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Full body treatments Flashcards

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Full body treatments

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  • affect the whole body
  • Mainly used to detoxify the body
  • Improve skins ability to illuminate waste through stimulation of sweat glands
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Rule of full body treatments

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  • 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
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Importance of a cold compress to the neck

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  • prevents overheating of the pulmonary blood supply

- changed frequently

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Pulse rate rule

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the safe increase from the starting rate is 170 minus age

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How often should you take pulse during treatment

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  • every 5 minutes

- more often if high bp, anxiety or recent illness

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Pulse after treatment should be

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slightly higher than before but lower then during

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full body treatment should be followed with

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  • 30 min bed rest

- gives body chance to return to a normal hr and temp

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Effects of Steams

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  • 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
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Uses of steams

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  • strengthen, cleanses, detoxifies
  • Alcoholism, drug addiction, nicotine withdrawal
  • Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
  • Kidney problems
  • Obesity
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Contraindications for full body steams

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  • diabetes
  • heart disease
  • emaciation
  • lung disease
  • extreme atherosclerosis
  • severe high bp
  • caution with low bp
  • pregnancy by second tri.
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Two types of Saunas

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Woodburning(less intense) and electrically heated

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duration and Frequency of saunas

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  • weekly

- takes 2 hours only 1/2 hour is spent in

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steam cabinet

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  • steam unit

- one person

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facial steams

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  • eases congestion
  • increases blood flow to face and chest
  • helps loosen mucus, bronchial passageways and lungs
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Contraindications of facial steams

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  • breathing difficulties

- respiratory diseases

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16
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Types of baths

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  • whirlpool
  • epsom salt
  • full body hot or contrast
  • foot baths
  • sitz baths
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Baths incorporate the water properties of

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  • capacity
  • conductivity
  • hydrostatic pressure
  • buoyancy
  • water resistance
  • solubility
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18
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bath temperature

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36-38 C

-exception of epsom salts 39-44

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Benefits of a cold rinse

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  • warm body up quicker
  • stay warm longer
  • adapt better to temp changes
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Whirlpool benefits

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  • increase overall circulation due to resistance and heat
  • Relaxes muscles and decreases pain
  • softens tissue
  • cleans and stimulates wound healing
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Uses of whirlpools

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  • To ease muscle spasms and stiffness
  • Overall nervous tension
  • Soothing on amputations
  • Subacute to chronic conditions
  • Arthritis joints
  • Ulcers or weeping sores
  • Peripheral nerve injuries
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Contraindications of whirlpools

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  • young/elderly less intense temp/duration
  • vascular disorders- different temp
  • cardiac problems -water below heart
  • high or low bp
  • open, weeping wounds - avoid the pressure
23
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use of epsom salt baths

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-increase circulation, and promote detoxification

24
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Benefits of epsom salt baths

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  • High magnesium content promotes the release of lactic acid from the muscle tissue
  • Heat of water increases blood flow to skin, resulting in waste removal
  • Increased metabolism and sweating leads to increase illumination and detoxification
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Uses of epsom salt baths

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  • arthritis
  • sluggish circulation
  • glandular disturbances
  • toxaemia
  • muscle aches and pains
  • Impaired locomotion
  • after deep muscle work
  • speed healing process of cuts
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Contraindication of epsom salt baths

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  • high or low bp
  • cv conditions
  • pregnancy
27
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Warm foot baths used for

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  • warms a chilled body
  • Stimulates the immune system
  • To prepare for hot/cold treatments
  • Congestion headaches
  • Chronic sleep disturbances
  • Sinus problems
  • Pelvic congestion, cramps
  • Mild Arterial disturbances of legs
  • Chronic cold feet
  • Local inflammation
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Contraindications of warm foot baths

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  • CI to heat
  • Phlebitis, deep vein thrombosis
  • Varicose veins- keep water below problem area
  • Menstruation: beginning of flow
  • CV conditions
29
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Mustard foot baths

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Same effects with warm foot baths- mustard increases effects on circulation

30
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Uses of mustard food baths

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  • abort a cold
  • poor circulation
  • tired achy feet
31
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Cold foot bath effects

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  • Strengthens the body
  • Sleep inducing
  • decongest head chest and pelvic area
  • Stimulate circulation in legs
  • Revitalize his body after a long day on feet
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Cold foot bath uses

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  • headaches
  • tired achy feet
  • menstrual flooding
  • insomnia
  • depressed immune system
  • acute foot trauma
  • acute gout
  • low bp
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Contraindications of cold foot baths

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  • acute bladder or kidney infection
  • cold feet or chilled
  • fear of cold
  • acute sciatica, leg cramps
  • severe atherosclerosis
  • extreme low bp
34
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Effects of Contrast foot baths

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  • Strengthens, retrains and stabilizes whole body circulation
  • stimulates immune system
  • stabilizes ANS
  • Strengthens mucous membranes in throat and nose
35
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Uses of Contrast foot baths

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  • Headaches
  • chronic sinusitis,
  • pulmonary congestion
  • pelvic congestion
  • susceptibility to colds
  • poor circulation
  • low bp
  • tired legs
  • subacute and chronic sprains and strains
  • chronic cold feet, foot infections
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Contraindications of Foot baths

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  • CV conditions (less ext temp)
  • diabetes (less ext temp)
  • insomnia (too stimulating)
  • Varicose viens
37
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Sitz Baths

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  • bath that covers from the navel to the mid-thigh
  • temp can vary
  • give with a warm foot bath to minimize pelvic congestion
38
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Uses of Warm sitz baths

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  • used to treat pelvic area, anus, colon, uterus, bladder, ureters, kidneys, prostate
  • hemorrhoids
  • ovarian pain
  • bladder infections
  • enlarged prostate
  • dysmenorrhea
  • spastic constipation
  • postpartum perineal care
  • sciatica
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Effects of Warm sitz baths

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  • promotes circulation
  • relaxes muscle spasms
  • decreases congestion to head and lungs
40
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Contraindications of warm sitz baths

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  • heart disorders and high bp
  • diabetes
  • circulatory disorders
41
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Effects of Cold Sitz Baths

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  • increased blood flow to pelvic area
  • local vasoconstriction
  • tones and stimulates skin
42
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Uses of cold sitz baths

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  • post childbirth (prolapsed uterus)
  • Atonic constipation
  • hemorrhoids
  • tone and stimulate uterus, bladder and colon
  • decreases bleeing from uterus, rectum, bowel
  • menorrhagia
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Contraindications of Cold sitz baths

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  • Bladder, kidney infections

- chilled client

44
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Contrast Sitz baths

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  • improves circulation to the pelvic/abdominal area

- Draws congestion from head and lungs due to the derivative effect

45
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Uses of Contrast Sitz baths

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  • Atonic constipation
  • menopausal disturbances
  • vaginal infections
  • postpartum
  • prostate, bladder, uterine problems
  • hemorrhoids
  • anal fissurs
  • insomnia
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Contraindications

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-cardiac insufficiency

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