Akukho mntu uyazi kakuhle apho igama elithi "spa" livela khona, kodwa kukho iimbali ezimbini eziphambili. Eyokuqala, kwaye ethandwa kakhulu, kukuba "ama-spa" isichazizwi segama lesiLatini elithi salus kwi-aquae okanye "impilo ngemanzi ." Abanye bakholelwa ukuba imvelaphi yegama elithi "spa" livela kwiDolophu yaseBelgium ye-Spa, eyaziwa ngamaxesha amaRoma ngenxa yokuhlamba. Bacinga ukuba idolophu yayivelele kangangokuba igama elilodwa le-spa liye lalingana ngolwimi lwesiNgesi kunye neendawo zokubuyiselwa kwaye zixutywe.
Naluphi na oluyinyaniso, siyazi ukuba i-spas zanamhlanje zineengcambu zabo kwiidolophu zamandulo ezakhulayo ezijikeleze amanzi aphantsi kwamaminerali kunye nemithombo yamanzi eyaziwayo ngenxa yamandla abo okuphilisa. Ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi ashushu abuyele phambili-mhlawumbi nanini naxa abantu beqala ukuwafumanisa. Zasetyenziswe ngabantu bendabuko, kwaye amaGrike ayaziwa ngokuhlamba emithonjeni eshushu kunye namanzi amaminerali. KwabaseRoma, amabhate ayindawo nje yokuhlanjululwa, kodwa ukuhlalisana, isithethe esasasazela empuma kwaye satshintshela kwiHammam yeMpuma Mpuma .
Isithethe sokuhlambela saseRoma sawa nobukumkani, kodwa abantu baqhubeka bexabisa imithombo yamanzi kunye nemithombo yamaminerali. Ngexesha apho amayeza aseNtshona anikezela kakhulu kwiindlela zokuphilisa, abantu babeya kwiimithombo ukuze baphathe izifo zabo. Ngexesha lexesha elide, amaziko ayedala kwaye abatyebi kunye namahlwempu abazange bahlukane, kodwa bahlambele kwiifama ezifanayo.
Loo mkhuba wawuya kuphela njengoko abatyebi befumene ukuba "bangathatha amanzi" kwiindawo ezininzi ezinamaxabiso.
Iidolophu zamaShishini amaKhulu a-19
Ngekhulu le-19, i-Europe enkulu ye- Kurorte ("iidolophu zokunyanga") njengeBaden-Baden, i-Bad Ems, i-Bad Gastein, iKarlsbad neMarienbad yayiyindawo ekhuselekileyo yokufumana ubutyebi kunye neklasi yokukhuphuka. I-Grand Spas yaseYurophu eseMntla (iRowman ne-Littlefield, ngo-2015), Ezi zixeko ezinkulu ze-spa "zilingana namaziko amakhulu ezonyango namhlanje, i-rehab retreats, ii-golf, ii-conference complexes, imiboniso yefestile, imikhosi yomculo kunye neendawo zokufihla zesondo-zonke zihanjiswe Nye."
Esinye isizathu sokukhangela ukuba amayeza aseNtshona ayengenayo ininzi yokunikela ngexesha. Amanzi okuphulukisa ayisona sigqibo esona sikhulu sokwenyulwa kwesifo se-arthritic, ukuphefumula, ukugaya ukutya kunye neentsholongwane eziphazamisayo. "Abantu bahamba kwiindawo zokuhlala zithemba ukuba baphilise yonke into esuka kumdlavuza ukuya kutsho," Kubhala kakhulu. "Kodwa ngokuqhelekileyo kungabikho 'abaluphengayo' beza kudlala, ukuzonwabisa, kunye nokuhlalisana nabantu. Kwiindawo zabo eziqhelekileyo, ii-spas ezinkulu zazingcatshiswa ngobugcisa bemveli, i-meccas yeyona nto yobugcisa. Amazwe ahla e- Kurorte ukuba axoxisane ngezivumelwano, ukusebenzisana kunye nokucwangcisa imfazwe. "
Ukunyuka kwama-Spa namhlanje
Iimfazwe ezimbini zehlabathi kunye nokunyuka kweyeza zanamhlanje zenza okuninzi ukunciphisa inzuzo kwiidolophu ezinkulu ze-spa. IYurophu isenaso isiko sokuhlamba esinempilo, njengoko kubonakala kwiindawo zokuhlamba ezinkulu zaseJamani kunye ne- thalassotherapy spas yaseFransi, eSpain nase-Itali.
EMelika, abantu baqala ukubona imithombo yamanzi kunye namaminerari ashiywe kunye kunye nokuhamba kwehla. Ukunyuka kwesizukulwana esitsha se-spas saqala ngo-1940, xa u-Edmond noDeborah Szekely bavula i- Rancho La Puerta eMexico njengendawo yokuqala yokuhamba kuyo "iinqununu zempilo." UDeborah waqala ukuqala iWorld Door kumazantsi eKalifornia ngo-1958.
Bobabini i-spas kusekho phakathi kwezona zinto zihamba phambili kwilizwe.
Baye bancedisa indlela yokulungiselela i-Oaks e-Ojai ngowe-1977, eyaphefumlela uMel no-Enid Zuckerman ukuba bavule iCanyon Ranch eTucson ngo-1979. I-1990 kunye nangaphaya kwakukho ixesha lokukhula okukhulu, kunye neendawo zokungcebeleka zongeza i-spas ezikhukhulayo, kunye nokuqhuma kwendawo ye-spas . Ngo-2015 kwakukho ii-spas ezingama-21,000 e-US, uninzi lwazo lwe-spas ngosuku, ngokwe-International Spa Association.