A thalassotherapy establishment must be within 1000m from the highest water level.
Seawater used in treatment pools and in individual treatments is completely natural. It is freshly drawn and transported directly through the centres pipes, and must be identical to open water, with a maximum salinity difference of 2%.
A document describing channelling conditions will either be displayed at the centre or given to visitors in person.
The manager of the establishment also has results from an independent laboratory proficient in the marine sector analysing plankton.
He is equally able to present valid governmental authorisation to use seawater and discharge in the sea.
In addition to independent laboratory analyses, a thalassotherapy establishment carries out monthly samplings from the pumping station and all treatment pools for bacteriological analyses by an accredited laboratory and monthly controls of seawater salinity in the storage reservoirs.
The sea is not just a solution of mineral salts, it is therefore completely impossible to “recreate” like some pseudo-thalassos in a city or elsewhere claim. The sea is a living medium (plankton), it also contains all the ions necessary to keep our bodies in perfect working condition in the same proportions and in the same chemical form.
The physiological similarity of seawater and our liquid interior (plasma, lymph, extracellular liquids) was proven from Quinton’s work. Seawater is a complete thermal water.
The works of Dubarry and Guelfi demonstrated the penetration of marine ions through the skin barrier.
The organisation of treatments, studied warming of seawater and preparation of the dermis through massage are elements that help accelerate and maximize the penetration of ions.
A tired and deficient body captures the negative ions and then naturally recharges. Cell activity is encouraged and the entire body is restored.
For the treatments, water is drawn from the open sea and heated (between 31 and 35°C) to provoke the dilation of skin pores and let the biological composites act directly on the body’s organism.
It is scientifically acknowledged that the seaside is the least favourable, thanks to its auto-purifying action, for all types of contagions. Phytoplankton releases antiviral and antibacterial substances in seawater if the water is not heated above a certain temperature.
Beneficial for our health and spirit, seawater helps restore dynamism and vitality while relieving stress. In the end, skin is lifted, the body relaxed and the health effects soon start to show.