Few things in life feel as good as a soothing hot shower after a long and tiring day. You only have to step into the shower for a few seconds before the weight of the day is washed away. It feels so good because it not only relaxes your skin, muscles, and joints, but hot water also relieves stress from your mind. That is why so many homes across the country are now investing in quality thermostat showers.

These allow you to preset an ideal water temperature, so you can just step into the shower without having to first juggle the hot and cold water knobs that takes time. Instead, a thermostatic mixer with pre-set water temperature eliminates the need to wait to take a shower.

Benefits of the Pre-set Water Temperature

It can feel like ages when you are tired, standing and waiting, while you adjust the hot and cold water, before being able to take a shower? But you don’t have to do that anymore, not if you have a Mixermate thermostatic shower, all you have to do is use one simple lever to turn on the water and directly step into the shower.

This is possible because you can pre-set thermostatic showers to your ideal water temperature. This eliminates having to fiddle with the hot and cold water knobs, and removes the risk of scalding your family’s skin with unexpected hot water. In this regard, thermostatic shower taps protect the members of your family, especially elderly and children, from unexpected piping hot water spewing out of the shower-head.

Saving Water Consumption

Next to safety, the biggest advantage of a thermostatic shower is the amount of water your family will save using it. Most homes have separate knobs for the hot and cold water, the time it takes each person in your family to regulate the water temperature, water is being wasted. With a pre-set maximum water temperature setting, and one easy to use handle, much less water is consumed.

Reducing water consumption is important, and thermostatic mixer taps ensure that you don’t consume more water than required. If are concerned about saving water consumption, eliminating the risk of scalding, and having to wait to take a shower, then Mixermate can help install your own thermostatic shower, in just a few hours.

A hot shower feels good, especially when you are feeling tired after a long day. There is a simple reason why, that’s because water temperature between 96 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit stimulates skin, muscles, and joints. Taking a hot shower is medicinal because it relieves muscle aches and promotes blood circulation, basically, it helps people to relax, and it also helps to relieve arthritis pain.

There are many people who like taking cold showers, but the benefits to the body are not the same as taking a hot shower. Taking a cold showers actually has the opposite effect of taking a hot shower. Cold water causes the skin to tighten and restricts blood circulation, this doesn’t allow muscles to relax. Taking cold showers is not harmful, it is just not beneficial if one’s goal is to relax muscles and improve circulation, which are both helpful in alleviating arthritis pain.

Long hot showers are the best, but not too long. Health studies have shown that 5 to 10 minute hot showers are long enough for the body to benefit from hot water, however, regularly showering longer than that will dry out the skin. Improved circulation is really the magic behind hot showering because increased blood flow accelerates healing and helps to relieve muscle and joint pain.

Warmth from water stimulates blood circulation, and that helps loosen muscles, joints, tendons, and tissues, effectively relieving arthritis discomfort and pain. For those living with arthritis, taking hot showers is a healthy, all-natural way to alleviate stiffness, pain, and muscle fatigue, without having to rely solely on painkillers.

When combined with regular massage, hot showers play a vital role in pain management as patient’s age that is why having an effective means to control water temperature while showering is so important.

Controlling Water Temperature with Thermostatic Showers

It’s true, hot showers really help relieve muscle and arthritis pain, if water temperature is maintained between 96 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit. Many homes still have separate hot and cold water knobs to turn on and off water, and to regulate its temperature. Because of this, water that comes out of shower heads is not consistent, it’s either too hot or too cold.

Thermostatic showers is the solution to this problems because water temperature can be set precisely, so you get the same temperature every time you shower, which is important for those who live with muscle and arthritis pain. Most people don’t consider showering as a means for better health in treating muscle and arthritis pain, but it is, especially when using a thermostatic shower that accurately controls water temperature.