Republican speleotherapy hospital

The Republican Hospital of Speleo-treatment is located on the outskirts of Soligorsk on the bank of Soligorsk reservoir

• aeroionotherapy;
• apparatus massage;
• compressive therapy;
• speleotherapy;
• dry carbonic acid gath bath;
• stonetherapy;
• electrotherapy;
• galotherapy;
• hydromassage;
• inhalatorium;
• laser therapy;
• magnet therapy;
• manual massage;
• medical rooms of other doctors;
• cedar barrel;
• oxygen therapy;
• paraffin ozokerite therapy;
• pearl baths;
• phototherapy;
• phytotherapy;
• procedure unit;
• rehabilitation capsule;
• therapeutic douches;
• therapeutic stream douche;
• UHF-therapy;
• underwater douche massage;
• vacuum massage.

• cinema;
• library;
• prayful room;
• TV;
• swimming pool;
• beauty salon;
• drugstore;
• store;
• cafe;
• currency exchange;
• hairdresser's
• payment-reference terminal.

• sportsground;
• table tennis;
• sauna Finnish;
• swimming pools;
• library;
• billiards;

Stationary speleotherapy:

1. Adaptation period

• medical examination 
  
• individual rehabilitation programme
• medical records
• speleotreatments are administered for day-care or in the evening  in conjunction with the general condition of the patient and pathologies
• physiotherapy treatments
• information about speleotherapy, paid medical care 
• hospital presentation и instruction on internal regulations

Preparatory period lasts 2-3 days, due to general condition of the patient and pathologies it can takes longer.

2. Treatment period

• patients follow physician's prescription,daily regime and diet
• speleoprocedures
• medical examination,dynamic supervision of a doctor and monitoring of health condition, и individual response to  speleo environment, physiotherapy care

Asthma-school, that caters to educating :

• peakflowmeter terms of use;
• nebulizer terms of use;
• usage of inhalers;
• asthma-control test.

In underground section:

• breathing exercises;
• terrainkur  (360 meters length);
• volleyball, table tennis, basketball, badminton;
• attendance to read, chess, checkers, billiards, watching TV are created in the rest rooms;

3. After adaptation period

• medical examination ;
• a physician consultation, patient's discharge ;

Hospital accepts people not younger than 10 years old for speleotherapy in the underground department . Children from 10 to 16 years must be accompanied by an adult. Children from 3 to 10 years are accepted for a ground speleoroom and must be accompanied by an adult, too.

Course of therapy lasts no longer than 12 and up to 18 days. 

Ground speleoroom. 

Ground speleoroom was made for patients with contraindications and for children from 3 to 10 years.

Speleoroom is a room with walls coated with salt on the special technology and halogenerator that used for charging with fine salt aerosol the atmosphere. 

Course of treatment lasts no less than 12 days for 40 minutes.

Medical influence of speleoroom:

• Respiratory system:  anti-inflammatory, anti-allergy, bronchodilator .
• Central nervous system: fatigue reduction; sedativе, painkiller; anti-stress.
• Metabolic processes: increase and stimulation of processes
• Circulatory systems: decreases in blood pressure; improvement of microcirculation;.
• Blood system: normalization; hemoglobin content increase; normalization of electrolyte exchange ; immunomodulatory.

Medical contraindications of speleotherapy:

• acute diseases (until recuperation).
• chronic 
• Infectious and parasitic diseases(until recuperation).
• Носительство of agents of infectious diseases.
• Asthma rapid contagion.
• Tuberculosis.
• Respiratory illnesses with respiratory failure 2-3 types.
• Malignant Neoplasms.
• Blood diseases –  in a pattern of rapid escalation and 6 months after remission 
• Diseases of the circulatory system.
  
• Kidney failure.
• Enuresis.
• Liver failure .
• Convulsive seizures.
• Mental illnesses and  behavioural disorders.
• Diabetes.
• Diseases of endocrine system, an eating disorder and metabolic disorders (stage of decompensation)
• Illnesses with mobility disabilities.
• Post-operation condition (first 3 months after operation ).
• Diseases of middle and inner ear.