The Effect of Bathing in the Thermal Mineral Water on the Pain and Performance of Athletes

Launched by POLYCLINIC OF THE HOSPITALLER BROTHERS OF ST. JOHN OF GOD, BUDAPEST · May 27, 2025

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In rowing sports, where the same series of movements are repeated thousands of times, the lower lumbar region is the most stressed part. Because of this, even training on an ergometer can cause numerous lower back problems, even among competitors. In addition, rowers use many muscle groups during their sport, for which the beneficial effect of thermal medicinal waters, affecting the entire musculoskeletal system, can be beneficial, and is used for rehabilitation purposes in several countries.

Studies describe the numerous positive effects of bathing in warm water (37-46°C) in increasing bl...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Rowers coming from the surrounding area, with registration at the Hungarian Rowing Federation (MESZ), including competitive/touring and recreational/masters rowers
• • Women and men between 18 and 75 years of age
• • Participating in regular training for at least 6 months
• • Signed informed consent form prior to the start of the study
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Acute pain;
• • Organic neurological deficit;
• • Malignancy in the background;
• • Pain attributable to inflammatory disease;
• • Participants must not have received systemic or local steroid therapy, physiotherapy as a course of treatment, massage therapy, or balneotherapy as a course of treatment within 3 months prior to the study;
• General contraindications of balneotherapy:
• • unstable angina pectoris,
• • uncontrolled hypertension,
• • cardiac decompensation,
• • respiratory failure,
• • unbalanced endocrinological disease,
• • acute febrile condition,
• • infectious skin diseases,
• • other serious internal, urogenital, and other diseases, urinary and fecal incontinence,
• • decompensated psychosis and neurosis, lack of compliance