Although we are still enjoying sunshine and warm days, mornings and evenings have already begun to bring the first signs of seasonal change. Autumn is approaching, and with it come sudden temperature fluctuations and the increased risk of colds, sore throats, and flu. The best strategy to get through the winter successfully is to prepare your body in advance by strengthening your immunity.

The temperature changes from late summer to early autumn have a direct impact on the body. Fluctuations in temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure can weaken the body’s resistance, affecting not only health but also overall tone. That is why strengthening the immune defenses during this period is essential.

Why Băile Govora?
The resort is renowned for its natural resources with strong therapeutic effects. It is the only one in Romania that has mineral waters with an extremely varied chemical composition: iodinated and brominated saline waters, highly concentrated sulphurous waters, as well as hypotonic, bicarbonate, sodium, calcium and magnesium waters. In addition, the air in the area of the spa park and springs is strongly ionized, rich in negative ions, with a bronchodilator and mental relaxation effect.

The entire process of a spa treatment at Băile Govora is supervised by a multidisciplinary team: primary care balneologists, specialized nurses, physiokinetotherapists and masseurs, who establish a personalized plan according to each person’s needs.

How does flu prevention work at Govora?
“Children’s immunity, and not only, can be stimulated through treatment cures for prophylactic purposes,” explains Dr. Diana Galik, balneologist at Hotel Palace Băile Govora. “These consist of the well-known aerosol and inhalation sessions with sulphur and iodine mineral waters, respiratory kinesitherapy, terrain therapy with bronchodilator and mental relaxation effect. The effects of sulphur and iodine mineral waters are the regeneration of the respiratory mucosa, local anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, anti-infective and antiallergic effects, as well as increasing resistance to cold of the mucosa, through local vasodilation and increasing its trophicity.”

This combination of natural factors and medical procedures helps the body respond more effectively to the viral and bacterial attacks specific to the cold season, reducing the risk of frequent illnesses during autumn and winter.

What does the treatment program involve?
In the warm season, some procedures take place outdoors, in the spa park. “Through the kinesitherapy program, which in the warm season, when the weather allows, takes place in the spa park, we aim to improve gas exchange, tone the respiratory muscles, and control and coordinate breathing. All these contribute to increasing the efficiency of mineral water aerosols and natural forest aerosols,” adds Dr. Diana Galik.

In the case of children, the benefits are notable, especially before the start of the school year, when contact with other classmates increases the risk of seasonal viral infections. “Given that the school year will soon begin, the recommendation for the end of summer – beginning of autumn is to come for treatment with natural factors, the main beneficiaries being children, but also adults. And I mean both those with chronic conditions and those entering a community setting, as it is well known that the start of the school year is the time when seasonal viruses, flu, begin, and the body must be prepared to face these challenges,” the doctor notes.

How long do the effects of a cure last?
The results are not only immediate, but also long-lasting. “The effects of the treatment extend over a period of 6 months. A 10-day cure is recommended every 6 months for prophylactic purposes, but also curatively for patients with ENT respiratory conditions,” emphasizes Dr. Dragomir.

Come!
A spa treatment at Băile Govora before the arrival of the cold season is one of the most effective natural methods to strengthen your immunity and prevent respiratory conditions specific to autumn and winter. Through the unique combination of mineral waters, strongly ionized air, personalized kinesitherapy programs, and medical supervision, you give yourself the chance to enter the cold season with a prepared and protected body.