Medical Weight Loss Retreat at Central Spa, Marianske Lazne

The programme is prescribed rather than fixed. On arrival you have a medical examination and laboratory tests; the doctor reviews these and sets your daily treatment list. You also meet a dietitian, who builds a weight-loss diet around your body's needs, and a fitness trainer, who writes your exercise plan. A second medical examination happens before departure. Each week contains roughly 30 treatment sessions, scheduled every day except Sunday.

The standard weekly treatment list is specific: five sessions on the lymphatic excretion system covering three body areas, three body strategist sessions (intensive anti-cellulite treatment with compresses to tighten skin), three manual lymphatic drainage sessions, four sessions with a fitness trainer, three therapeutic physical sessions, three Nordic walking sessions, two full-body massages, two dry natural carbon baths, three natural carbon baths, and two BMI sessions measuring body fat percentage against height. All of it is adjusted by the doctor according to your health.

Treatment uses the Central Clinic's own mineral water sources — the Ambrose and Bablin springs — both for baths and as a therapeutic drinking cure taken by doctor's recommendation. Natural carbon gas is used in baths and as carbon gas injections. The spa department is the largest in Marianske Lazne and combines these natural resources with long-established physiotherapy techniques.

The clinic's medical team designs each visitor's diet and sports programme individually. Losing weight at different speeds is expected and the clinic states openly that metabolism, lifestyle, age and sex all affect results — this is not a promise of a fixed number of kilos. Alongside the paid sessions, your stay includes free entry to the pool and sauna, free gym access, a daily slimming drink, the mineral therapeutic syrup, and free internet. Meals are three a day, prepared according to the weight-loss diet plan.

Accommodation is in the Central Spa itself, rated four-star superior, so treatment rooms, meals and your room are all in one building. Because this is a medical programme, the advance medical report matters: contraindications discovered after arrival can end the programme on the doctor's decision, without compensation. The recommended stay is three to eight weeks, and the longer you book, the more the results tend to build.

What's included

- Accommodation at the Central Spa (4-star superior) - 3 meals per day according to a weight-loss diet programme - Around 30 treatment sessions per week (every day except Sunday) - Medical examination on arrival and before departure - Laboratory examination - Dietitian consultation and individual diet programme - Fitness trainer consultation and individual training programme - 5x lymphatic excretion sessions (3 body areas) - 3x body strategist anti-cellulite sessions with compresses - 3x manual lymphatic drainage sessions - 4x fitness trainer exercise sessions per week - 3x therapeutic physical sessions - 3x Nordic walking sessions - 2x full body massages - 2x dry natural carbon baths - 3x natural carbon baths - 2x BMI examination sessions (body fat percentage) - Therapeutic mineral syrup from the springs per doctor's recommendation - Daily slimming drink - Free entry to pool and sauna section - Complimentary entrance to the gym - Free internet

What's not included

- Flights and travel to Marianske Lazne - Airport or station transfers - Travel insurance - Treatments beyond those prescribed in the programme - Personal expenses - Costs of any medical care not part of the programme - Any services not listed as included