By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
The Mediterranean climate of Crete, the modern health structures and the innovative services that are offered, make the island a competitive destination, combining vacations and treatment harmonically. Medical tourism has been an upcoming power over the last few years.
Nowadays, many illnesses are caused by psychological causes, such as stress, intense everyday life, modern demands, human relations, the lack of social cohesion, lack of close friend and family bonds and so forth.
The climate, the nature, the sea, walking, adventure, sports, asceticism, historical and cultural heritage, discovery, wellness, cruises, nutrition, participation, the change of environment are all contributing to the mental health. Crete is an ideal destination that combines all of the above.
Medical structures
Advanced research and contemporary medical and healing center, located throughout the island, offer daily medical treatment to people with health problems, aiming to prevent, diagnose, treat and maintain health.
Medical tourism
In Chania and Heraklion, modern centers of artificial insemination can offer their services to visitors from abroad. The existing legislation of Greece for the assisted reproduction for couples and single mothers is more favorable in Greece, compared to other countries.
Moreover, there are modern centers of physical and psychological rehabilitation, as well as Mental Health Centers, in which patients from all over the world can enjoy high standard services.
Dental tourism
Over the last few years, the number of visitors seeking dental care has been increased throughout the island, trying to combine their vacations at the resorts of Crete with the high quality diagnostic and medical services.
The main reason is that Greek dentists offer dental services up to 80% cheaper than those provided in private clinics in Europe, maintaining the same high quality materials and equipment at the same time.
Paramedical services
In Crete, high standard services are offered in all the fields of paramedical professions, aiming to provide services such as chiropractic, physiotherapy, acupuncture, speech therapy and dietetics.
The Cretan centers working on paramedical sciences constantly upgrade the knowledge of their qualified staff, aiming at establishing their presence in the local community, as well as becoming popular to the visitors from all over Greece and Europe.
Revitalization
In Crete anyone can enjoy the magic of a refreshing spa and massage in specialized relaxing points. From relaxing and detoxicating the body to refreshing and slimming, the innovational treatments offered can help achieve each goal.
Many of those facilities have been awarded for the high level of their services. Almost all 5-star hotels offer spa treatments by experienced chiropractics and the use of the latest technology.
Thalassotherapy
Hippocrates, the father of medicine was the first to discover the healing qualities of sea water by observing its healing effect on the wounded hands of the fishermen. Based on the fact that seawater helps wounds not to be contaminated, he urged his patients to follow treatments using seawater to relief pain. Today, it is world-wide acknowledged that thalassotherapy is an efficient method of treatment which refreshes the cells, using hot seawater.
Most luxury hotels of Crete have established modern thalassotherapy and spa centers, all perfectly equipped and manned with well trained staff. Those centers have hydromassage facilities in heated pools using sea water, as well as aromatherapy and sea plant treatment. Thalassotherapy is based on the correct use of the beneficial components of seawater and sea plants.
Herbal Treatment
Crete has always been the heaven of herbs. The air, the sun and the sea help plants be healthy and carry large amounts of essential oils.
Herbs are found all over the mountains, the cultivated land and the coastal areas and many of them are known for their healing properties.
Aromatherapy
Crete has a variety of herbs which are used in aromatherapy; aromatherapy uses essential oils in order to treat or relieve of illnesses. Essential oils, mixed with other substances are placed on the skin, inhaled or sprayed in the air. Aromatherapy helps people relax and relieves stress. It has been used in order to cope with conditions such as burns, infections, depression, insomnia and high blood pressure.
Cretan Nutrition
Cretan nutrition has positively surprised scientists from all over the world, as the results of all the surveys show its benefits on the health of the Cretans and the low levels of illnesses, compared to the other parts of the planet.
With its unique biodiversity and the special climate, Crete is a place that helps the growth of many herbs and wild plants; what’s more, stock-breeding is also favoured on the island and its wide variety of by-products have been part of the Cretan nutrition through the centuries. All these factors have made Cretan nutrition the healthiest one among all other Mediterranean diets.
Meditation
Meditation is a timeless widespread art of the spirit, a method of spiritual concentration that it is succeeded through deep relaxation and the isolation from all thoughts and outer stimulation. Meditation aims at acquiring knowledge or experience without using the human sense organs or any other source of information.
Yoga
Yoga is an ancient method of exercise and mental balance, which fits perfectly with the purity and balance of the Cretan landscape. Many world-known yogis have given up the urban centers of Europe in order to do what they love in Crete.
Reiki
Reiki is a very old healing spiritual practice from Japan with beneficial effects on health, physical well-being, relaxation, mental tranquility and general mood.