Modern Hydrotherapy for the Massage Therapist presents a modern approach to hydrotherapy— the use of water, ice, steam, and hot and cold temperatures to improve or maintain health— as performed by massage therapists. It contains clear, uncomplicated explanations of how hydrotherapy affects the body, and then demonstrates a wide variety of hydrotherapy treatments.

The book suggests how massage therapists may use hydrotherapy treatments before and during massage sessions, or give these treatments to clients to do between sessions for faster and better results.

Modern Hydrotherapy for the Massage Therapist also contains real-life examples and case studies obtained through interviews with massage therapists, athletic trainers, physical therapists, naturopathic doctors, aquatic therapists, and medical doctors treating patients in a medical hydrotherapy setting.

Contents

1. Introduction to Hydrotherapy
2. The Science of Water
3. Effects of Hydrotherapy
4. Preparing to Give Hydrotherapy Treatments
5. Hot Packs, Fomentations, and Compresses: Local Heat Applications
6. Cold Packs, Compresses, and Ice Massage: Local Cold Applications
7. Immersion Baths
8. Hot Air Baths
9. Showers
10. Body Wraps
11. Friction Treatments
12. Hydrotherapy Self-Treatments for Health and Wellness
13. Hydrotherapy and Massage for Musculoskeletal Injuries
14. Hydrotherapy and Massage for Non-Injury Conditions

Appendices

• Simple Hydrotherapy Record and Self-Treatment Handouts
• Pool Therapy
• Pyrotherapy: Using Artificial Fever to Treat Disease
• Where to Buy Hydrotherapy Equipment
• Answers to Chapter Review Questions

Glossary
Index

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