When the question is raised, where is the best place to restore your he alth, one of the answers can be the sanatorium "Rus" (Essentuki). Customer feedback suggests that this center has found a completely new approach to returning patients to an active life by getting rid of the disease with the healing properties of mineral water.
Essentuki - the beginning of the history of the resort
Just 17 km from Pyatigorsk is the cozy and charming city of Essentuki in its provincial immediate beauty. You rarely see such a picturesque and green settlement today, where the air makes you breathe deeply.
Once this area was of strategic importance as a redoubt built in 1798 to protect the southern territories of tsarist Russia. Already in the 19th century, 300 Cossack families were resettled here, responsible for the preservation of the border, and the village acquired the name Essentuki.
Although the first mineral springs were discovered in 1811, it was not until 1824 that they becameknown for their medicinal properties. From that moment on, the construction of pavilions began, many of which have survived to this day, but the real recognition of the resort came with the construction of a railway line to it. It was fashionable to relax “on the waters” not only among the nobility, but also among people with average incomes, especially since by the beginning of the 20th century there were already well-appointed hotels, sanatoriums and even a holiday village in which each house was an architectural masterpiece.
Nowadays, one of the most popular places in Essentuki is the sanatorium "Rus". Reviews of vacationers claim that this is a whole he alth complex, which has no equal in Russia.
Feature of local water
What is so special about local sources? There are many balneological zones in the world known for their unique waters, but it is the sanatorium-resort complex "Rus" (Essentuki) that offers mineral water from 20 carbonic sources as a treatment. Patient testimonials mention this.
The composition of the waters is either saline-alkaline or gray-alkaline. It is used for ingestion, inhalation, irrigation and bathing, and the therapeutic sulfide silt mud from Tambukan Lake, located 9 km from Pyatigorsk, only enhances the healing effect of water.
Currently Essentuki branded mineral waters are represented by the following drinks:
- "Drinking Table No. 20" in its composition refers to sulfate waters with calcium-magnesium content andhas a fairly low level of mineralization. It is prescribed in the treatment of diseases of the urinary tract. You need to carefully read the composition on the label, as the stores also sell a mixture of waters of different composition, which are not medicinal and mineral.
- "Essentuki New Water" is a combination of two wells, diluted with spring water in a ratio of 1: 2.
- Essentuki Burovaya No. 1 is mined at a depth of more than 300 meters and is a therapeutic carbon dioxide-hydrogen sulfide composition, the use of which both externally and internally has a positive effect on patients with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
For the prevention and treatment of a variety of ailments uses water from local sources Sanatorium "Rus" in Essentuki. Reviews of those who have been treated here speak of the effective use of water in the following cases:
- stomach problems;
- intestinal diseases;
- liver;
- postoperative rehabilitation;
- kidney and urinary tract problems;
- obesity;
- gout;
- diabetes and others.
Today, the sanatorium-resort complex "Rus" (Essentuki) recommends customers to visit convenient drinking galleries, which present mineral springs of different composition and depth of extraction.
Equipment of the complex
Just 100 years ago, hundreds of “suffering” people went to the waters here in the summer, while in our time the sanatorium and resort complex “Rus” alone can accommodate more than a thousand people in two well-appointed nine-story buildings located ingreen area of 6.4 hectares.
418 apartments of the following types are available to customers:
- Standard - these are double and single rooms with a view of the North Caucasus. They occupy from the second to the fifth floors and can accommodate up to 3 people. The rooms have all the amenities, furniture, air conditioning, panoramic windows, TV and mini-fridge.
- Family apartments await guests on the 6th, 7th and 8th floors. These are two-room suites with two separate bathrooms. In the living room, vacationers are greeted with upholstered furniture and a large TV, and in the bedroom - a comfortable bed and a wardrobe. Panoramic windows facing south reveal the snow-white cap of Elbrus, and endless green steppes can be seen from the north.
- Studio rooms occupy from the second to the eighth floors and are one-room apartments up to 40 m22. Each room is conditionally divided into a sleeping area with a double bed and a work area.
- Suite for those who love heights (located on the 9th floor). If you believe what they say about the sanatorium "Rus" in Essentuki reviews, then it is in this category of rooms that those who do not want to quit their jobs for the sake of recovery should stay. Three-room apartments (area over 80 m22) consist of an office, a bedroom and a living room.
- Two-room suite (9th floor), in addition to the bedroom, living room and two separate bathrooms, offers guests a large balcony from which you can tirelessly view the mountain range, the decoration of which is Elbrus.
- Vostochny apartments have a style corresponding to the name. It has a chic bedroom and a cozy living room with a panoramic window overlooking the Laccolith mountains.
All rooms of the sanatorium "Rus" in Essentuki (reviews from vacationers confirm this) are protected by an electronic lock with a key card and equipped with Wi-Fi. Here is a truly unforgettable comfortable stay.
Which patients are accepted by SCM "Rus"
If you go for treatment in Essentuki, the sanatorium "Rus" (address Pushkin St., 16) will be the best place for this. His staff includes doctors of more than 15 specializations, who will not only prescribe treatment according to the hospital card, but will conduct a comprehensive examination and select an individual wellness program and special nutrition for each patient.
As a rule, the main patients of the sanatorium are:
- people with musculoskeletal problems;
- with metabolic disorders up to diabetes;
- cardiovascular disease patients;
- respiratory organs of patients will also not be left without the attention of doctors;
- people with problems with male and female he alth;
- with skin diseases;
- people in need of disease prevention or rehabilitation.
All these patients or simply vacationers come to Yessentuki, to the Sanatorium "Rus" for results. Reviews of those who have been here do not deceive, and judging by them, patients are guaranteed, if not complete recovery, then relief. This is facilitated by special he alth programs and the special beauty of thisplaces.
Medical Center
Not every resort can boast such a large and equipped with the best modern medical equipment center, which is available in the sanatorium "Rus" (Essentuki). Patient reviews specifically mention the scale of the resort, which includes:
- laboratories for hematology and biochemistry research with excellent research facilities;
- diagnostic rooms where patients can undergo ultrasound (all types of diseases) or endoscopy;
- department of bioimpedance analysis of the body and the study of problems associated with metabolic disorders and excess weight;
- diagnostic rooms for urological and sexual diseases in men and women;
- comprehensive he alth check of the patient.
This is the largest medical center in the region, so this is another reason to visit Essentuki, the sanatorium "Rus". The feedback from visitors speaks very warmly about the attitude of doctors to patients, and judging by them, there are no indifferent specialists working solely for the sake of a salary.
What is included in the basic program
To get the result, the patient must strictly follow the doctor's instructions, and for those who have purchased a basic ticket to the Rus sanatorium, this is no exception. This wellness program covers a wide range of diseases, so you should immediately expect that it will take at least 10 days to complete.
During treatment, the patient is waiting for:
- diagnosticcenter;
- diet specially selected for his illness;
- doctors' consultations;
- herbal teas and mineral waters;
- group exercise therapy;
- oxygen cocktails;
- pool swimming;
- healing baths with mineral water and mud;
- hardware physiotherapy;
- washing the intestines with mineral water and microclysters with herbal infusions;
- inhalations and more.
As a result, the client will receive:
- general he alth promotion;
- relieve physical and emotional stress;
- increased immunity, performance and general burst of energy.
Patients aged 14+ are eligible to participate in the basic program.
He alth complex
The purpose of this program is disease prevention and overall he alth promotion. It can be carried out in 1 day or more at the request of the client. It does not include diagnostics, only consultations of doctors and basic procedures aimed at improving the general condition of a person, relieving stress and normalizing metabolism.
Hiking, taking healing water, diet food, sunbathing on the outdoor terrace, mechanotherapy and oxygen cocktails are waiting for vacationers. In general, a person receives a good rest, both for the soul and for the body.
Profile treatment programs
This is one of the most complete and expensive types of recovery. It includes the following blocks:
- Diagnostics for allauthorities, delivery of all tests and consultation with each specialist of the medical center.
- In the wellness part of the program, diet food and mineral water intake, swimming pool and natural solarium, mechanotherapy, oxygen cocktails and medicinal herbal teas.
The treatment block includes all types of healing baths, healing and massage showers, phototherapy and magnetotherapy, laser and ultrasound therapy, gynecological irrigation and mud tampons, cleansing microclysters and speleotherapy
Full block is designed for at least 10 days.
He alth Diet
Many clients are attracted to Essentuki to the sanatorium "Rus" by reviews of the famous diet of Elena Malysheva. The program developed from it includes:
- anthropometric examination and consultation with a nutritionist;
- five special meals a day, which is developed for each patient with obesity and metabolic disorders individually;
- physiotherapy exercises and water aerobics.
As a result of the program, the patient will receive:
- he althy eating habits;
- weight loss;
- improvement of the general condition of the body;
- change in metabolism.
The 7-day Express Program is offered to people with a weight problem from the age of 18.
Baby Wellness
Children's he alth in the sanatorium "Rus" is given special attention. Here, both kids with chronic diseases and those who just needin improving immunity and strengthening the body.
Basic, Wellness and Baby programs have been developed for young patients, the last of which is for children from 1 to 4 years old. The minimum validity period of a wellness voucher is one day. Includes:
- diet food;
- he alth exercises and walks;
- pool swimming;
- consultations with a pediatrician.
For chronic patients there is a special wellness program that includes an integrated approach to the baby's illness.
Purification
Detox programs have become especially popular lately. This is due to the realization that many diseases are the result of contamination of the body, so without a thorough cleansing, you can not even start the main treatment.
As a result of the Ultra Detox program, patients receive:
- getting rid of chronic fatigue;
- cleansing the body at the cellular level and its nutrition;
- activation of vital processes in the body and improvement of metabolism;
- body shaping and getting rid of cellulite.
Duration of the program is 2 days, patients from 18 years of age are allowed to participate in it.
SPA + Wellness
Not only attract the public to the sanatorium "Rus" (Essentuki) treatment reviews. Beauty and he alth are inseparable, which is why spa treatments are so popular all over the world. Designed for 2 days, the program "Beauty" provides for the diagnosis of the state of the body, its improvement, medical procedures for the skin and a SPA block aimed atface and figure correction.
Such offers are rare for a balneological resort, but not for the sanatorium "Rus". He provides his clients with the best recovery and rejuvenation.
Service and Leisure
The sanatorium also took care of the rest of its guests. At their service:
- tennis court and billiards.
- pool and jacuzzi.
- sports area and kids club.
- excursions and themed evening programs.
If you go for treatment in Essentuki, then the best choice is the Rus sanatorium, which has managed to embody the best he alth and entertainment traditions within its walls.
