Healthy Holiday in Phuket
We’re all delicate creatures and we need a lot of
looking after. Find out how to get the most out of your
body – how to stay fit in the tropics and what’s
the best treatment among the many Phuket has to offer through
our monthly health column.
Latest Health article:
|
|
Chocolate: You can eat it, you can drink it. You can
make it into ice cream or cake. You can dip your strawberries
in it. And you can now be massaged with it. This is
just one of the innovative spa treatments which, when
combined with age-old knowledge and skills, are adding
luster to Phuket’s reputation as the top place
in Asia for pampering and bliss, with additional health
benefits. Read more...
|
Past month's Health articles:
|
|
Yoga: What is it? A spiritual regime? A lifestyle system?
A mental exercise? Or just a good way to get fit and
beautiful?
As Phuket.Com found out, it’s all of these and
more, and for those who are interested in trying it
out, there are plenty of options on Phuket.
Read more... |
|
|
It’s not something you’ll see everyday in
Birmingham or Oslo or Bonn: you walk past a small shop
on a main street and there, inside, is a row of comfortable
La-Z-Boy-type chairs with footstools, each occupied
by a tourist with trousers rolled up to the knee. At
their feet kneel Thai women, kneading those overworked
extremities.
Read more... |
|
|
Most people in Thailand become vegetarian at various
points in their lives. Mny give up meat for life, but
often it is a temporary thing, but a whole range of
cuisines has grown up to cater for this taste. Here,
Phuket.Com looks at vegetarian food in Thailand and
the potential benefits of eating it.
Read more... |
|
|
Setting out on an exciting island holiday with small
children or while pregnant is like any other project:
it requires careful thought, planning and attention
to detail. But it can be done. A growing belly or a
bouncing baby is no longer an excuse - you can still
have a great holiday in Phuket.
Read more... |
|
Everyone likes a bit of a back rub from time to time,
or a neck massage. But until you’ve tried a spa
treatment in Thailand you really haven’t lived.
Thais turned the back rub into an art form thousands
of years ago, and have been refining it ever since.
And in Phuket that refinement is at its zenith. Ever
dreamed of spending an entire day being pampered and
stroked? For some of the island’s top treatments,
read on... |
|
It all really started when Phuket’s first luxury
spa, the Banyan Tree Spa, opened in 1995. Seeing how
popular this venture was, many island businessmen jumped
in. Spas opened in resorts and hotels. Stand-alone day
spas popped up like mushrooms on empty plots of land
all over the island. Phuket.Com looks at the growth
and increasing maturity of the island’s spa industry.
Read more... |
A happily-married man with two teenage children, Dr
Sanguan Kunaporn has made his name in a controversial
field: male-to-female sex reassignment surgery (SRS).
This Phuket-based surgeon has been responsible for turning
200 Thai men and more than 400 foreign men into women
- so far... Read more... |
|
Plastic and cosmetic surgery is a young and booming
business in Phuket. Dr Sanguan Kunaporn, one
of the pioneers, admits that he had no idea it would
take off in the way that it has. Fifteen years ago he
was working as a surgeon in the province's government
hospital, Vachira Phuket. He also had a private practice,
the Phuket Plastic Surgery Clinic, and was developing
a name for his expertise in male-to-female sex reassignment
surgery - turning men into women. Read
more... |
|
Some five years ago, doctors on Phuket reasoned that
Thailand's low costs yet high medical standards, coupled
with the sea-sun-and-sand-factor, gave the island huge
potential as a prime destination for health vacations.
Backed by hospitals and government bodies, they started
sending out the message, and took road shows to Singapore,
Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Japan and many other countries.
Read more... |
|
|
 |
|
|
