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Hydrotherapy Physiology Flashcards

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What is the philosophy of Hydrotherapy?

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“The working hypothesis of naturopathic hydrotherapy is that health, and therefore healing, is proportional to normal flow of healthy blood.”

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How does hydrotherapy effect the quantity of blood?

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By increasing circulation thus increasing WBC and RBC in circulation and decreasing congestion of the blood and lymph thus increasing the activity of lymphatic cells.

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How does hydrotherapy effect the quality of blood?

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Improving digestion and nutrient absorption

Strengthening the organs of elimination

Emunctories: the organs of elimination – skin, liver, kidneys, bowels, lungs and lymph.

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How does improving digestion and assimilation bring more nutrients into the blood?

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Improving circulation brings nutrients from digestion into the cells.

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How does improving circulation aide in toxin elimination from the body?

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Improving circulation carries wastes away from the cells more efficiently and delivers those wastes to the kidneys for better excretion.

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Why is water such

a powerful healing agent?

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Water may be the most important nutrient in driving the body’s biochemistry as it is needed universally for the cells to function.

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Why does the body as a whole need water?

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Water is important in the transport of ions across the cell membrane – if the body is dehydrated then the cells lose energy and the body has to get more energy from food sources, which takes more energy to do.

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Why is water important for GI and respiratory tract’s function?

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The GI tract and respiratory tracts are lined with mucus which must be moist to function. Mucus adds to the body’s first line of defense – which is vital for immunity.

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Why is sweat important?

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Water is essential for the body’s sweating mechanism – for cooling and detoxification.

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What bodily fluids rely on the body being well hydrated?

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Saliva, urine, lymph, tears, cerebrospinal fluid – all depend upon the body being well-hydrated to function optimally.

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Why does the brain rely on hydration for function?

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The brain is 75-80% water. Dehydration leads to lack of focus, memory loss, mood instability, depression, poor concentration, premature aging, dementia.

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What is the role of lymph?

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Lymph is vital in its function to maintain fluid balance in the body, also as an important part of the immune system.

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How does hydrotherapy effect the lymph?

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Hydrotherapy is a powerful mover of lymph, especially during illness when a person is more sedentary.

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In the body, water is the universal solvent for what 5 components?

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Nutrients
Hormones
Gases
Blood cells
Metabolic waste products
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Pure waters neural pH does what for the body?

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Water dilutes toxins which concentrate in cells

Water helps to neutralize an overly acidic system

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What is the basic thermogenic property of water?

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Water has the ability to absorb and radiate large quantities of heat.

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What is specific heat?

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The number of calories required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade.

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What is the biological advantage to water’s fluidity?

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Water’s fluidity makes it easy to apply to large areas of the body at one time.

The fact that water can contact large areas of skin at one time increases its power as a treatment.

Different states of water can be applied to the body at the same time for various effects: liquid, ice, steam.

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What is Thermic Impression?

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Thermic impression occurs when the nervous system senses the change in temperature and the impression is immediate.

“The intensity of thermic impressions depends upon the number of degrees of difference between the temperature of the skin and the temperature of the water applied, rather than upon the amount of heat that may be transferred.”

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Why is water’s heat conduction property biologically favorable?

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Water carries heat to and away from the body rapidly,

27x faster than air

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What is Henry Lindlahr’s principle of hot and cold?

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“Every agent affecting the human organism produces two effects: first, a temporary effect, and a second, lasting effect. The second, lasting effect is always contrary to the first, transient effect.”

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What is the intrinsic or direct effect of cold on the body?

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Cold – causes slowed functions:
HR ↓		
Circulation slows	
Muscles slow down and become clumsy
RR ↓		
Tactile senses blunted
Digestion ↓	
Body temp will ↓ with long cold treatment
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What is the intrinsic or direct effect of hot on the body?

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Heat – stimulates body functions
HR ↑
RR ↑
Muscles quicken and ↑ activity
Digestion ↑
Tactile sensations are perceived more quickly and are more accurate
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What is the basic reaction of a hot or cold reaction on the body as a treatment?

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Reaction: alteration in body function as it reacts to counter the effects of the treatment.

25
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What are the tonic/stimulating effects of heat and cold?

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Intrinsic effect of Heat (short application)

Reactive effect of Cold (short application)

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What are the Depressant effects of heat and cold?

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Reactive effect of Heat (long application)

Intrinsic effect of Cold (long application)

27
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What is the short and long reaction to cold?

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The body perceives cold as a threat and reacts immediately to preserve heat by vasoconstriction. Long cold expends the body’s resources and the body goes into vasodilation.

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How does the body initially react to cold?

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The body perceives cold as a threat and reacts immediately to preserve heat by vasoconstriction.

29
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How does the body eventually rest to a long cold?

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Long cold expends the body’s resources and the body goes into vasodilation.

30
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What are the effects of short cold application on tissue metabolism?

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Short Cold Application:
	↑↑O2 absorption
	↑↑CO2 excretion
	↑Nitrogen absorption and excretion
	↑Tissue tone
	↑Peripheral white blood cell count
	↑Peripheral red blood cell count
	↓Blood glucose

*The greatest stimulation of tissue metabolism comes through the short cold application.

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What are the effects of short or long hot application on tissue metabolism?

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↑O2 absorption
	↑CO2 excretion
	↓Tissue tone
	↓Peripheral white blood cell count
	↓Peripheral red blood cell count
	↑Blood glucose
32
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What is the relationship between metabolism and circulation?

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An increase in metabolism requires an increase in circulation to support it. In DM and vascular disease hot treatments are CI because the circulation won’t keep up with the increased metabolism and tissue damage can result.

Avoid putting diabetic pt’s feet in water that is hotter than 103

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What is the best predictor of the effects of temperature?

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Duration of application is the best predictor of effects of temperature.

Short applications have a stimulating effect, whether they are hot or cold.

Long applications have a depressive effect, whether they are hot or cold.

Long applications are those whose temperature doesn’t change significantly over time.

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What are incomplete reactions?

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Symptoms that arise because internal congestion has not been relieved or has been increased because the treatment did not create a sufficient surface circulation.

One should take immediate steps to remedy the incomplete reaction.
Duskiness of the skin
Gooseflesh
Chilliness or shivering
Cold hands or feet
Feeling of fullness in the head or of faintness
35
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What are diminishing reactive powers of hot and cold treatments and how do you alter this?

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Alternative Hot & Cold treatments will diminish in their effect after a few alternations due to diminishing reactive powers.

To increase the effects one can intensify the temperature difference between Hot & Cold or add friction or percussion.
36
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What are factors that influence a patients reaction?

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Age and vitality of the patient

Exercise

Warmth of the body

37
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What premise is hydrotherapy based upon?

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The premise that healing is proportional to normal blood flow.

38
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Direct hydrotherapy refers to what?

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It refers to local effects of hot and cold applications, and is effective in treating localized superficial infections.

39
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Revulsive (alternative) hydrotherapy refers to what?

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It refers to the applications of alternating hot and cold and the application of such is additive in its power to heal.

40
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What is Derivation?

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Drawing of blood or lymph from one area of the body to another. Heat is the mechanism of derivation.

41
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What is retrostasis?

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Driving blood or lymph from one area of the body to another. Cold is the mechanism of retrostasis.

42
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What is collateral circulation?

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modifying the blood flow in a superficial artery to change the circulation in a deep artery of the same trunk.

This involves the dynamics of derivation and retrostasis in a much more restricted area.

43
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What are the six important treatment variables in hydrotherapy?

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Temperature
Timing
Location/Site of Application
Pressure/Friction
Compresses – material used
Compresses – wetness of application
44
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How does temperature effect healing with hydrotherapy?

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The greater the difference between the temp of the application and the body temp, the greater the intensity of the treatment.

45
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How does timing effect healing with hydrotherapy?

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includes duration, frequency and hour of day

Duration: when the temp of the application is extreme, the duration is inversely proportional to the overall intensity of the treatment:
• Short treatments, whether hot or cold, are stimulating to the circulation.
• Long treatments, hot or cold, are depressive to the system.

46
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How does frequency effect healing with hydrotherapy?

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The more frequently the application is made, the more intense the overall effect

The first application is the most intense

The body’s reactive capacities can be overwhelmed by repeated applications

47
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How does location effect healing with hydrotherapy?

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This includes extent of application, Derivation treatments: the greater the treatment area, the greater the intensity of the treatment

Example: using a hot bath rather than a hot foot bath to treat a congestive headache

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How does Pressure of friction effect healing with hydrotherapy?

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The greater the force of water against the body, the greater the intensity of the treatment.

The friction not only increases the intensity of the treatment, it increases the patient’s ability to tolerate extreme temps.

49
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How do compresses effect healing with hydrotherapy?

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The ability of the water vapor to penetrate the compress covering, is inversely proportional to the heating effects of the compress.

Plastic covering prevents evaporation and creates the most strongly heating effect, wool creates a mildly heating effect, and cotton the least heating effect.

50
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How do compresses and fomentation effect healing with hydrotherapy?

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The wetter the application, the stronger the temperature impact on the body.

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