bacteria and viruses.

AROMATHERAPY
Essential herbal oils of 5 - 10 ml are added to the bath tub. Presently there are 5 types of essential oils manufactured in Germany. They are used to de-stress you or make you breathe easier if you have asthmatic conditions, skin conditions like dandruff and psoriasis or joint and muscle pains. More details are at:
asiahomes.com/aromatherapy.htm

BENEFITS

1.  AFFORDABLE  - The installation and purchase cost is 25% of a jacuzzi bath tub which ejects bubbles to massage your body. Most homes will not be able to afford an equivalent high- performance  jacuzzi bath which costs around S$10,000 to buy and install.  You just use the existing long bath tub to get a home spa immediately.  If you have no bath tub, but you have a spare room or bigger bath room, a bath tub costing around S$500 is available. In Singapore the home spa sells at S$2,200 plus the 5% Goods and Service Tax, totalling $2,310.    2.  CONVENIENCE - NO NEED TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS with a professional masseur. A 10-minute session on the home spa is equivalent to a 45-minute massage by a masseur. Anytime you wish to have a massage bath, you can just do it at home after a hard day and night's work/entertainment with business associates. However, don't use more than 15 minutes daily. 3.  FAMILY MEMBERS CAN USE IT.  It is just too costly to bring children to the commercial spas even once a week. The home spa is available for all at home. 4.  PRIVACY OF YOUR HOME - NO NEED TO INTERACT WITH OUTSIDERS LIKE SPA RECEPTIONISTS. Suits those who want the hydrotherapeutic water massage without the hassle and expense of masseurs at the commercial spas.  5.  EASY TO INSTALL.  You need an electrician if you want it to be installed above your bath tub. Cost is around  S$100.00. If you don't want to install it, just connect to an electrical point and use it immediately.

6.  PORTABLE  If you travel a lot, bring the portable and light weight appliance to your hotel and use it. Its weight is around that of a small home vacuum cleaner. 7.  LOW MAINTENANCE. NO WATER FILTERS NEEDED unlike a jacuzzi bath tub, usually installed in roof terraces of penthouses of condos. 8.  STIMULATES THE BLOOD CIRCULATION unlike a soaking in the ordinary hot bath. Many managers and administrators prefer a shower. They think that a home spa long bath is a waste of time.  The relaxing, rejunevating and detoxifying effects of the vigorous ultrasonic bubble massage with aromatherapy must be experienced to be appreciated.  9.  REDUCES SOFT TISSUE SWELLINGS.  The home spa with warm water in the bath tub bring blood circulation to reduce the swellings (non-cancerous) over a period of 3 - 8 weeks.

THE HOME SPA MAY BE USEFUL IN THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS

1.  ALWAYS TIRED AND EXHAUSTED?  Some people are suddenly tired, recovered and then tired again despite a few good nights of sleep.  This happens over several months or years.  This is diagnosed as CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME by the doctor. Symptoms include persistent tiredness, muscle aches, headaches, joint pains, poor concentration and insomnia (can't sleep). The person feels anxious, depressed or worried.  There is no definite test for this illness and the diagnosis is based on the symptoms persisting for over 6 months and physical and laboratory investigations ruling out other medical causes (the doctor can't find anything wrong after the test).  The doctor will prescribe medications for symptom relief (to manage pain, insomnia and nausea), supportive therapy (to improve relaxation and coping skills) and lifestyle changes (exercise regularly, eat a balanced diet and occupational therapy).  Your doctor may not be aware of the home spa as an excellent  SUPPORTIVE THERAPY in people who are always tired or exhausted. 2.  MUSCLE AND JOINT ACHES.  A 10-minute spa bath (equivalent to a 45-minute human massage)  helps considerably to de-stress you or your children under high school work load. The strong bubbles of the spa massage the muscles, esp. neck aches and joint swelling. The vigorous bubbles stimulate blood circulation.   You will feel strong invisible hands of the bubbles massaging your tired body and exercising you.  This will be the main reason for having this home spa for women managers who usually experience neck muscle aches every day as they spend many hours reading from the computer screens and typing reports. For such women and men, a masseur may also be helpful. A masseur costs S$40 for a one-hour massage in the HDB neighbourhood.  3.  PRIVACY and NO SHARING OF THE BATH TUB WITH STRANGERS.  Some people just dislike the idea of going to the commercial spas as they worry about privacy and cleanliness of the spa bath tub.  The home spa gives you privacy in your home and only you and/or your family members can use the appliance.  It is more hygienic in this way.   4.  CHILDREN UNDER STRESS.  Family members generally can't afford the commercial spa treatment over a period of weeks.  The children can benefit from the home spa every day and yet it costs very little. Mouth ulcers & cracked lips may be signs of stress and not drinking enough water. Some children get mouth ulcers regularly. Immersing their mouth inside the warm massage bubbles for a few times during the 15 minutes of bathing will stimulate the healing process. Ulcers usually heal within 3 days. However, the child needs to learn to relax. He has to relax when using the spa 15 minutes per day as compared to a quick shower. It may be hard to get them away from the addictive computer games to use the  home spa, but the mother must insist on the use of the home spa for the stressed out child.  There are some children who spend every waking minute reading or studying to top the class. Such children will benefit from the hydro-, thermal and aroma-therapy of the home spa.     5.  RACEHORSE JOCKEYS AND ENTREPRENEURS UNDER STRESS. Jockeys are usually strained by hard track work and races and usually experience body muscle aches after work.  Businessmen entrepreneurs who cannot sleep well, smoke a lot and are always thinking of how to make the next million dollars or meet ends meet usually have neck muscle aches.  Corporate managers who spend long hours at their computers and meetings will usually suffer neck muscle and shoulder pain. These professionals will benefit from a daily or regular 15-minute ultrasonic bubble bath massage with aromatherapy.     5.  RECUPERATING FROM ILLNESS/SKIN ITCHINESS/SKIN DISEASE.   The home spa is sold with the essential oils (various types)  made in Germany. The oils will provide homeopathic relief for people who have asthma, respiratory problems or skin problems.  However, do consult your doctor for advice and monitoring.  Your doctor most likely will not have any experience with the portable home spa as it is a recent introduction and may be against the use of any spa for skin problems, saying that it will aggravate the problem.   It is up to you to decide and use the spa under medical monitoring if you have health problems.  6.  TEENAGERS STRESSED BY SCHOOL AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.  Mothers cannot dictate what the school demands of their teenaged children. Besides having to study hard, they may have to represent school or class is vigorous sports like basketball, marching under the hot sun in school bands or choirs.  Highly motivated students who want to excel in studies and sports are usually stressed out by examinations or intensive sports training.  The home spa is a very useful supportive hydro-therapy. 15 minutes of relaxation will invigorate and refresh their bodies and minds.  The problem is trying to find these busier-than-parent teenagers to take a relaxing hydro-therapy (ultrasonic, ozone and infra red warmth ) bath as they seem to have no time to spend at home. The home is their hotel!

7.  UNIQUE GIFT. Condo developers and landlords who want something special to attract their prospective  buyers or tenants. Realtors who want to give a unique present to their top expatriate clients who definitely will appreciate this gift as the whole family can enjoy it and remember the giver whenever they use it. It is a unique present to somebody you like. 8.  SAVES TIME. Elderly parents with rheumatic or arthritic joints and muscle aches may benefit from the regular ultrasonic massage bubble bath.  A home spa saves time as the children may have limited time to bring the aged parents for visits to the hospital for hydrotherapy.  Always consult your doctor if you have medical conditions as this home spa provides SUPPORTIVE blood flow stimulation to bring healing cells to your affected body areas, anti-stress hydrotherapy and aromatherapy. It will not cure your medical illnesses or skin diseases.   9.  REDUCES SOFT TISSUE SWELLINGS. For those over 40 years old, soft tissue swellings tend to appear on the wrist area, the feet area and other parts of the body as part of aging process. Some doctors will recommend surgery or painful injections to reduce the swellings. These swellings may have been caused by friction, over-use of the wrist or injury/dog bites. The joint capsule or tendon sheaths near the joint areas swell.  After consulting the doctor to confirm that they are not cancerous but "ganglions", you will find that the frequent use of the ultrasonic bubble bath massage will reduce the swellings.  The massage bubbles stimulates the skin blood circulation to bring in cells to repair such swellings.  This method is an alternative to injections by the specialists.  However, keep in touch with your specialist or doctor if the swelling grows.  You should see the result of less swelling within 30 - 60 days of daily hot massage bathing depending on the nature of the swelling. 10.  SELF CONFIDENCE.  If you use the home spa daily (before going to work), you will feel good and look good after 3 months.  If you have dandruff, you will not find any on your shoulders of you blouse or shirt as the ultrasonic bubble bath removes them from your scalp efficiently. Hold your breath, immerse your head inside the bath 3 times daily.  The heat therapy brings increases blood circulation to your scalp and you will see that the dandruff is gone WITHOUT the need of anti-dandruff soap and medication.  Spider and varicose veins in the legs of older folks will not disappear but will reduce in size with daily hot bubble bath massage.  Hopefully, this home spa will prevent the need for painful surgery. Your face has a healthy glow (ask your friends who may remark that you look younger and fresher). Your eye bags shrink and you just feel great.  You don't need to buy all sorts of anti-dandruff soap to get a dandruff-free head.  You can wear coloured blouses or shirts now. This is the best thing that can happen to a sufferer of dandruff of many years as various tar and anti-dandruff shampoos don't work.

You will need to relax, get a good diet, exercise (if possible) and not stressed out by your work. 

If you just don't want to exercise (being over 50 years old and hate the heat and the sweat). Or you have no time to exercise, the home spa use of a maximum of 15 minutes is equivalent to a 3-5 km jog.  Of course, a private gym will be good but most hard-working and hard-driving entrepreneurs seldom have time for exercises.  They prefer to shower than to relax in a long bath as they don't deprive any pleasure from an ordinary soak in a long bath. The home spa will change their mindset.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. Singapore and overseas readers interested in a trial bath to check out the home spa and be a distributor in their own country. 

The uses of the home spa depend on your vision of usefulness to prospects.    They can be useful in beauty saloons, medical hospitals, upscale condos developers, psoriasis & arthritis clinics, racehorse jockeys, members' clubs  massage parlours and as unique presents. 

There are several thousand condos and these will have long bath tubs.  Penthouses with large roof terraces will find this home spa great to relax at the end of a hard day's work.  Each condo is a prospective user of this home spa. Realtors or entrepreneurs will find that the home spa is a very good appreciated recommendation to home owners and older people with muscle and joint swellings and aches, office workers with back and neck aches or finger joint pains from too much typing.  The person will remember you for introducing a very useful gadget to make his or her life less stressful or painful.

Tel: +65 9668-6468 or email judy@asiahomes.com for more information.