Salt therapy is 100% natural, safe, and a drug free treatment that has no known associated negative side effects. Some people may experience a mild skin irritation that will disappear after a few sessions. Some may notice a mild taste of salt on their lips, while others may experience a mild tickle in their throat, which can be easily treated by sipping warm water after the session.

Yes children are most welcome at Salt Caves. We have a designated area with toys for the children to play with during their salt therapy session. Children respond to the salt therapy / halotherapy very effectively. Infants are also most welcome.

We have carefully structured our price list to make salt / halotherapy for all members of your family. Infants up to 2 years are free of charge. We also offer discounted session packs sold in lots of 5 and 10 sessions. You may also like to give the gift of salt therapy to others, purchase Salt Therapy Gift Vouchers at our therapy rooms or call us on Mooloolaba (07) 5444 1339 – we’ll be happy to help you over the telephone with any purchases.

You are welcome to take a bottle of water into the Salt Caves but this must have a lid and not be glass. No other fluids are allowed except water. We ask you not to take any food into the Salt Cave.

We do recommend booking as peak periods get very busy. However we do start Salt Therapy sessions on the hour throughout the day so you can head into Salt caves just before hand to see if there is availability. Call Mooloolaba (07) 5444 1339 for Appointments or visit our online bookings page.

Salt therapy will not affect your sodium level. Breathing in salty air is not the same as ingesting salt.

The micro-climate environment in the salt cave is ionized and saturated with a natural substance of a low concentration of highly dispersed aerosol of dry saline (salt). It is formed naturally through the convective diffusion (the transfer of particles in the atmosphere) from the salt walls, and combined with the controlled temperature and humidity to simulate that of the cave which creates a hypo-bacterial and allergen-free air environment. As the salt is inhaled while sitting it the room, it travels through the sinuses and respiratory tract absorbing moisture, cleansing, clearing mucus and killing bacteria.

Our salt therapy room has been designed to allow 8 people to enjoy a therapy session at the one time. Sit back and relax in one of our comfortable chairs and retreat from the world as you breathe in the salt infused air. Cleanse your airways and let the healing power of salt to touch your skin. Just like a day at the beach. A typical salt therapy session lasts for 45 minutes.

The number of salt therapy sessions required to see an improvement in a particular condition varies from person to person receiving salt therapy. This is because we are all unique — age, general health history, varying degrees of conditions (mild, moderate or severe).

Some people use salt therapy as purely a preventative measure to avoid common colds and flu and other respiratory viruses. Other people like to use it as an effective treatment method for specific condition, like asthma. For this reason we cannot predict how many salt therapy sessions each person will need. We can however report that from our experience at Salt Caves, on average we have seen salt therapy clients see an improvement in their condition in as little as 2 salt therapy visits, but some clients many take up to 15 – 20 visits.

From feedback from our clients, the majority of people visiting the cave for respiratory conditions often feel an improvement in breathing after one to two sessions with some people reporting a reduction in use of medication. Skin disorders respond in similar time frames with reduction in swelling and itching.

Yes. Salt therapy is 100% drug-free with no side effects. Salt therapy is suitable for babies and at Salt Caves we offer free salt therapy for baby with any paying adult.

There is a slight difference between halotherapy (Greek for Salt), and speleotherapy (Greek for Cave), although the purpose of both therapies is the same.

The main difference is that Speleotherapy is a naturally formed salt cave found deep in the salt mines in its most purist form, whereas halotherapy is a man-made cave which has been specially constructed above ground using natural salt bricks, salt rocks and salt granulate.

No. Salt therapy is a completely natural and pain-free treatment. Sit back in our salt therapy room and relax and unwind.

Yes, clinical research has been conducted to test and report on the effectiveness of Halotherapy for the treatment of asthma, chronic bronchitis and a range of other respiratory conditions. It has been found to provide a positive benefit without any known negative side effects. Most of the research has been carried out in Europe, where salt therapy has become a popular and accepted form of alternative medicine.However, it is now widely accepted that salt therapy is an effective, drug free, and noninvasive method of treating a range of respiratory conditions. It is used in everything from IV solutions to nasal washes.

The most thorough research has been conducted by Dr. Chervinskaya, the head of Clinical Research at the Respiratory Center in St. Petersburg, Russia who has published more than two hundred articles on the topic. More recently, the New England Journal of Medicine has published an article on the effectiveness of salt therapy in aiding people with cystic fibrosis.

Yes! The Salt Cave is a very sterile environment and is anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal.

As the salt is inhaled, it travels through the sinuses and respiratory tract absorbing moisture, cleansing, clearing mucus and killing bacteria. Salt has long been known for its anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties as well as helping to loosen mucus build up and phlegm. Studies have shown that people with chronic upper respiratory conditions, seasonal allergies, sinusitis, bronchitis and skin disorders can derive significant benefits from halotherapy.

Negative ions are elements that are important to our health. Dust, cigarette fumes, modern convenient electrical appliances, such as TVs, computers, high-voltage networks and external pollution rob the air of negative ions by creating an excess of positive ions which can create an electrical imbalance in the air and lead to a range of health complaints.