Healing areas and resorts are a category of land that is used to organize the treatment and recreation of citizens. The value of such territories lies in the location of certain natural resources on them in the form of mineral waters, mud, brines of estuaries, in some cases even the climate (sea, mountain, forest) has a healing effect.
About the composition and zones of lands
Therapeutic areas and resorts are attractive for tourists who seek to improve their he alth and relax. In fact, such territories consist of several components:
- Directly the area where the resources with a healing effect are located and which is suitable for the treatment and prevention of diseases.
- Resort. It is a developed territory, which has infrastructure facilities, buildings and facilities and is surrounded by a sanitary protection zone.
Resorts and he alth resortsareas can have up to three zones, each of which must meet a number of requirements:
- The first zone is the territories where it is forbidden to live and engage in economic activities. Here you can conduct research, use natural healing resources for he alth purposes, using environmentally friendly and rational technologies.
- The second zone assumes that industrial or agricultural facilities, facilities not related to the sphere of resort recreation or treatment cannot be located here.
- In the third zone, it is impossible to have industrial and agricultural facilities, to conduct economic activities.
There are certain rules for he alth resorts and resorts, especially regarding the environmental situation.
What are there?
Resorts are areas with natural healing factors and conditions that allow them to be used for treatment and prevention. In order for a specific area to be recognized as a resort, it must meet several requirements:
- certain natural resources should be concentrated on it, which can be used for the purpose of recovery,
- buildings and technical structures are being erected on the territory for use (pools, beaches),
- the object should include recreation facilities (sanatoriums, guest houses), medical institutions for medical care of the population, have he alth facilities, sports facilities, playgrounds.
There arevarious types of he alth-improving areas and resorts, the specialization of which depends on natural and healing factors. We offer an overview of the most popular types of resorts.
Balneological resorts
The peculiarity of balneological resorts is that natural mineral waters are the main healing factor. Therapeutic areas and spas of this type offer baths for external use, as well as inhalations or drinking. Mineral waters have long proven their effectiveness in the treatment of a variety of diseases, without the need to use any medications.
Balneological resorts in Russia
Many he alth-improving areas and resorts in Russia offer healing with the help of mineral waters. The largest balneological center of the country is a group of resorts located in the Caucasus. They are concentrated in Pyatigorsk, Kislovodsk and Zheleznovodsk. So, the resort in Kislovodsk is more than 200 years old, here narzan is used to treat diseases of the stomach, intestines, and respiratory organs. There are more than 40 mineral springs in Pyatigorsk sanatoriums. Yeysk is popular on the Sea of Azov, its medicinal waters contain hydrogen sulfide.
The very first balneological resort in Russia is "Marcial Waters" in Karelia, which were discovered by Peter I. There is a Paratunka resort in Kamchatka, where you can cure bronchi, nervous system, skin diseases in hotbrackish springs.
Mud Resorts
Mud resorts are formed where there are deposits of therapeutic mud. This method of healing is used to treat diseases of the joints, the nervous system. Peat mud, silt, clayey silts, sapropels are used as therapeutic. The physiological effect of therapeutic mud is explained by the complex effect on the body of several factors at once - temperature, chemical and mechanical.
Pyatigorsk (silt mud), sanatoriums near Moscow or in Central Russia, where treatment is built on the basis of sapropelic mud, rich in organic substances and s alts, are striking examples of he alth-improving areas and resorts of this type. The list of the most popular mud resorts in Russia also includes:
- Lake Elton (Volgograd region): the water in this lake has a high density due to the abundance of s alts in the composition. Silt mud contains phosphorus, iron, silicon, calcium, sulfur. This composition has a positive effect on blood flow, restores sleep, improves mood.
- Sadogorod (Vladivostok): the hallmark of this area is silt mud, which contains a huge number of elements. Recommended treatment and rehabilitation of patients who had injuries of the spine, spinal cord.
- Saki (Crimea): the bottom of the Saki lake is covered with mineral elements, algae, mud, which will help heal women's ailments, get rid of skin problems, improvedigestive process.
It has been proven that the composition of therapeutic mud has the best effect on human he alth.
Climatic resorts
Many he alth-improving areas and resorts of the country help to cure certain diseases with the help of climate. The so-called climatic resorts are seaside and continental, and the latter, in turn, are flat and mountainous. Consider the features of these resort areas.
The most popular in terms of positive climate impact are bioclimatic resources located in the Gulf of Finland, the B altic and Black Seas. Among the popular seaside resorts, the most attractive for tourists are Sestroretsk and Komarovo, where in summer you can carry out a wide range of climatic procedures right under the open sky. Svetologorsk and Zelenogradsk are large resort areas on the B altic coast. The maritime climate of temperate latitudes has a gentle effect on the body. Here are favorable conditions for aerotherapy.
On the Black Sea coast, he alth improvement can be done in Gelendzhik, Anapa, Kabardinka, Dzhanhot. The Mediterranean climate with mild winters is ideal for recreational activities. We offer a list of he alth-improving areas and resorts that are most in demand among tourists.
Karelia
The Republic of Karelia with its administrative center in Petrozavodsk offers a lot of options for recreation and he alth improvement. The oldest sanatoriumRepublic is the Martial Waters, the curative factors of which are as follows:
- Mineral waters: several sources are discovered and used at once, characterized by weak mineralization and having different composition. The advantage of the Marcial waters is that the water contains ferrous ferrous iron, the volumes of which are very large.
- Therapeutic mud of valuable varieties: they are distinguished by a complex composition, close to hormones and vitamins. Mud has proven itself in the treatment of diseases of the spine, joints.
- Climatotherapy: Thanks to the mild climate in the region and the healing air, there is a powerful healing effect.
You need to understand that the lands of medical and recreational areas and resorts are among the specially protected. They can only be used for healing and recreation.
Leningrad Region
There are several resort areas in the Leningrad region at once, which is explained by the location of the region between the Gulf of Finland, surrounded by Lakes Ladoga and Onega. The combination of a mild climate with an abundance of forests and the sea coast creates excellent conditions for healing here.
Leningrad region got into the list of he alth-improving areas and resorts of Russia for a huge number of sanatoriums located along the banks of reservoirs. In total, there are several resort areas with medical factors in the region:
- On the coast of the Gulf of Finland there are such popular resorts as Sestroretsk,Zelenogorsk, Komarovo, Serovo, Ushkovo, Repino. The climate typical of marine areas, clean ionized air, mineral waters, coniferous aroma of pine forests - all this has a positive effect on the he alth of vacationers.
- Vyborg resort area is located 130 km from the cultural capital of Russia. It has two parts - seaside and forest. Here, a combination of mild climate, clean sea or forest air is responsible for the healing effect. Physiotherapy, massage, therapeutic exercises are used as procedures in local sanatoriums.
- The southern coast of the Gulf of Finland is represented by climatic and balneological resorts, which are planted with coniferous and deciduous trees. Local natural resources, which are widely used for medicinal purposes, are represented not only by the climate, but also by sodium chloride water, sapropelic mud, on the basis of which baths and applications are made.
- Luga resort area (139 km from St. Petersburg) has a territory covered with coniferous forests with numerous rivers and lakes. Here it is also possible to treat with climate, sodium chloride waters, which have a high mineralization. Local resorts have aero solariums, climatic playgrounds for children and adults, and photariums. There are even trails on site where patients can take walks with doctor's permission.
One of the best sanatoriums in the country are located in the Leningrad region, which are ready to receive guests at any time of the year.
Kaliningrad Region
The list of Russian resorts that are suitable for medical purposes will be incompletewithout the Kaliningrad region. The westernmost region of our country is distinguished by a transitional climate from maritime to temperate continental. The most popular resorts in the region are Zelenogradsk and Svetlogorsk. Like the rest of the lands of he alth-improving areas and resorts, these belong to several types. For example, Zelenogradsk acts as a balneo-mud and climatic seaside resort in the forest zone, located right on the coast of the B altic Sea.
Healing factors of Zelenogradsk are directly related to the natural features of the territory. There are sodium chloride waters containing bromine and peat mud combined with clean ionized air. This combination of natural factors has a positive effect on the state of the nervous system, bones and muscles, and the circulatory system. Highly appreciated by experts and local mineral water with excellent healing properties.
Svetlogorsk, which is 39 km from Kaliningrad, is a climatic and balneological resort of federal importance. One gets the feeling that nature itself has created excellent conditions for healing the body. There are many mineral springs in the vicinity, there are peat deposits and hydrocarbonate water - all this has a powerful healing effect.
Moscow Region
Lands of he alth-improving areas and resorts are classified as specially protected areas. There are some in the Moscow region, which boasts picturesque landscapes surrounded by coniferous and deciduous forests, lakes and rivers. Many local resorts offer wellness programs thathelp in the treatment of a wide variety of diseases.
Krasnodar Territory
The richest and most diverse mineral springs are the resorts of the Krasnodar Territory. So, the largest balneological resort in the south is Sochi with the main resort areas (Lazarevsky, Central, Adler and Khostinsky). Sochi has an ideal combination of the advantages of the subtropics and the forces of nature in the form of the sea, the warm sun and the purest air. The Black Sea water is rich in chlorine, iodine, bromine, carbonates, sodium, potassium and other elements.
The city of Caucasian Mineralnye Vody is a versatile and unique resort. A huge number of mineral water deposits are concentrated in a small area. All leading resorts - Pyatigorsk, Essentuki, Kislovodsk, Zheleznovodsk - are located on this territory. Local sanatoriums are aimed at treating a variety of diseases - from the respiratory system and nervous system to blood circulation
Whatever the problems of the lands of he alth-improving areas and resorts, these areas are created by nature so that people with various diseases can undergo rehabilitation or prevention with maximum benefit for their body.
