is provided for turning on and off or setting the level of heat to be imparted to the compressed air flow by the heating element 22 contained in the blower air heater unit 14 a timer switch 60 is provided to permit a user to set the duration of operation of the power unit a speed switch 62 is provided to control the speed at which programmed massage cycles progress a strength switch 64 controls the speed of operation of the air pump 20 that controls the strength of the bubbling action a massage switch 66 is provided to control the massage level a program switch 68 permits a user to program the blower air heater unit 14 to operate on a predetermined cycle that provides programmed changes of massage cycles to be automatically generated referring now to fig5 the remote control unit 18 is shown in greater detail the function buttons on the remote control unit 18 generally correspond to the switches on the control panel 32 of the blower air heater unit 14 the remote control unit 18 includes a remote power switch 70 a remote heat switch 72 a remote timer switch 74 a remote speed switch 76 a remote strength switch 78 a remote massage switch 80 and a remote program switch 82 the remote control unit 18 also includes an infrared light transmitter.