TREAT YO' SELF

Salt therapy and float tank center eases into North San Antonio

Krysus uses isolation tanks for full-body relaxation.

A new wellness center, Krysus, will soon bring state-of-the-art military recovery technology to North San Antonio civilians. The business is renovating a former rug store at 2102 N Loop 1604 W for its second location, bringing an array of services designed to aid physical recovery and promote deep relaxation.

Founders Doug and Latina Isaaks are no strangers to demanding physical regimens. They met at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas, where they began their military career in the Security Forces. Doug went on to join Pararescue, an elite Air Force squad that provides medical treatment to personnel stranded in hostile and remote environments.

After the couple transitioned out of active duty, they founded a training program geared towards the tactical community. Eventually, they realized the same stressors affect people in a wide variety of fields.

Krysus San Antonio The red light machines look like space-age tanning beds.Krysus/ Facebook

Some of today’s most buzzed-about treatments are offered under the Krysus roof. The business — not quite a spa — offers whole-body red light, salt, float, and sound therapy services, which proponents say decrease pain and contribute to mental well-being.

Float therapy uses a sensory deprivation cabin filled with a high concentration of Epsom salt to help users enter a meditative state and ease sore muscles and joints. Salt therapy uses a device called a halogenerator to break down sodium chloride into minuscule particles, said to help with respiratory conditions and relieve some skin conditions.

Sound therapy and light therapy may seem like science fiction, but they are common in holistic healing practices. Krysus combines binaural beats with affirmations to address deeply ingrained behavior in its audio rooms. Red light therapy, administered in a tanning bed-like machine, is being researched for its effects on aging, cognitive function, and hair regrowth.

According to Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation records, the renovation is expected to be completed in February 2026. The original location of Krysus is open from 8 am-10pm, Tuesday to Sunday, at 5522 Lone Star Pkwy #302.

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Jobs report

Texas ranks as No. 7 best state to find a job, says new report

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It's easier to get hired in Texas than in nearly any other state.

If you’re hunting for a job in Texas amid a tough employment market, you stand a better chance of landing it here than you might in other states.

A new ranking by personal finance website WalletHub of the best states for jobs puts Texas at No. 7. The Lone Star State lands at No. 2 in the economic environment category and No. 18 in the job market category.

Massachusetts tops the list, and West Virginia appears at the bottom.

To determine the most attractive states for employment, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 34 key indicators of economic health and job market strength. Ranking factors included employment growth, median annual income, and average commute time.

“Living in one of the best states for jobs can provide stable conditions for the long term, helping you ride out the fluctuations that the economy will experience in the future,” WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo says.

In September, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas led the U.S. in job creation with the addition of 195,600 jobs over the past 12 months.

While Abbott proclaimed Texas is “America’s jobs leader,” the state’s level of job creation has recently slowed. In June, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas noted that the state’s year-to-date job growth rate had dipped to 1.8 percent, and that even slower job growth was expected in the second half of this year.

The August unemployment rate in Texas stood at 4.1 percent, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. Throughout 2025, the monthly rate in Texas has been either four percent or 4.1 percent.

By comparison, the U.S. unemployment rate in August was 4.3 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2025, the monthly rate for the U.S. has ranged from 4 percent to 4.3 percent.

Here’s a rundown of the August unemployment rates in Texas’ four biggest metro areas:

Austin — 3.9 percent
Dallas-Fort Worth — 4.4 percent
San Antonio — 4.4 percent
Houston — 5 percent

Unemployment rates have remained steady this year despite layoffs and hiring freezes driven by economic uncertainty. However, the number of U.S. workers who’ve been without a job for at least 27 weeks has risen by 385,000 this year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in August. That month, long-term unemployed workers accounted for about one-fourth of all unemployed workers.

An August survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed a record-low 44.9 percent of Americans were confident about finding a job if they lost their current one.

This story originally was published on our sister site, InnovationMap.

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