[The thermal cure at Bagnoles-de-l'Orne]

The spa of Bagnoles-de-l'Orne is one of the few French watering-places north of the Loire. It specializes in the treatment of complications of venous affections. The basic crenotherapeutic treatment consists of the main thermal bath, plus treatments such as showers, aero-massages, manual massages. The thermal water of Bagnoles-de-l'Orne is of medium temperature. It has the following recognized properties: -- sedative properties -- used in the treatment of pain associated with chronic venous insufficiency, cramps, sympatheticalgic phenomena; -- anti-oedematous properties, of prime importance in the treatment of oedema of postthrombotic illness and hydroplasmic obesity; -- anti-inflammation properties, especially anti-cellulitis, more particularly associated with post-thrombotic illness; -- a mitotic effect used in the healing of ulcers of circulatory origin in the lower limbs. The effect of the thermal water of Bagnoles-de-l'Orne is enhanced by a climatic factor: the cool climate of the Norman Bocage.