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Gasteiner Heilstollen - Unique worldwide - a natural pain relief!
In their quest for gold, the mountain dwellers of the Gasteinertal found a way to natural pain relief instead: the path leading into the Gasteiner Heilstollen. For over 50 years, this method has been used successfully in the treatment of rheumatic diseases and, after decades of experience, is considered by balneologists to be the most effective natural remedy available.
As to the number of patients, the Gasteiner Heilstollen is even considered the largest treatment centre worldwide for patients suffering from Bekhterev's disease, a severe rheumatic disorder. This treatment, however, has also proven quite successful in the case of chronic respiratory diseases and allergies.
A healing atmosphere unique the world over prevails two kilometres deep inside the Radhausberg. The enormous success of the treatment can be attributed to the ideal combination of high temperature (37 to 41.5°C), air humidity (70% to 100%), and naturally elevated radon levels. Some 10,000 guests come here every year and take advantage of the climate in the Gasteiner Heilstollen to alleviate their complaints. The success rate among these patients is around 80-90 percent. A three-week treatment in the Heilstollen will help alleviate the patients' complaints for a period of several months.
A recent study carried out at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute in Vienna has found an indicator for the effectiveness of the treatment for the first time. The healing climate in the Heilstollen helps increase the levels of TGF-ß, a chemical messenger that is involved in various repair mechanisms of the body. This cytokinin also promotes wound recovery and regeneration of muscle and nerve tissue, and inhibits exaggerated immunological processes and inflammatory reactions.
A total of more than 2.5 million man visits to the Heilstollen in the last 50 years underscore the positive effects of this treatment. Several scientific works have confirmed the unique effect of the treatment in recent years. After treatment, patients need significantly less medication and take less sick leave. As a result, the Heilstollen treatment helps increase a patient's standard of living in the long term.
Staying healthy:
The Gasteiner Heilstollen treatment helps improve the body's self-regulatory ability. It strengthens the patient's immune system. It helps train the cells' repair system. As a result, the treatment can significantly contribute to health maintenance. Many guests take advantage of the healing climate of the Heilstollen for prophylactic purposes. The treatment has also proven to have a positive impact on patients suffering from osteoporosis and neurological, circulatory, hormonal, and vegetative disorders.
To enable guests to become familiar with the Gasteiner Heilstollen, the operators offer sneak-in visits to the Heilstollen twice a week. These visits include a short medical check, an information briefing on the causes and effects of the unique healing climate, and a visit to the Heilstollen.
The most important indications:
Bekhterev's disease, chronic polyarthritis, arthritis, degenerative spine disorders, fibromyalgia, muscular diseases, asthma, bronchitis, allergies.
For further information contact:
Franz Xaver Rieser, tel.:(+43)06434/3753-226, fax:-229,
E-mail: franz.rieser@gasteiner-heilstollen.com
www.gasteiner-heilstollen.com