1. Lumbar support. When you sliiiiide all the way down so as to get maximum bathwater coverage, right up to your chin, the small of your back isn't leaning against anything. I'm sure someone must have invented a lumbar support piece meant for use in the tub. Must check those wacky Japanese inventions sites.
2. Yoga asanas you can do in a bath tub. And why not? If you can lie down for a Thai massage which is basically lazy yoga as the masseur tugs you into asana-like stretches, why not water yoga? There is water aerobics after all.
3. Epsom salts. Nothing as crazy as the above and the most prosaic thing ever but let me tell you, they are not to be found in Singapore. I think the problem is that not a lot of people in the tropics spend a lot of time soaking in hot water. In fact, my theory of why dance foam parties were so popular a few years ago, was that those kids didn't have a lot of chance to wallow in bath foam at home. I looked for Epsom salts in the different pharmacy chains, supermarkets, everywhere -- nada. One pharmacist told me they haven't carried it for years. When did something that sat in a corner in my Mum's kitchen suddenly go extinct? Maybe I should look in Mustapha's. If they sell Vimto, they must sell other extinct stuff.
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I think you need to contact a Watsu practitioner: WATSU (WATer ShiatSU) is a profoundly relaxing aquatic movement therapy based on Zen Shiatsu, where the emphasis is on stretching the body.
There must be loads in Singapore as it seems to be a form of therapy from Japan.
As for Epsom salts, have you tried a pharmacy, like Guardian pharmacy? It's actually therapeutic and some people take it internally as well (I think it promotes regularity, to be polite).
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