Thermotherapy improves the mobility of joints and muscles and alleviates pain: mud/fango and paraffin wraps and baths are used for soothing chronic pain of the locomotor system, muscle tension and alleviation of pain. Thermopack gel pads are used to improve circulation, while acute inflammations and injuries are treated by ice gel cooling pads (cryopacks) to soothe the pain, reduce muscle tension and swelling.
Paraffin
Paraffin is heated and mainly distal segments of extremities are dived into it. It hardens at room temperature and preserves warmth for a long time.
Fango
Fango is used for healing chronic pain of the skeleton by means of heat. The mud is warmed up (42–45 °C). It has high thermal capacity and low conductivity, and thus steadily delivers warmth to the lower layers of tissue over a considerable period of time.
Thermopack
Gel-filled pads are heated up and placed on certain body parts. This results in heating of that specific body part, muscle relaxation, alleviating of pain and improved circulation.
Cryopack, cryotherapy
Cooling of certain body parts is used for therapeutic purposes. It is applied in cases of acute inflammation, it reduced trauma pain, muscle spasms and swelling.
Paraffin
Fango
Thermopack
Cryopack, cryotherapy
How to get a health treatment?
You are advised to discuss treatment and rehabilitation with your personal physician. He or she can refer you to Terme Čatež based on your health insurance, by doctor referral form or work order.
You can apply for treatment on a self-pay basis; in that case arrange an appointment with a doctor with the reception of the Health Centre. We recommend you bring the latest medical test results with you.
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