Sports performance

Salt Therapy can dramatically enhance sports performance by improving lung function and increasing lung capacity and stamina. At Cavan Salt Clinic, we understand that when you are an athlete, every advantage counts.

The primary goal of every athlete is to achieve their maximum potential. One of the most important factors in attaining this is improving your breathing pattern.

Poor breathing patterns will:

• Limit oxygen exchange
• Reduce stamina and performance
• Increase the production of lactic acid and subsequently leave you with residual muscle soreness
• Increase dehydration
• Increase the occurrence of cramps
• Greatly lengthen recovery time
• Elevate the heart rate
• Increase anxiety
• Decrease concentration
• Increase the likelihood of injury in training and competition
• Decrease energy levels
• Contribute to poor sleep patterns

The aim of Salt Therapy, also called Halotherapy, is to normalise the breathing pattern. When the body is working within its physiologically normal parameters it can work at an increased level of performance. Stamina and endurance are maximised. Athletes find that once they have corrected their breathing pattern, they can achieve better performance with less breath. This means athletes have more air in reserve and hence perform at an optimal level. When you want to win, you have to get that edge.

There are several known respiratory conditions and pulmonary limitations that affect athletes. These include air flow obstruction, which leads to a reduction in performance, increased bronchial responsiveness, exposure to airborne allergens and other unwanted inhaled particles, and respiratory illnesses and conditions such as asthma, allergies and airway inflammation. Salt Therapy is a completely natural, drug-free solution to these issues.

Relax is our Salt Room and breathe purified air, enriched with microscopic salt particles. The dry salt aerosol in the Salt Room eliminates airborne particles from the airways and helps the body purge itself of harmful toxins.

Dry salt aerosol inhalation treatment successfully addresses the needs of athletes by:

• Clearing mucus from the airways thus removing airflow obstruction
• Enhancing mucociliary clearance mechanism in both asthmatic and healthy subjects
• Balancing airway-surface liquid
• Providing anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects
• Reducing bronchial hyperresponsiveness
• Improving lung function
• Helping to clear unwanted inhaled particles from lungs

Salt Therapy is the latest trend in professional sports training. National teams in Eastern Europe regularly integrate Salt Therapy into their training regime. Teams spend a week at a time training in huge underground salt caves, such as the one in Bochnia, Poland which boasts a salt therapy unit with an underground sports-field and basketball court. A salt cave in Cluj County, Romania has a full sized football pitch.

Cavan Salt Clinic welcomes athletes and sports people of all ages and levels. Allow us to help you get the edge over the competition.