🔘 Hydro Therapy

Hydrotherapy 

(Elemental force = Water)

👉🏻Significance of water

-Water is a universal solvent

-Available universally in abundance and is -cheap

-Non-toxic and non-irritating

-Rapidly absorbs and holds good deal of heat, releases it easily

-without cooling too quickly

-Stores energy

-Can be converted from liquid to vapor or solid

-Touches every part of body surface

👉🏻Thalasso Therapy - 

Use of sea water,beach sand, sea weeds, sea mud for treatment.

👉🏻2 RULES

Mode of Action

-Always Cold AFTER Hot

-Hot water should be BEARABLE

Hot water-(98-104 F)(37-40°C)

Muscle - relaxation - Increased blood circulation

Cold water - (55-65F /13-18°C)

Tissue decongestion - Tissue flushed with

fresh blood.

👉🏻Reflexology of Hydrotherapy

-Region of Circulation    & Correlating Body parts

1. Head, chest, pelvic 

region -  Skin of feet and hand      

2.Kidney - Skin of lower breast bone.

3. Blood vessels of head      - Skin of face

4.Mucous membrane of 

nose - Skin of base of neck.

5.Abdominal organs and 

internal organs  - Skin of spinal region.

6.Genitourinary 

organs  - Skin of thighs, lower back & buttock

7.Prostate and 

uterus  - Skin of lower inner thighs.

💫 Hydrotherapy - 7 application methods

Application methods

1. Heating compress

2. Foementation

3. Full sheet pack (For      relaxation and detox)

4. Ice pack (For calming inflammation/easing pain)

5. Alternating sitz bath/local immersion

6. Neutral bath (For anxiety reduction/pain relief)

7. Steam Bath ( For breathing problems/sinus congestion)

👉🏻 Heating Compress

- Requirements: 

Cotton sheet/Towel, Plastic sheet, Safety pins, Cold water

- Indications: 

Painful joints, mastitis, sore throat, back ache, tight chest from bronchitis.

- Procedure:

Squeeze out cotton sheet in cold water so that it does not drip

Keep over painful area then cover with plastic sheet

Secure with safety pins.

Remove after cold cotton sheet becomes warm.

👉🏻Foementation

-Requirements: 

Cotton sheet, Blanket, very hot water, woolen towels.

-Indications:

Pain, congestion especially muscle spasm & tension,

lumbago, neuralgia, dysmenorrhoea, renal colic.

-Contra-Indications: Cancer, heart disease, diabetes, circulatory problems

of legs, haemorrhage, sensitive skin.

- Procedure:

Soak woollen towel in very hot water (more water retained better, foementation)

Keep on painful area between layers of dry towel

Change every 5 minutes. Apply 3 to 4 times

When sweating begins, apply cold towel to forehead. After foementation, rub area with cold damp towel and rest for 1/2 to 1 hour.

👉🏻Full Sheet Wet Pack

- Requirements: 

2 Cotton sheets, 2 Blankets, very hot water, woolen

towels.

 - Contra-Indications: 

Severe anaemia, debility, skin conditions.

- Procedure:

Have warm water bath and without drying body cover with Cold Wet Sheet

Wrap with one blanket covering full body

Fit second blanket over first one tightly

 Lie down by supporting neck with pillow

Keep hot water bottle under feet.

For maximum benefit, apply for 3 hours.

👉🏻 Ice Pack

- Requirements: 

Woollen sheet, towels, ice, safety pins, plastic,

bandage.

- Indications:

Sprains, injuries, bursitis, swellings, bites,

haemorrhoids

- Contra-Indications:

Acute bladder problems, 

acute asthma, 

abdominal application.

- Procedure:

Crush ice into towel and fold and secure with pin

Cover painful area with pack and cover with plastic

Leave in place for 1/2 hour

Repeat process after 1 hour if necessary

👉🏻Alternating hot and cold application

- Requirements: Cotton sheet, 2 Blankets, Three towels, hot & cold water.

- Indications:

Chronic pains, enhances immunity, promotes healing.

 - Contraindications: Haemorrhage, colic & spasm, chronic heart disease,

acute bladder, kidney infection.

- Procedure:

 Lie down between two blankets

Cover body with sheet

Then place one layer hot towel and one layer cold towel

Remove old hot towel and keep new hot towel for 2 minutes.

Immediately keep new cold towel

Cover with blanket until cold towel is warmed

Repeat same steps on back.

👉🏻 Neutral Bath

Pack temperature = Body temperature

Keep for 1/2 hour

Indicated in agitation, anxiety, and nervousness

Contraindications - Serious cardiac disease and skin conditions.

👉🏻Steam Bath

Local steam bath (Steam inhalation, Immersion Bath, Sauna Bath)

Full body steam bath (Sitting posture, lying posture)

Indicated in quick elimination of toxins, enhance vital power.

💫 Hydrotherapy -18 bathing methods :-

👉🏻Depending on Temperature

1. Neutral

2.Hot

3.Cold

4. Alternate

👉🏻Using Additional Substances:-

1. Oil Bath

2. Oat meal Bath

3. Mustard Bath

4. Moor Bath

5. Simple Detox bath

6. Epsum Salt bath

👉🏻Depending on Area :-

1. Sitz Bath

2. Spinal Bath

3. Hip Bath (Full and Shallow)

4. Foot Bath

5.Head Bath

6.Trunk Bath

7.Cold Friction Bath

8.Full Bath