"Forest Lakes" is a sanatorium (Vitebsk region). Sanatoriums in Belarus

Belarus is a unique natural area in which forests occupy the third part of the whole territory. The northern part of the country is a lake region where many water bodies are sources of clean and unique natural waters.

Admire the forest beauties and improve their health invitingly invite the "Forest Lakes" (sanatorium). The Vitebsk region of Belarus is included in the European region "Lake District". Over three thousand water bodies are concentrated on the territory here. Healing air of coniferous forests in combination with the healing properties of groundwater created all the prerequisites for arranging here numerous sanatoriums of the Vitebsk region.

Features of Belarusian health resorts

One of the main methods of treatment here is the use of mineral waters. They are prescribed for internal use, as well as in the form of balneal treatment. Among the common types of healing baths are hydrogen sulphide, rhodonoids, iodine-bromine, carbonaceous and coniferous. Practically all sanatoria in Belarus specialize in the treatment of cardiovascular, nervous and respiratory systems. Strengthening the healing process is helped by the general atmosphere of the beauty of the forest area, natural calmness and silence.

Children's sanatoriums in the Vitebsk region include a full range of rehabilitation procedures in their program. Traditional is therapeutic massage, mud treatment, the use of mineral waters, oxygen cocktails. In addition, in every health institution for adults there is an obligatory department for children. Therefore, resorts in Belarus can be considered for family holidays. Medical purposes here are successfully combined with a cultural and entertainment program. Thanks to favorable conditions in these parts, you can rest and be treated throughout the year.

History of the creation of the resort

In the immediate vicinity of the small town of Ushici there are "Forest Lakes" (sanatorium). The Vitebsk region conducts the history of the creation of health resorts for more than five hundred years. The time for the establishment of the resort business began as early as the time of Peter the Great, who issued a special decree for this purpose. In it, the Senate was instructed to look for curative sources that could help with various diseases. It was in those years that the Barkovschinsky spring was opened, on the basis of which the "Forest Lakes" (sanatorium) were built today.

By the beginning of the nineteenth century, Byelorussia had provided health services to several private hospitals. They were very simply arranged and offered their visitors only two types of wellness procedures: reception of lake baths and drinking of mineral waters. In the "Forest Lakes" for the year treated for about three hundred people. But the demand for healing services was constantly increasing, so many patients were arranged to stay in the nearest village.

The sanatorium was successfully healed from rheumatism, epilepsy, paralysis, various skin diseases. For women, spa treatment helped to solve the problem of infertility. Only wealthy people could give the opportunity to use the healing services "Forest Lakes" (sanatorium). The Vitebsk region received guests not only from nearby regions. Many people from the Russian provinces came here, Poles, French, Germans also met.

After the revolution of 1917, a new stage in the development of resorts began. Changes have not bypassed and "Forest Lakes" (sanatorium). The Vitebsk region was one of the first to respond to the appeal of the new government aimed at reorienting sanatorium-and-spa treatment in favor of the working people. The basis for the further development of the sector served as the decree of the Soviet government "On curative localities of national importance."

Location

The modern sanatorium "Lesnye Lakes" is located on the shore of a small lake Dolgoe, whose length is about two kilometers, and the width reaches eight hundred meters. The depth of the reservoir in some places reaches up to thirty meters. The long one connects with many other lakes by means of ducts. Sources of lake cascades are underground springs, endowed with medicinal properties.

The fifty-kilometer zone separates from the industrial territories "Forest Lakes" (sanatorium). Belarus today can guarantee its guests absolutely clean air, the radiation background of which is within the normal range. The solitude of the spa in the thick of the forest creates additional protection from adverse environmental factors.

What diseases are treated in a sanatorium?

The main medical profile of the hydropathic institution is the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system, which include:

• rheumatoid arthritis;
• gout;
• Osteochondrosis;
• Osteoarthritis;
• Synovitis;
• bursitis;
• Myositis;
• Various contractures of joints.

In addition, the sanatorium is successfully healed of concomitant diseases related to the circulatory system, respiration, and certain cardiological problems. Beneficial effect spa procedures have on the nervous system, kidneys, urological diseases.

Thanks to a special method of treatment, combining a variety of methods, the best success in the healing process was managed to reach the sanatorium "Forest Lakes". The reviews of numerous visitors to the spa also confirm the great benefits and curative strength of mineral waters.

Methods of the healing process

The main methods of treatment used by the sanatoriums of the Vitebsk region are:

• Balneotherapy - salty, mud, turpentine, mustard, coniferous, vortex baths;
• Hydropathy - shower procedures (Charcot's soul, ascending, circular, acicular, rain);
• Drinking treatment - systematic intake of mineral water;
• Phytotherapy - the use of herbal infusions for a wide range of purposes;
• Heat treatment - applications of paraffin, ozocerite, plant charges;
• Halotherapy - inhalation of salt aerosols;
• Electrolight treatment - exposure to ultraviolet rays;
• Mechanotherapy - physical exercises with the use of special instruments and apparatus;
• Acupuncture;
• Oxygen cocktails.

Methods of treatment

For comfortable and comfortable healing, a modern medical building was built in the health resort. It has all the conditions for undergoing health procedures:

• Balneary;
• Cabinet of manual massage;
• Underwater, vacuum and pneumatic massage;
• Physiotherapy department;
• Inhalations;
• Exercise therapy and much more.

On the basis of many resorts, diagnostic centers are actively working, which allow their visitors to conduct additional examinations and get consultations of narrow specialists. To this end, you can also contact Vitebsk.

Sanatorium "Forest Lakes" allows holidaymakers not only to undergo active medical procedures, but also to take air baths, carrying out daily walks along forest paths and shores of the lake. The mosquito has a very favorable effect on the state of the nervous system and respiratory organs.

Accommodations

The sanatorium provides for several types of rooms with different levels of comfort. The rooms are designed for double occupancy, but there is a possibility of settling a family of three.

Three meals a day provides a varied menu with seasonality. Dietary methods of cooking help maintain the body and provide a complete diet. For the convenience of guests in the sanatorium, a system of preliminary orders is provided. In accordance with taste preferences, you can individually choose the right menu for the next day.

Services and entertainment

To the treatment process was not monotonous and boring, in the health center there are conditions for an interesting leisure time.

Fans of outdoor activities can rent bicycles, boats, catamarans, skis or sleds. There is an opportunity to host a tennis tournament. In the gym it is convenient to maintain physical fitness, practicing on a variety of sports equipment. Knigochei can use the services of the library. For young people, evening evenings are held. There is a playground equipped with barbecue facilities, where it is offered to cook shish kebab on their own. You can play with children on a special site.

The infrastructure of the sanatorium provides for a secure car parking, shops, laundry, a Russian bath, a restaurant and a banquet hall. In short, there is absolutely everything to completely disconnect from the daily city bustle and give a full rest to the tired body.

How to get here?

The address of the health resort: Vashkovo village, Ushach district, Vitebsk region, the Republic of Belarus.

The distance from the city of Polotsk is 65 km, from Vitebsk - 137 km. From these settlements follows the intercity bus to Ushachi. From the town only 9 kilometers to the sanatorium "Forest Lakes". You can get to it by shuttle bus.