KingWenceslas.co.uk - Hostel Luzice, Jachymov, Czech Republic

The Luzice Dependency comprises two buildings built in 1932.

Luzice I offers 29 and Luzice II 21 mostly double rooms, furnished with sensible furniture, a wash-basin and a radio. There is a common bathroom on each floor, toilets and a telephone. On the second floor there is a common kitchenette with a refrigerator and basic equipment available to the guests. On the ground floor there is a lounge room with a TV.

The price include "Classical complete spa treatment":
- Check-in medical examination and lab tests
- Medical chek-up once a week
- According the instructions of the physician with consideration of the patient's health condition from 21 up to 30 applications of spa procedures weekly (except Sundays)
- First aid available in case of accidental injury or illness
- Medical attention in case of general health complications during the course of treatment and in case of serious illness necessary medical care in specialized public health center
- Non-stop medical service and constant presence of a physician
- Medical check-out examination and check-out report
- For stays shorter than 11 days, patient receives only 1 radon bath as a trial sample.
- All day catering / meals, standard or selection, event. diet prescribed by the physician (full board, i.e. three meals per day)
- Accommodation in the category according to client's order
- Cure tax

The meals are served in the Praha Spa Hotel. The complete medical care and spa procedures are available in the Spa Building (Lazenska budova) about 250 meters away.

Procedures:

Balneology, radon bath, radon galvanic bath, bath with ingredients (herbal etc.)

Rehabilitation, reflex therapy, including reflex segment massages, remedial exercises in a group, individual remedial exercises with various methodologies, group and individual remedial exercises in a swimming pool with warm water, apparatus exercises, ergotherapy, physical therapy, electrotherapy- for example Tens, Trabert s Streams etc., magnetic pulsaing field, laser-therapy, ultrasound, diathermy, cryotherapy,
inhalations and other.

Massages, classic partial massages Lymphodrainages, vacuum, compression therapy, Instrument massages.

Hydrotherapy, underwater massages, whirlpool massages, scottish spurts, sparkling massages.

Special therapy, brachyradium therapy, X-ray therapy.

Other, dry carbon dioxide bath, Oxygenotherapy, acupuncture, mobilisation and manipulation techniques.

The Jachymov Spa has an outstanding position in the treatment of locomotory system illnesses due to the basic treatment instrument - the radon mineral waters. This natural treatment medium with high content of radioac-tive gas radon, a source of soft alpha rays, has a strong overall influence on human body.

Just the treatment in the form of overall baths has a clear anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect and brings patients long-term pain relief. The radon baths apparently improve the mobility of joints, raise the immunity of the body, rectify the blood pressure values and promote the blood circulation. The 20-minute baths are administered in the temperature of 35 - 37°C, with the ideal radon concentration of 4,000 - 4,500 Bq/l. Eighteen baths is the minimum number to reach the therapeutic effect; the maximum number of baths per stay is 24. The isothermic temperature of the baths allows for treatment even to elderly clients and to patient's with cardiovascular ailments.

A very important part of the treatment programme is the active rehabilitation care, administered by trained physio-therapists following the most recent methods. In addition, several kinds of hydrotherapy, physical therapy and various types of massage are used. For patients with severe affliction of the locomotive system there is the brachyradium therapy, a special radiation therapy called also the "Jachymov Boxes". It is the minimal anti-inflammatory and analgesic dose of gamma rays, the source of which are the radium salts. It is administered to patients with indication only once per stay, lasting 6 - 10 hours in a special bed ward.

Throuhout their stay the patients are in care of their doctor of medicine - a specialist in balneology and therapeutic rehabilitation. After the check in medical examination, according to need accompanied with other lab tests, x-rays and function testing, the doctor determines an individual treatment plan. The patient is invited to regular medical check-ups. Should any complication arise, a non-stop medical and nurse service is available. We also perform medical specialist consultations with the internist, surgeon, orthopaedic specialist, neurologist and ORL specialist.

An integral part of the therapy is a quality diet system, health education and cultural and social pastime, which have a positive influence on the patient's state of mind.

Such complete spa therapy, the basis of which is the radon bath, results in remarkable relief of patient's medical problems lasting several months, reduction in the drug treatment dosing and thus overall improvement in the quality of life.

Indication of Spa Treatment:
1. Diseases of Movement System
a) Inflammatory - rheumatoid arthritis, spondylitis, ancylosing spondylitis - Bechterew disease, psoriatic arthropathy.
b) Degenerative States: after arthritis or polyarthritis, traumatic conditions following the injuries of locomotor organs, degenerative diseases of extremities, joints and spine, extraarticular rheumatism, Dupuytren contracture.
c) System - sclerodermia, system lupus, myositis.
d) Other - post-traumatic conditions, condition after orthopaedic and rheuma-orthopaedic surgeries, and surgeries of peripheral nervous system including replacements
2. Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - Neuralgia, neurithis with any rheumatic diseases, radicular neuralgia of inflammatory and traumatic origin.
3. Metabolic Diseases - Typically neurithis accompanying diabetes and any joint affection, the disorders of metabolism (gout e. g.)
4. Osteoporosis Programme.

Contra-indications:
1. Tumors
2. Acute infections in active phase
3. Active tuberculosis
4. serious heart diseases
5. Acute and sbacute psychogenic diseases

The guests of the dependency check in at the non-stop reception desk of the Curie Spa Hotel. Guests may choose from the rich selection of culture and entertainment events and additional services provided by other spa facilities. The parking is possible on the parking lot with surveillance on the spa premises.

For more information about the Spa programs and procedures please contact us.