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COVID-19: Spa Sanitation & Hygiene Standards

Article | Category: Spa Operations

This document will serve as an overview for the necessary sanitation and hygiene standards that will need to be considered prior to reopening. As with all of these documents, the standards may be updated over time as circumstances change.

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Craniosacral Therapy

Article | Category: Glossary Terms

Craniosacral Therapy (CST) involves light holding of the cranium and sacrum. Small movements are made during the therapy to manipulate the joints of the skull. It is believed that the tiny manipulations of CST influence the pressure and circulatory rhythm of cerebrospinal fluid, the fluid that surrounds and cushions the brain and spinal cord.

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Creating a Joy-filled Team through Positivity

Article | Category: Inspiration

Have you ever been part of a highly motivated, joy-filled team?

If you have, chances are that most days you were excited to come to work because you had fun collaborating and you felt like you mattered. Your focus and enthusiasm then helped you do some of your best work with your colleagues.

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Creative Therapy (Creative Movement)

Article | Category: Glossary Terms

A form of therapy that uses kinesthetic, rational, musical, and emotional functions to work out the mind and body through expressive movement.

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Creative Visualization

Article | Category: Glossary Terms

Learn about a technique and enjoy a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere where you are taken on a journey to visualize yourself in a new, more positive light.

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Crenotherapy

Article | Category: Glossary Terms

A therapy using a "wand" of frozen products which produce a vasoconstricting effect on skin tissue and muscle mass thereby creating a "lifting" of the areas to be treated.

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Cross Training

Article | Category: Glossary Terms

A fitness regimen alternating between aerobic, flexibility, and strength exercises (one type of exercise per day) for 30 minutes.

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Cryosauna

Article | Category: Glossary Terms

Whole body cryotherapy in a sauna-like environment is the process of exposing the body to extremely low temperatures (-110 to -130C) in a controlled environment for a limited amount of time.

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Cryotherapy

Article | Category: Glossary Terms

Cryotherapy is a pain treatment that uses a method of localized freezing temperatures to deaden an irritated nerve. Cryotherapy is also used as a method of treating localized areas of some cancers (called cryosurgery), to treat abnormal skin cells by dermatologists.

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