The Salt Therapy Room Etiquette:

• All The Salt Therapy Room clients must fill out an intake form and receive an orientation prior to attending their first Salt Therapy session.

• Please arrive 5-10 minutes prior to your session start time to sign in and use the restroom, store belongings, adjust clothing and footwear,
  find reading materials, etc.

• Adult sessions begin promptly on the hour. Once a session has begun, we discourage clients from entering to maintain the proper
  salt concentration in the room, as well as to not disturb others. Latecomers will be booked in the next available session.

• You are responsible for your own personal items. We do have a place to stow your personal belongings, but there is no lock.
  We will not be responsible for anything lost, damaged, or stolen.

• Dress in comfortable clothing - salt dust is harmless and can be brushed off clothing. Clean socks are required in the salt room. Please no bare feet!

• Use of The Salt Therapy Room must be avoided during the acute or contagious phase of any illness, including, colds, flu, infections with a fever, acute active tuberculosis, cardiac insufficiency, COPD in 3rd stage, spitting of blood, alcohol or drug intoxication, unstable or uncontrolled hypertension and acute stages of respiratory diseases.

• In order to maintain a spa environment we suggest that you use your time in the room to read, sleep or meditate.
  You may bring the following items: book, ear plugs, or a small towel to cough into if needed. No other items are allowed in the spa.
  If you have a personal need that is not on this list please speak to a The Salt Therapy Room attendant.

• No food or drinks are allowed in the salt rooms.

• If you would like to experience complete silence during your session, please feel free to bring your own earplugs.

In Consideration of Others:

• Please do not leave the salt room while a session is in progress, unless there is an emergency.

• Please keep voices low inside the Salt Room and in its reception area.

• Do not use any perfumes, lotions, or any kinds of fragrances when you attend a session.

• If you experience excessive coughing, kindly cough into a towel.

• If you are prone to excessive snoring, we encourage you to sit more upright, try to stay awake,
  and take deeper breaths during your treatments in order to reduce snoring.

• Please let us know as soon as possible if you are unable to make it to a scheduled Salt Therapy session.

Sessions for Kids:

• Children 12 and under must have an adult guardian present at all times.

• Each adult guardian must fill out an intake form and receive an orientation.

• Use inside voices both inside and outside the salt room.

• Please play with the salt, but do not throw it. Please clean up toys at the end of your session.

How often should you have salt sessions?

Regular and Consistent Salt Therapy is most beneficial to ease respiratory symptoms!

​Every experience is different and it depends on the type and severity of your condition.

Based on research for chronic respiratory and dermatological conditions such as asthma, bronchitis, sinusitis, allergies and psoriasis, it is strongly recommended to complete 12 to 25 sessions, preferably within 4-8 weeks. Individual conditions vary based on type and severity, therefore each experience is different. You may feel some improvement after one session, but a series of treatments is best for longer-term results. After a series of treatments, your breathing will become easier and symptoms such as sneezing, coughing, and shortness of breath will improve noticeably. People also come for treatments as a preventative measure.

Salt therapy is most prevalent in Russia and Eastern Europe, where doctors have routinely prescribed it for over a decade. While every session is beneficial, multiple sessions allow most people to experience a period of remission from their conditions.

Just think about this… You can’t go to the gym once and walk out with the perfect abs and body!!!

For mild conditions such as cold, flu symptoms, ear infections or other temporary respiratory discomforts its recommended to have 3-8 sessions within 1-2 weeks, once the fever has subsided.

Below is a list of conditions and the suggested number of consecutive sessions, as used in Russian clinics and health spas. These numbers should not be treated as prescribed medical standards, but rather as suggested guidelines for treatment based on research (see citation below). Visitors to Kilkenny Salt Therapy should be attentive to their own unique needs/conditions and make decisions about treatment based on the way their bodies respond.

All treatment times are over an 8 week period unless otherwise noted:

Condition – Number of visits

Asthma – intermittent, mild 12-14
Asthma – moderate, severe 18-21
Acute bronchitis 12-14
Recurrent bronchitis 18-20
Chronic obstructive bronchitis 18-21
Pneumonia after the acute stage 12-14
Bronchiectatic disease 20-25
Cystic fibrosis 20-25
Respiratory infections, influenza 5-7 or 2x/wk for prevention
Vasomotor and allergic rhinitis, rhinosinusopathy 14-18
Chronic pharyngitis and tonsillitis 14-18
Adenoiditis 14-18
Chronic sinusitis 14-18
Acute sinusitis 3-5
Hay fever 12-14
Multi-chemical sensitivity syndrome 12-14
Smokers 12-14
After contact with industrial and household pollutants 12-14
Skin pathology 8-25

Children’s Salt Therapy:

Children are more prone to breathing problems because their respiratory system is not fully developed before the age of 9. Large particles of pollution can reach their lungs because their bodies have difficulty filtering them out. The narrowness of nasal passageways in children and their higher risk of picking up viruses contributes to these frequent episodes. As our environment has become increasingly polluted, there has been an uptick in respiratory problems for both adults and children. Asthma accounts for more hospitalizations in children than any other chronic illness.

The good news is that children respond quickly to salt room treatments, which are 100% drug-free and non-invasive. Whether your child is suffering from allergies, an ear infection, frequent colds, or asthma, salt therapy helps reduce inflammation, open clogged passageways, loosen up mucous, and kill germs and bacteria. In addition, it will boost your child’s immune system. Children don’t even realize that they are receiving a therapeutic treatment as they are passively inhaling micro-salt particles as they play in a “sandbox” play area setting. Sessions will be offered individually as well as scheduled “play dates” or “mommy and me” group sessions.

Adult Salt Therapy:

The adult salt room is a quiet, relaxing room providing Halotherapy to adults. This room will seat up to 6 adults comfortably for a 45-minute session. This room is available to be rented out to groups looking for a unique meeting space (book clubs, bible study groups, mom’s day out, senior citizen groups, etc).

The benefits of breathing in salt therapy include:
• Improved lung capacity
• Reduced respiratory allergies
• Detoxification of your bodily systems
• Helps reduce germs
• Decreases the severity of skin conditions including eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis
• Decreases the severity of chronic respiratory illnesses including asthma, emphysema, bronchitis
• Reduces chest congestion, cough, sore throat sinusitis
• Decreases depression
• Improves sleep

According to World Halotherapy Association the below visits are recommended:

Salt Therapy is not a substitute for medical treatment and diagnosis of any health condition. It is recommended that you seek medical advice relating to your health problems; do not neglect regular medical check-ups; do not change or stop taking your medication and treatment without consulting the physician. Patients with high blood pressure need doctor’s consent. Pregnant women need a doctor’s consent.

SOURCES:

• National Institute of Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Balneoclimatology, Bucharest, Romania.

• Halotherapy for treatment of respiratory diseases

• A methodical recommendation was discussed and approved by the Scientific Board of the Institute of Pulmonology of the Russian Federation.

• Clinical-Research Respiratory Center, St. Petersburg – Doctors A.V. Chervinskaya, S.I. Konovalov, O.V. Strashnova, N.G. Samsonova

• Institute of Pulmonology of the Russian Federation, Moscow – Doctors A.G. Chchalin, I.D. Apulcina, I.E. Furman, A.A. Bondarenko, M.V. Samsonova

• Pavlov National Medical University, St. Petersburg – Doctors M.S. Pluzhnikov, A.N. Aleksandrov, I.M. Raznatovskiy, N.N. Tretyakova, K.N. Monach.