Hydrotherapy Flashcards
Who developed the bath as a therapeutic measure to a greater degree than any other people of antiquity.
The first roman bath house appeared in 312 bc With the construction of aqueducts
Romans
The “Father of modern medicine” was a great believer in cold water cures for illness
“first do no harm”
Hippocrates
1821-1897
Is often referred to as the “Father of Hydrotherapy”,
He developed his many treatments in west Germany with special emphasis on cold water cures
Sebastian Kneipp
The battle creek sanatorium was founded by Seventh day Adventist ?
-they used hydrotherapy, enlightened diet therapy and manipulative therapy with drugs and surgery
Dr. John Harvey Kellog
The water cure movement, was a holistic way of life using water as its Curital healer
Hydrotherapy
- 55%-60% of the body is comprised of ??
- It stores, conducts and disperses heat.
- Can be used for mechanical effects
- Is an effective way for cooling and heating agent due to innate physical properties
Water
Water can exist in what 3 states??
That offer a great therapeutic versatility
Solid/ice
Liquid/water
Gas/steam
The changes produced within the body by hydrotherapy
Physiological effects of hydrotherapy
What are the three physiological effects of hydrotherapy classified as:
Thermal
Mechanical
Chemical
Temperatures above or below that of the body. The greater the difference in temperature from normal body temperature, the greater physiological effect produced
Exp. bath,packs, wraps, cryotherapy, compresses
Thermal
This effect is produced by the impact of the water upon the skin surface.
Exp. sprays,friction, and hydrotherapy tub
Mechanical effect
When water is taken internally either by mouth or in a body cavity, it considered a???
Exp. Purge, nasal irrigation, absorption of the skin or simple water consumption
Chemical effect
What are the durations of treatments??
of thermal, mechanical, chemical treatments
Very short 5-10 seconds
Short 15-60 seconds
Prolonged 3-10 minutes
Very prolonged 10-30 minutes
What are the 9 body temperatures and the fahrenheit, (and effects upon the body)
Dangerously hot- 120 degrees fahrenheit- possible injury
Painfully hot to touch- 110-120 “”””- possible injury
Very hot- 104-110 degrees Fahrenheit- tolerable for short pds
Hot- 98-104 deg fah- tolerable, reddens the skin
Warm-92-98deg fah- comfortable
Tepid-80-92 deg fah- slightly below skin
Cool- 65-80- deg fah- produces goose flesh
Cold- 55-65 deg fah- tolerable but uncomfortable
Very cold-32-55- deg fah- painfully cold
What is the Oral temp
98.6
What is the axillary temperature
97.6
What is the rectal temperature
99.6
What is the temperature of the blood
102
What is the temperature of the skin
92.5
What is the temperature of the brain
104
Temperature for loss of consciousness
92
Temperature for death
72
Temperature for boiling point for water
212
What Is the temperature, Freezing point for water
32
The temperature where protein breakdown occurs
112
Heat is transferred from one object or substance to another or
Generated in a substance or tissue
Heat transference
What’s are the four methods of heat transference
Conduction
Convection
conversion
Radiation
Transferred by contact ( bath, vapor, packs, sprays)
Conduction
Transferred by moving currents of heated liquids or gases. (hot air furnace, radiators)
Convection
Transferred by the passage through the body part by some form of energy ( diathermy- high frequency electromagnetic waves, ultrasound- electrical current creates a mechanical vibration producing acoustic energy)
Conversion
Transferred by wave motion from an energy source. ( one source of radiant heat is the sun)
Radiation
Local applications of cold- exp.ice packs
Local application of heat- exp. moist hot pack, heating pad
Hydrotherapy procedures
Examples of cold application:
Cold foot bath, cold plunge, ice packs, cold gel packs, ice water immersion, ice massage (cryocup-water frozen in cup)
Cryotherapy
What does RICE stand for
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation
Is one treatment plan recent injuries.
Rice
True or false
You do Not apply ice directly to a burn.
True
True or false
You do not apply frozen gel packs directly to the skin!!!
True
You are not suppose to apply frozen gel packs directly to the skin
Is the body’s attempt to produce homeostasis.
“reaction”
A reaction to cold is produced by short vigorous applications of cold water.
How may this be accomplished
Ice packs , cold mitten friction, cold wet sheets, cold spray, immersion bath
- Heat produces first vasodilation, the vasostasis
- Local applications of heat doesn’t penetrate deeply beneath the skin surface and is confined largely to the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- metabolism is increased by heat, regardless of its duration
Are general effects of heat application
-increase oxygen absorption, -increased carbon dioxide excretion,-increased blood glucose, -decrease tissue tone, -decrease peripheral white blood cell count, -decrease peripheral red blood cell count
These are all what
Heat applications
-alleviates pain in chronic conditions, -improve ability to stretch or exercise, -decrease recovery time from exercise, -relax muscles and fascia, -decrease muscle spasms, sedate the client, -&-93 the muscles easier to work with
Heat treatments (they help to do all of these things)
This is a local application of moist heat. A cloth is wrung from cool water applied to the surface of the skin, wrapped in flannel of another material that will capture the body heat and warm compress.
Heating compress (hydrotherapy procedures )
An application of a pack involves various procedures in which a considerable portion of the body is enveloped in wet cloths, sheets or blankets for therapeutic purposes.
Exp. hot blanket pack, hot hip and leg pack, wet sheet wrap
Mist heat packs kept in the roaster, hot packs made of Teri cloth
Packs
The classification is very broad and encompasses procedures in which the body is immersed in water, light, heated air, or vapor.
Exp. steam baths , electric light bah, sauna, starch bath, herbal bath, vinegar bath, sun bath
Baths
Or a contrast bath, is among the most effective procedure that exists in hydrotherapy. When a short, hot application causes the peripheral blood and lymph vessels to fill and then short cold application empties and fills them again, a significant impact is made on the entire circulatory system, Not just vessels in the skin
Alternating hot and cold
- whirlpool
Is a partial immersion bath in which the water is agitated to produce light pressure on the body
Baths
- provides application of dry heat radiated through a bed of rocks in an enclosed wooden environment
Sauna
An application of wet steam heat to the body while sitting or lying in a contained cabinet
Steam cabinet
- application of moist heat to the body, while reclining in a room filled with steam
Steam room
-or melted wax, when applied to the body, forms an occlusive mask with heat.
Paraffin treatments
Dangerously hot (1)
120 deg fah, injurious
Painfully hot
110-120 deg fah injurious
Very hot
104-110 , tolerable for short periods
Hot
98-104, tolerable and reddens the skin
Warm
92-98, comfortable
Tepid
80-92, slightly below skin
Cool
65-80, produces goose flesh
Cold
55-65, tolerable but uncomfortable
Very cold
32-55, painfully cold
