The Wieliczka Salt Mine Underground Rehabilitation and Treatment Center

A visit to the Lake Wessel Chamber, located 135 meters underground, will take six and a half hours. The center is well equipped with physical therapy equipment. The specific microclimate of the underground Lake Wessel Chamber is characterized by bacteriological purity. What is more the air of the chamber contains large quantities of sodium chloride and magnesium and calcium ions. Treatment is in the form of active rehabilitation including in modern breathing exercises, which consist of ability to control and improve respiratory system. The center claims that a stay in the mine is especially beneficial for treating: lower and upper tract respiratory system diseases (infections of nose, sinuses, throat, larynx, asthma, COPD, bronchi diseases), allergies, skin diseases, metabolic disorders (i.e. obesity).