Hydro-thermo massaging tub and method of treatment

A method of hydro-thermo massage comprising the steps of:

• i) providing an open-top-ended tub having a plurality of air jets disposed about opposed sidewalls and end walls of an inner chamber of said tub and spaced above a bottom wall thereof and oriented whereby an air stream flows from said jets at an angle less than 45.degree. from the plane of said bottom wall,
• ii) filling said tub with a predetermined quantity of hot water,
• iii) applying air under pressure in a air distribution duct in contact with said jets,
• iv) heating said air under pressure,
• v) controlling the pressure of said air and the temperature of said air to create a controlled turbulence in said water consisting of a plurality of hydro-thermo acupressure massage flows of warm air jets and water created by said pressurized air emitting from said opposed sidewalls and end walls towards a central area of least turbulence in said inner chamber,
• vi) positioning a bather's body in aid area of least turbulence whereby said hydro-thermo massage flows will perform a massaging action about said body,
• vii) simultaneously heating one of said end walls in a neck support area of said tub to warm the neck of said bather,
• viii) providing a sealed light enclosure in one of said end walls facing a bather occupying said tub and positioned to be immersed in said water, said sealed light enclosure having a detachable lens cover, and
• ix) interchanging lenses of different colors to impart different light frequencies in said water turbulence to provide different physical effects to said bather.

A hydro-thermo massaging tub comprising an open-top-end enclosure having a bottom wall, opposed sidewalls, and opposed end walls;

• an air distribution duct associated with at least said sidewalls and end walls, a plurality of holes of predetermined dimension disposed in said sidewalls and end walls and at predetermined spacing all around said tub and communicating said air distribution duct with an inner chamber defined by said tub, said holes forming air jets, said holes being disposed above said bottom wall and having their longitudinal axis oriented at an angle less than 45.degree. from the plane of said bottom wall, an air blower connected to said air distribution duct for directing air under pressure in said duct, control means to control the pressure of said air, heater means for heating said air under pressure, means to control the temperature of said air under pressure, said air under pressure being released through said plurality of holes as warm air bubbles in a body of water contained within said inner chamber, said warm air jets imparting turbulence in said body of water to create acupressure massaging flows of warm air jets and water from opposed sidewalls and end walls towards a central area of least turbulence in said inner chamber such that when a bather occupies said area of least turbulence, said massaging flows will perform a hydro-thermo massaging action simultaneously about the bather's body, means to drain water from said inner chamber, and said sidewall and end walls being provided with heater means to heat portions of said tub, said heater means being associated with said air distribution duct and a header of said enclosure to heat portions of said tub to provide heat to portions of a bather's body in contact therewith.