Intro and guidelines for Hydrotherapy

Question 1

Hydrotherapy

Answer 1

• Is derived from the Greek

- therapeutic use of WATER in forms, gas (steam), liquid (water), solid (ice)

Question 2

Thermotherapy

Answer 2

The therapeutic use of heat

Question 3

Cryotherapy

Answer 3

The therapeutic use of cold

Question 4

Temperature therapy

Answer 4

The use of various temperatures

Question 5

The Rules of Hydrotherapy

Answer 5

1. Case study
2. Adapt treatment to individual
3. Room is draft free, calm and clean
4. Have good working equipment and sanitary
5. Run treatment through mind to run smoothly
6. Explain treatment to client and make sure they don’t eat big meal before and no jewelry
7. Keep talking to minimal
8. Avoid chilling the client during treatment
9. dressed client to there comfort
10. Say it the client
11. Lay heating or cooling on top. NEVER UNDER
12. Watch for negative reactions
13. Avoid over treating

Question 6

Homeostasis

Answer 6

Keeping body functions constantly re-adjusting back to normal values

Question 7

Hypothalamus

Answer 7

• The human thermostat
• promotes heat conserving activities
• can detect changes in internal temp by 0.01
• Normal core temp is 37 degrees celsius

Question 8

Heat Conserving activities

Answer 8

-A cold application to body directs the blood flow to the inner part of the body (vasoconstriction), protecting the internal organs

Question 9

Heat losing activities

Answer 9

• Perspiration, increased breathing rate, dilation of the blood vessels near the skin
• these activities help overheating of the core

Question 10

Soothing treatment

Answer 10

• heat treatment and petrissage

- decrease muscle tone

Question 11

Stimulating Treatment

Answer 11

• cold treatment and tapotement

- increase muscle tone

Question 12

The 3 Stages of Healing

Answer 12

1. Acute
2. Subacute
3. Chronic

Question 13

Acute

Answer 13

• Swelling stage; 1-3 days

- cardinal signs SHARP

Question 14

Subacute

Answer 14

• healing and repair are initiated (3-7 days)
• bruising starts to change and resolve
• increase ROM
• still pain and fragile

Question 15

Chronic

Answer 15

• scar tissue and healing stage (7 days plus)
• few visible signs of inflammation
• some tenderness
• Reduced ROM from scar tissue

Question 16

SHARP stand for

Answer 16

Swelling 
Heat 
Altered function 
Redness 
Pain

Question 17

Physiological changes in tissue from inflammation

Answer 17

• Vasodilation
• fibroblasts lay down scar tissue
• Hypoxia (inadequate oxygen supply)