Therapeutic Spa Bath for Providing Hydrotherapy Treatments

A therapeutic spa bath for providing a spa bath user having a torso, a head, arms, and legs with a spinal traction/decompression therapy treatment, the therapeutic spa bath comprising:

• a bathtub body having a floor, a backrest, a headrest, an upstanding sidewall, and a reservoir defined between the floor, backrest, headrest, and upstanding sidewall, said reservoir filled with water;
• a first plurality of water jet nozzles mounted to the backrest;
• a second plurality of water jet nozzles mounted to the headrest;
• and
• a water pump operably coupled to the first and second pluralities of water jet nozzles by one or more conduits;
• wherein the water pump provides pressurized water to the first and second pluralities of water jet nozzles through the conduits for generating massaging water jets within the reservoir;
• wherein the spa bath user is positioned within the reservoir with the spa bath user's head adjacent to the headrest and the spa bath user's torso adjacent to the backrest;
• and
• wherein the massaging water jets generated by the first plurality of water jet nozzles gently pull the spa bath user's torso in a first direction and the second plurality of water jet nozzles gently pull the spa bath user's head an opposite second direction for providing a gentle spinal traction/decompression therapy treatment.

A therapeutic spa bath for providing one or more hydrotherapy treatments, the therapeutic spa bath comprising:

• a floor;
• a backrest;
• a headrest;
• an upstanding sidewall;
• a reservoir defined between the floor, upstanding sidewall, backrest, and headrest, said reservoir filled with water;
• a pair of leg cover shelves extending over the floor adjacent to a first end of the therapeutic spa bath;
• a plurality of water jet nozzles, wherein one or more of the water jet nozzles are mounted to the floor beneath the leg cover shelves and one or more water jet nozzles are mounted to the leg cover shelves above the floor;
• and
• a water pump operably coupled to the water jet nozzles by one or more conduits;
• wherein the water pump provides pressurized water to the water jet nozzles through the conduits for generating massaging water jets within the reservoir.

A method of providing a hydromassage therapy treatment using a therapeutic spa bath, the therapeutic spa bath comprising:

• a floor;
• a backrest;
• a headrest;
• an upstanding sidewall;
• a reservoir defined between the floor, upstanding sidewall, backrest, and headrest, said reservoir filled with water;
• a pair of leg cover shelves extending over the floor adjacent to a first end of the therapeutic spa bath;
• a plurality of water jet nozzles, wherein one or more of the water jet nozzles are mounted to the floor beneath the leg cover shelves and one or more water jet nozzles are mounted to the leg cover shelves above the floor;
• and
• a water pump operably coupled to the water jet nozzles by one or more conduits;
• wherein the water pump provides pressurized water to the plurality of water jet nozzles through the conduits for generating massaging water jets within the reservoir;
• the method comprising the steps of:
• positioning a spa bath user within the reservoir, the spa bath user having a torso, a head, arms, and legs, wherein the spa bath user's legs are positioned between the water jet nozzles mounted to the floor and the water jet nozzles mounted to the leg cover shelves;
• and
• activating the water pump for generating massaging water jets within the reservoir;
• wherein the massaging water jets generated by water jet nozzles mounted to the floor provide a hydromassage therapy treatment to a first side of the spa bath user's legs and the water jet nozzles mounted to the leg cover shelves provide a hydromassage therapy treatment to a second side of the spa bath user's legs.