Exploring Salt & Halotherapy Initiative Resources

Exploring Salt and Halotherapy Initiative Survey

Exploring Salt & Halotherapy Initiative Collaborations

Exploring Salt & Halotherapy Initiative Collaboration

Fireside Chats

Given COVID-19, the demand for both respiratory wellness and touchless services has never been stronger in the Spa industry. And requests for more and more education about Halotherapy has skyrocketed. To that end Steve Spiro, chairman of the “Exploring Salt & Halotherapy” Initiative, will be hosting regular “Fireside Chats” throughout the year for the Spa community via Zoom.

Previous Sessions:

September 15: Fireside Chat on Asthma
Watch Video HERE

September 30: Fireside Chat on Growing your Spa with Touchless Services
Watch Video HERE

October 28: Fireside Chat on Home Halotherapy Opportunity

Halotherapy Benefits – How does it help?

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For more information on these Halotherapy Cards, please visit the below research resources or the World Halotherapy Association.

Videos

YOUTUBE PLAYLIST INCLUDES:
Personal Float Stories
How Halotherapy Helps Hay Fever and Allergies
Halotherapy for Asthma
Halotherapy for Bronchiolitis
Why Isn’t Halotherapy Working For Me?
How Halotherapy Works For Eczema

Hear about the results from Phase 1 of a Pilot Study – Effects of Halotherapy on Post Covid Recovery

Media

Halotherapy

Healthy Gamble –American Spa
Upgrading Your Sauna With Himalayan Salt” (p. 30) –Skin Inc.
Halotherapy: Treat your clients to the benefits of salt – Massage Magazine
Bar Belle: Dreaming of salted rims in the Louisville Salt Cave – Insider Louisville
At Montauk Salt Cave, breathe easy and try yoga classes – Newsday
Fit is Beautiful: 6 Smart Tips for a Healthy Life – Insiders Guide to Spas – Insiders Guide to Spa
Dry Salt Therapy Benefits: How Salty Yoga In Pink Himalayan Salt Helped My Shallow Breathing – Medicaldaily
Experiencing halotherapy at Windsor Arms Hotel Spa in Toronto – Travellersoul76.com
The Science Behind Salt Therapy – Into The Gloss – Intothegloss.com
Enjoy this therapy with a pinch of salt – Straitstimes
How Salt Therapy can Detox the Body and Clear the Mind – eatsleepbe.com
How to Beat Asthma – The Atlantic
Ways to Beat Cabin Fever at Kalahari Resorts Sandusky – EveryDayShortcuts
Salt Therapy: You Can Do Yoga in a Himalayan Salt Cave in Pottstown – Phillymag
The Seven Days Wellness Issue, 2017 – sevendaysvt.com
What is cryotherapy? Feel the chill in New Berlin to find out – Journal Sentinel
New salt spa aims to alleviate respiratory, skin conditions – abc13.com
An old-fashioned treatment worth its salt? – Startribune
19 Spa Experiences to Help You Relax This Winter – 5280.com
Woman makes igloo made of SALT to help asthma – Birmingham Mail
New holistic halotherapy business expanding into Midland – mlive.com
With salt cave, local businesswoman hopes popular trend catches on in NEPA – The Times Tribune
Even as alternative medicine businesses grow, skeptics persist – stltoday.com
Owner of Latham-based, halotherapy business receives entrepreneurship award – Spotlightnews.com
Salt Therapy Rooms Might Be the Answer to Relieving Your Seasonal Allergies – Instlyle
Surrounded by salt: Couple launches salt-based relaxation business – record-eagle.com
Can Inhaling Salty Air Cure Respiratory Illness? – futurism.com
Exploring the new “Salt Den” therapeutic center – News10
Healing The Rich And Famous: The Most Outrageous Home Spas and Alternative Treatments – Forbes
Couple promotes healing power of salt at facility – Tampabay.com
Times reporter tries out Northwest Indiana’s first salt cave – North West Inidiana Times
Northwest Indiana’s first salt cave opens in St. John – North West Inidiana Times
Salt Den is Albany area’s first Himalayan therapy ‘cave’ – Times Union
Luxury Salt Rooms Offer Numerous Wellness Benefits, Proponents – CBS New York
Salt Den packs 70,000 pounds of salt into therapy chamber – The Daily Gazette
Salt spa trend hits Fairfield County – WestFairOnline
Why salt rooms are the new healthy hangout – Well+Good
Summerlin area’s Salt Room aimed at improving health – ReviewJournal
Is a Salt Spa the Secret to Breathing Easier This Cold Season? – Vogue
Cleanse your body with a stay in a salt room – TheStar.com
New Paltz business employs the healing power of salt – Hudson Valley One
San Antonio is now home to a ‘salt cave’ claiming to benefit allergy, asthma sufferers –MySanAntonio.com

Himalayan Salt

Beyond Stone Massage: 5 Ways to Incorporate Himalayan Salt – Skin Inc.
Worth Its Salt – Skin Deep
A Grain of Salt – America Spa
The Real Deal on Pink Himalayan Salt – SoulCycle
Himalayan salt cave for relaxation and healing; is there such a thing as a sodium chloride superfix? – Vancouver Sun

Research

Float Therapy
2022 Acute Floatation-REST Improves Perceived Recovery Following a High-Intensity Resistance Exercise Stress in Trained Men
2018 The Elicitation of Relaxation and Interoceptive Awareness Using Floatation Therapy in Individuals With High Anxiety Sensitivity – Feinstein et al.
2018 Examining the short-term anxiolytic and antidepressant effect of Floatation-REST – PLOS.one

Halotherapy

2019 Effect of Halotherapy on Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF) and Forced Expiratory Volume in 1-second (FEV1) in recreational athletes above the age of 40 –Pilot Study
2018 Consumer Insight Study: Himalayan Salt Stone Massage –The Langham Chicago
2016 Halotherapy as asthma treatment in children: A randomized, controlled, prospective pilot study –Pediatric Pulmonology
2014 Salt caves as simulation of natural environment and significance of halotherapy –Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
2014 A review of halotherapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
2013 Double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial on the efficacy of Aerosal1 in the treatment of sub-obstructive adenotonsillar hypertrophy and related diseases –International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
2010 Saltmed – The therapy with sodium chloride dry aerosols – Therapeutics, Pharmacology and Clinical Toxicology
2009 Dry sodium chloride aerosol against acute respiratory infections – European Respiratory Society
2007 Dry Sodium Chloride Aerosol in Rehabilitation of Patients with COPD – Clinical Research Rehabilitation Pulmonary Center
2007 Halotherapy, a Naturopathic Breath of Fresh Air – Vital Link Respiratory Conditions
2006 The effect of salt chamber treatment on bronchial hyperresponsiveness in asthmatics – Blackwell Munksgaard
2006 Respiratory Hygiene in Health Resort Medicine – The International Society of Medical Hydrology & Climatology
2006 Prospects of halotherapy in sanatorium-and-spa dermatology and cosmetology – Central Medical Unit # 122 of Federal Medical and Biological Agency
2004 Effect of Dry Sodium Chloride Aerosol on the Respiratory Tract of Tobacco Smokers – European Respiratory Journal
2003 Halotherapy of Respiratory Diseases – Clinical Research Respiratory Center
1995 Halotherapy for Treatment of Respiratory Diseases – Journal of aerosol medicine
1995 The use of halotherapy for the rehabilitation of patients with acute bronchitis and a protracted and recurrent course – NIH Clinical Center

2017 Briefing Paper
The briefing paper is a snapshot of this industry sector including valuable information on latest trends, challenges and initiative accomplishments. Read full paper HERE.

The Global Wellness Institute serves as an umbrella organization for numerous Initiatives, that are independently chaired and run. The resources, editorial, research and opinions presented by the Initiatives do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Global Wellness Institute.