Salt Room Featured in WeCare Magazine

The Salt Room in Orlando has been featured in the May/June issue of We Care magazine. The article describes the experience of author Kevin Fritz, who visited the Salt Room last month. In his article,  Mr. Fritz describes the role that pharmaceutical grade salt can play in terms of fighting bacteria and soothing the respiratory system. He also describes the challenges of introducing new businesses like the Salt Cave to the United States, despite the fact that it has for many years been regarded as a successful treatment in Europe and the Middle East for many years.

The article about The Salt Room can be found on page 10 of this month’s issue of We Care. To read it online, visit the magazine here.

Therapy With a Grain of Salt

The Winter Park/Maitland Observer has published an article by Brittni Johnson about The Salt Room. The article tells the story of Katelyn Tinsley, a 22-year-old Winter Park residents suffering from cystic fibrosis who has found relief through regular visits to The Salt Room. After just one session, her lungs felt clearer and she was off the oxygen tank completely.

Regarding her experience at The Salt Room, Tinsley says “If it didn’t work then I wouldn’t keep going because I have so many other doctor appointments and other maintenance I have to do to keep myself healthy. I wouldn’t add something to the list if it didn’t make a clear difference.”

The article describes the technology and how The Salt Room is being used to help clients suffering from a range of respiratory and dermatological issues.

Read the full article at the Winter Park/Maitland Observer web site

Do salt rooms really help fight allergies?

The Salt Room was recently featured in a news report on Los Angeles channel KABC in a report by Denise Dador. The report examines whether halotherapy and salt therapy can serve as an effective treatment for allergies, runny noses and snoring.

While the report confirms that many patients are finding relief for a allergies and other respiratory issues through the use of salt therapy, it does make the point that it should be used as a compliment — and not as a replacement — for other, more traditional forms of treatment.

Watch the report, read the article at KABC News

The Salt Room Appears on Fox News 35

The Salt Room was featured on Fox News 35 in Orlando today! Tiffany Tift came to the Salt Room and did a one and a half minute piece in which she described how The Salt Room can make a real difference for allergy sufferers and individuals suffering for respiratory conditions:

ClickOnDetroit Writes About The Salt Room

ClickOnDetroit.com, the web site of Detroit TV station WDIV has published an article about the The Salt Room! The article, entitled “Patients Say Salt Eases Breathing Problems,” describes the Salt Room and how Florida residents are using it to help them breathe easier.

“The salt air stops you from having a really runny nose, and it just makes you feel much better,” said visitor Mackenzie Radcliffe.

The article quotes a few Salt Room clients as well as Salt Room director Marines Hoppes.

Read the full article at ClickOnDetroit.com

Salt Therapy Like a Breath of Fresh Air

Jenny Hazan of the Isreal21c Innovation News Service has written an article describing how salt therapy/halotherapy is successfully being used to treat children and adults suffering from a ranging of problems from allergy, to chronic ear or sinus infections, to asthma, bronchitis and even lung disease.

She tells the story of Jonathan Kestenbaum, a Jerusalem residents whose son suffered from chronic ear infections. After only one session he showed signs of improvement; after a full 14-session course he was cured of his chronic ear infactions and two years later he has had only three short-term infections (which all went away on their own without medication). Kestenbaum was so pleased with the success of the treatment that he went on to found a chain of Israeli salt rooms.

Read more at Israel21.com

Yoga Classes Start Monday, February 22nd

The Salt Room in Orlando, Florida will be offering three evening classes beginning at 6:30PM and a Wednesday morning class at 10:30AM. Visit our website at www.SaltRoomOrlando.com to reserve your space online.

Kundalini Yoga

“The Yoga of Awareness” is a form of exercise and meditation that promotes mental, spiritual and physical wellbeing. Kundalini can be described as a science using exercises such as breathing, sound, postures and meditation. The intended result is the achievement of your highest form of consciousness.

Gentle and Restorative Yoga Flow

A deeply calming and restorative class that induces balance and release through a series of postures. Flow slowly through standing and seated postures, holding asanas for longer periods of time. Restorative postures will be sprinkled throughout the class. This is meditative and healing, highly recommended for beginners or seasoned yogis.

Our Yoga classes will be $15 per class but take advantage of our offer to come try out our fabulous yoga instructors and facility. Space is limited so book through our website now.

Coupon for Free Yoga Session

Urban Salt Caves

Nicola at Edible Geography recently published a fairly long, fairly detailed blog posting about salt therapy, salt caves, and halotherapy. Like many similar articles, details the history of salt caves and mines, speleotherapy, and even points out that in some countries salt cave sessions are even available on prescription.

The article talks about the growing number of salt caves in the United States, the different kinds of salt that they are using, and offers a variety of pictures from around the world of different salt-related caves and mines.

Read the full article at Edible Geography

Salt Therapy for Snoring

A blog called “Sleep and Snoring Aids” recently published a short article describing how salt therapy can be an effective treatment all-natural treatment for snoring. It makes a lot of sense — if your nasal cavity and sinuses are filled with mucus, the obstruction in your air flow may be the cause of your snoring and salt therapy/halotherapy could certainly be an effective cure.

According to the Salt Cave Peterborough web site:

Salt Therapy can also reduce snoring and activate better sleep by clearing the airway passages in the oropharyngeal region. Edema of the nasal mucosa and the oropharynx and soft palate, causing nasal obstruction and snoring, can be diminished by inhaling the salt aerosol, leading to widening of the airway passage in the nose and the tubes of the sinuses. By this, halotherapy can help with improving the sinus drainage and reducing snoring.

Whether or not salt therapy can stop your snoring of course depends on several things: blockage caused by mucus and other sinus issues? Probably. But there are many other reasons for snoring that salt therapy probably can’t help with. According to Wikipedia, snoring has a variety of causes including throat weakness, mispositioned jaw, fat gathering around the throat, tissues at the top of the airways touching each other, alcohol or drugs, and even simply sleeping on one’s back.

While it is fairly certain that salt therapy treatment will do nothing to harm you and can’t make your snoring condition any worse, your best bet is to consult with your doctor in regards to the cause of your snoring before you take any action.

Tried and Tested: Salt Cave Therapy

The Treatment Room of the Salt Cave in LondonWahanda content editor Judy Johnson recently made her first visit to The Salt Cave in Wandsworth, London and reported about her experience at Wahanda’s Wellness Wonders blog. She entered the Salt Cave with a blocked nose (“courtesy of the winter cold and flu season) but after only a short time felt both clear, calmer, and appears to have had a good experience.

In her article, Ms. Johnson raises some interesting facts:

  • 1 in 3 Londoners have an allergy
  • 1 in 13 suffer from asthma
  • Salt caves are incredibly common in Eastern Europe, where people with chronic conditions often spend two to three hours a day in “salt grottos”
  • In Russia, salt caves were approved for medical use almost 15 years ago.
  • After around 20 sessions, the benefits last up to 6 months
  • It is particularly effective for children with respiratory issues.

In her article, Ms. Johnson describes the The Salt Cave (which is located within a 100 year old converted church) as having a hygienic, clinical interior, a friendly waiting room and “a room resembling a snow covered chamber” (filled with salt!).

Read Judy Johnson’s review at the London Salt Cave

Visit The Salt Cave’s web site