The doctor and health director of the thermal facility, after checking the medical documentation of the guest, performs a medical check up and details his findings in a client's personal medical file with the treatments he recommends. The medical check-up is mandatory and prepares one for the mud therapy.

The thermal mud of Montegrotto and Abano Terme is a perfect combination of clay, mineral water and biological elements, which make it a potent anti-inflammatory with relaxing properties for muscles and the nervous system. The application of mud is the first step of the thermal curative process: in special rooms of the thermal facility of Hotel Eliseo, mud is packed on the skin at temperatures going from 40° C to 42° C during 15 - 20 minutes, then it is rinsed away with a warm thermal water shower before you immerse yourself in the thermal waters.

It is the second step of the thermal curative process. You immerse yourself in thermal water tubs (at temperatures of 37° C and 38° C) which are rich in mineral salts for 15 minutes, to enhance the effect of the mud therapy and to take advantage of the vasodilator, relaxing and analgesic qualities of the water. The addition of the very fine ozone hydro-massage multiplies the beneficial effects of this treatment by stimulating blood circulation. After the bath, the guest will undergo the perspiration phase in his own private room.

After allowing for the sweating phase, a therapeutic massage is given, specific to the cooling down reaction. This massage improves muscular tone by acting on blood and lymphatic circulation: it is a special treatment for chronic pain, and completes the cycle of the curative thermal process. The therapeutic massage consists of the classical western massage of Swedish origin, and can be applied according to the different wellness, relaxation and anti-stress needs. The medical team of Hotel Eliseo integrates traditional western massage to the new oriental massage trends (shiatsu and watsu): thermal cures have never been as effective!

Water exercises are the ideal therapy for rehabilitation and had to be included in the thermal vacation program of Hotel Eliseo: the benefits of warm thermal water work in conjunction with the movements, producing a regenerating and relaxing natural therapy.

A rare privilege for hotels at Montegrotto and Abano Terme, is the very special atmosphere saturated with moist and warm thermal air, excellent for the vasodilator process, for muscle relaxation and for purification of the skin, making the curative offer by Hotel Eliseo that much more intense.

The modern aerosol and nebulizers provided by Hotel Eliseo thermal center allow guests to obtain maximum benefits from thermal water even during inhalation therapy prescribed for bronchial problems, -even chronic ones-, and speed up healing of respiratory ailments, such as rhinitis and sinusitis.