While most people enjoy the hot water of a hot tub, the wonder of these warming spas includes all the health benefits that come with their relaxing use (based on a variety of research linked to throughout the article).
While a hot tub sports a variety of health benefits like widening blood vessels, reducing swelling, loosening tight muscles, and giving joint pain, relief, a poorly maintained spa can actually be a health risk.
Between the year 2000 and 2014, outbreaks from treated pools and hot tubs were linked to more than 27,000 infections and eight deaths in the USA. Because of the moisture, they can easily become breeding grounds for human hostile bacteria, so maintaining them properly is of utmost importance.
So, for those of you who already went and bought a hot tub, or are seriously considering doing so soon, here is a survey of what you can expect to do and pay for making sure your hot tub is a blessing and not a curse.
