Mental Health Benefits of Hydrotherapy: Stress Relief and Beyond
Key Takeaways Water therapy works on your nervous system directly — warm water shifts your body into parasympathetic (“rest and digest”) mode, lowering cortisol and calming the fight-or-flight response. A 2024 meta-analysis in Current Psychology found that hydrotherapy produces significant improvements in both anxiety and depression symptoms across multiple studies [1]. Aquatic exercise reduced depression…