Full body treatments Flashcards
Full body treatments
- affect the whole body
- Mainly used to detoxify the body
- Improve skins ability to illuminate waste through stimulation of sweat glands
Rule of full body treatments
- case history
- calm not rushed
- no absolute times for heat up or cool down
- no eating or smoking for 30 min before and after treatment
- water
- take pulse before, during, after
- best in late morning or early afternoon
Importance of a cold compress to the neck
- prevents overheating of the pulmonary blood supply
- changed frequently
Pulse rate rule
the safe increase from the starting rate is 170 minus age
How often should you take pulse during treatment
- every 5 minutes
- more often if high bp, anxiety or recent illness
Pulse after treatment should be
slightly higher than before but lower then during
full body treatment should be followed with
- 30 min bed rest
- gives body chance to return to a normal hr and temp
Effects of Steams
- Saturated air handler’s bodies ability to perspire
- Sweating increases as a sweat glands are stimulated
- Increase blood flow to skin
- Loosens mucus
- Soothe muscle aches and pains and irritated nerves
- Increase metabolism and phagocytosis
Uses of steams
- strengthen, cleanses, detoxifies
- Alcoholism, drug addiction, nicotine withdrawal
- Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
- Kidney problems
- Obesity
Contraindications for full body steams
- diabetes
- heart disease
- emaciation
- lung disease
- extreme atherosclerosis
- severe high bp
- caution with low bp
- pregnancy by second tri.
Two types of Saunas
Woodburning(less intense) and electrically heated
duration and Frequency of saunas
- weekly
- takes 2 hours only 1/2 hour is spent in
steam cabinet
- steam unit
- one person
facial steams
- eases congestion
- increases blood flow to face and chest
- helps loosen mucus, bronchial passageways and lungs
Contraindications of facial steams
- breathing difficulties
- respiratory diseases
Types of baths
- whirlpool
- epsom salt
- full body hot or contrast
- foot baths
- sitz baths
Baths incorporate the water properties of
- capacity
- conductivity
- hydrostatic pressure
- buoyancy
- water resistance
- solubility
bath temperature
36-38 C
-exception of epsom salts 39-44