hydrotherapy
noun
hy·dro·ther·a·py
ˌhī-drə-ˈther-ə-pē 
: the therapeutic use of water (as in a whirlpool bath) compare hydropathy
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Allow extra time before or after a treatment to take advantage of the men’s and women’s lounges, which have high-tech hydrotherapy options including steam rooms, saunas, and sleek Hawaiian rain experience showers.
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Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
The resort’s 22,000-square-foot Thalasso Spa Center boasts a traditional Mayan steam bath and seawater hydrotherapy pool, as well as a menu of holistic treatments.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2025
The Spa at Seafire has one of the island’s few hammams and an open-air hydrotherapy garden with a waterfall and Jacuzzi.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025
The renovations of the fitness area will include converting an underutilized area into a patio, outside of a new lounge and hydrotherapy circuit with cold plunge, hot tubs and dry sauna.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
The resort’s 22,000-square-foot Thalasso Spa Center boasts a traditional Mayan steam bath and seawater hydrotherapy pool, as well as a menu of holistic treatments.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2025
The Spa at Seafire has one of the island’s few hammams and an open-air hydrotherapy garden with a waterfall and Jacuzzi.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025
The renovations of the fitness area will include converting an underutilized area into a patio, outside of a new lounge and hydrotherapy circuit with cold plunge, hot tubs and dry sauna.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Hydrotherapy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrotherapy. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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hydrotherapy
noun
hy·dro·ther·a·py
-ˈther-ə-pē
plural hydrotherapies
: the therapeutic use of water (as in a whirlpool bath) compare hydropathy
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