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Sanitise - to make clean and sanitary
Sauna - dry heat treatment in a log lined cabin very popular in Sweden, hels to cleanse the body of impurities and relax the muscles
Scoliosis - an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
Sebaceous glands - glands in the dermis that secrete sebum
Seborrhoea - excessive production of sebum from the sebaceous glands
Secretion - the substance produced by a gland
Sensitisation - the development of an allergic reaction in response to a substance that a person is exposed to
Sensitiser - a substance that cuses an allergic reaction
Shirodhara - an ayurvedic massage technique where warm oil steadily drips onto the forehead to relieve mental tension and calm the mind
Signature treatment - a treatment that has been specifically designed by a person or spa using special products or techniques
Spa - term that originates from the town of Spa in Belgium. People came to take advantage of the healingwaters, for their therapeutic effects. Now used to describe an establishment that provides therapeutic treatments based on water therapies to achieve a sense of well being.
Spa package - two or more treatments, that complement each other, provided over several hours, they are good value for money, as they will cost less than the treatments booked individually
Stasis - a condition of balance
Steam room - a tiled room with seating into which hot steam is pumped. It provides a wet heat treatment to warm and relax the muscles and release toxins from the skin
Sterilise - to completely destroy bacteria and their cause
Subcutaneous layer - the deepest layer of the skin just above the deep fascia of the muscles, comprising of loose connective tissue and adipose tissue
Sudoriferous glands - glands in the dermis that excrete waste products through sweat
Superior - above
Supine - lying face upwards
Swedish massage - manual manipulation of the muscles to relieve, stress, tension and pain
SWOT analysis - analysis of the internal strengths and weaknesses and the external opportunities and threats facing a person or business
Synergy - the interaction of two or more agents so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects

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Sanitise - to make clean and sanitary

Sauna - dry heat treatment in a log lined cabin very popular in Sweden, hels to cleanse the body of impurities and relax the muscles

Scoliosis - an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine

Sebaceous glands - glands in the dermis that secrete sebum

Seborrhoea - excessive production of sebum from the sebaceous glands

Secretion - the substance produced by a gland

Sensitisation - the development of an allergic reaction in response to a substance that a person is exposed to

Sensitiser - a substance that cuses an allergic reaction

Shirodhara - an ayurvedic massage technique where warm oil steadily drips onto the forehead to relieve mental tension and calm the mind

Signature treatment - a treatment that has been specifically designed by a person or spa using special products or techniques

Spa - term that originates from the town of Spa in Belgium. People came to take advantage of the healingwaters, for their therapeutic effects. Now used to describe an establishment that provides therapeutic treatments based on water therapies to achieve a sense of well being.

Spa package - two or more treatments, that complement each other, provided over several hours, they are good value for money, as they will cost less than the treatments booked individually

Stasis - a condition of balance

Steam room - a tiled room with seating into which hot steam is pumped. It provides a wet heat treatment to warm and relax the muscles and release toxins from the skin

Sterilise - to completely destroy bacteria and their cause

Subcutaneous layer - the deepest layer of the skin just above the deep fascia of the muscles, comprising of loose connective tissue and adipose tissue

Sudoriferous glands - glands in the dermis that excrete waste products through sweat

Superior - above

Supine - lying face upwards

Swedish massage - manual manipulation of the muscles to relieve, stress, tension and pain

SWOT analysis - analysis of the internal strengths and weaknesses and the external opportunities and threats facing a person or business

Synergy - the interaction of two or more agents so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects