Hot Showers
Relief for Sore Muscles: Similar to the effect of a hot pack over sore muscles, a hot shower can help to relieve sore muscles, muscle tension and knots. The hot water also helps to increase blood circulation in the body that can considerably ease pain, stimulate healing and reduce inflammation.

By Laura P.
January 24, 2018

Coughing, sneezing, aches, and pains. It’s cold and flu season, and you’ve caught a bug. Again. Being sick can make getting through the day a chore, but hot showers can offer surprising relief when you’re feeling your worst. Hot showers stimulate blood flow to the rest of your body, and deliver benefits that can lessen cold and flu symptoms quickly.

Hot Showers Ease Cold and Flu Symptoms
A hot shower won’t make your cold or flu disappear, but it can help you treat the uncomfortable symptoms. Benefits of hot showers include:

Loosening chest congestion by breathing in steam
Clearing stuffy nasal passages with moisture
Warming you up when you have “the chills”
Relieving headaches by dilating blood vessels
Relaxing your mind and muscles for better sleep
Washing away germs to avoid spreading
Easing muscle aches and pains with hot water massage
Hot Showers Massage Away Body Aches
Of the many benefits of hot showers when you’re sick, perhaps nothing feels better on aching muscles than a powerful, luxuriating, massage. Choosing a shower head that offers many spray settings, including steam and pulsating hot water massage, also lets you choose the specific relief you need in an instant.