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Balneotherapy and Hydrotherapy
Published in Mehwish Iqbal, Complementary and Alternative Medicinal Approaches for Enhancing Immunity, 2023
Carroll coupled electrophysiotherapy with Kneipp's concept of hydrotherapy, resulting in fundamental hydrotherapy and a recent medical approach to hydrophysiotherapy. In his widely read My Water Cure (Kneipp, 1896), Kneipp discusses multiple cases of various kinds of rheumatism, both local and systemic. In some situations, the body parts managed were unassociated with the area of the body that was affected, such as managing the feet, while the neck and head were the most affected (Kneipp, 1896). Kneipp's therapies covered a wide range of uses. For instance, pouring water on the upper thighs and upper body regularly, a Spanish mantle on the second day, a half bath to substitute the upper water flowing after the fourth day, and a head steam bath per week were utilised in one particular instance of rheumatism afflicting the overall body along with anxiety and feelings of suffocation. Within ten days, the patient's symptoms were alleviated (Kneipp, 1896; Priessnitz, 2010). Hydrotherapy is the internal or external application of water in any condition (ice, steam, liquid) to promote health or manage various disorders at varying durations, temperatures, locations and pressures. It is a common naturopathic modality of treatment in indigenous cultures such as in China, India and Egypt (Fleming & Gutknecht, 2010).
Naturopathy
Published in Anil K. Sharma, Raj K. Keservani, Surya Prakash Gautam, Herbal Product Development, 2020
Bhushan R. Rane, Sandip A. Tadavi, Raj K. Keserwani
Hydrotherapy is a branch of nature cure. It is treatment of disorder using different types of water applications. The different types of water applications are in practice since ancient times. Hydrothermal therapy uses the effect of temperature, as in hot and cold baths, saunas, wraps, etc., and all its forms, such as solid, liquid, vapor, ice, and steam, either internally or externally. Water is, without doubt, the most ancient of all remedial agent for disease. This great healing property has now been systematized and made into a special type of science. Hydrotherapeutic applications are generally used in different forms of temperature. The temperature forms of the applications are given in Table 12.2.
A role for water-based rehabilitation
Published in Claudio F. Donner, Nicolino Ambrosino, Roger S. Goldstein, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, 2020
Renae J. McNamara, Jennifer A. Alison
Traditionally, therapy in water was known as ‘hydrotherapy’, a term used to describe a broad range of therapeutic methods utilizing warm water as the medium and using the physical properties of water for therapeutic benefit. Examples of methods encompassed by the term hydrotherapy include balneotherapy, mineral baths, spa therapy and contrast baths, and often these terms can be used synonymously with the term aquatic therapy; however, these methods and activities do not encompass the domain of exercise or activity for restoration or maintenance of health which is typical of aquatic therapy programmes. Hydrotherapy dates back to 2400 BC when warm mineral baths were used therapeutically. Hydrotherapy pools are typically 33.5°–34.5° Celsius and are termed thermoneutral, i.e. where the body neither gains nor loses temperature, with no effect on core body temperature. This temperature range is recommended as therapeutically useful for a wide range of conditions and permits lengthy periods of immersion (4).
Aquatic strength training improves postural stability and walking function in stroke patients
Published in Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 2023
Xudong Gu, Ming Zeng, Yao Cui, Jianming Fu, Yan Li, Yunhai Yao, Fang Shen, Ya Sun, Zhongli Wang, Dingyi Deng
Hydrotherapy, which is also known as aquatic therapy, is a type of comprehensive rehabilitation that involves the completion of exercises in a therapy pool (Burns and Burns, 1997). According to the literature, this type of physical activity can serve as an excellent treatment for stroke patients and provides a safe yet effective exercise environment. Studies have reported that aquatic therapy can improve: postural stability (Noh, Lim, Shin, and Paik, 2008); cardiovascular adaptability (Chu et al., 2004); gait velocity (Noh, Lim, Shin, and Paik, 2008); and strength (Chu et al., 2004; Noh, Lim, Shin, and Paik, 2008) of chronic stroke patients. Some studies have also evaluated the effects of lower extremity strength training on the gait and functional indexes of stroke individuals. Furthermore, studies have verified that lower extremity training can improve the walking ability of stroke patients (Kim, Eng, MacIntyre, and Dawson, 2001; Wist, Clivaz, and Sattelmayer, 2016). However, no study has been conducted on aquatic lower extremity strength training owing to the buoyancy and resistance of water. Thus, the present study aimed to explore the effects of aquatic lower extremity strength training on the postural stability and walking ability of stroke patients.
What Were the Nursing Practices of Mental Health Nurses in Mental Institutions 1800 to 1960: A Scoping Review
Published in Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2023
Hydrotherapy was also used as a form of patient therapy during this era. While there was little scientific evidence behind this treatment modality, various, often brutal, versions were practiced (Russell, 2000). Collazzi (2005) suggests that hydrotherapy, along with composing and cohesion chairs, protection beds, and the Utica crib, while seemingly employed to calm patients, were also used as restraints. The use of hydrotherapy was work intensive for attendants and nurses. Writing about the practice in the mid-twentieth Harmon details the differences in bath and wet sheet wraps. “When we put people in the tubs, we would wrap them in just one blanket … The water had to be a specific degree [as ordered by the physician] and you had a wooden thermometer and you hung it in the bathtub to be sure you were on target. And you would lower the patient down in the tub … for anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes … two employees stayed with that patient. And you can see why, because of the danger… Sometimes every other [treatment] would be hot and every other one would be cold … on the same person … whatever the physician ordered’ (Harmon, 2009, pp. 62–63). When used as a restraint, the tub had a canvas cover over it so the patient could not get out and to ensure they did not drown. For wet sheet wraps “Nurse dipped sheet in water of varying temperature hot or cold and wrap patient in them tightly, regularly taking the patient’s pulse and temperature—subject to doctor’s orders”. These treatments, ordered to calm patients, were sometimes applied for hours (Harmon, 2009).
Effects of water therapy on disease activity, functional capacity, spinal mobility and severity of pain in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2021
Zejun Liang, Chenying Fu, Qing Zhang, Feng Xiong, Lihong Peng, Li Chen, Chengqi He, Quan Wei
There are many forms of water therapy, mainly including hydrotherapy (HT) and balneotherapy (BT). In fact, both HT and BT involve the use of water in any form or at any temperature for therapeutic purposes. However, the definition of HT and BT is frequently confused, and the terms are used interchangeably. HT consists of the use of plain water (tap or very low mineralized water). On the other hand, BT employs generally natural thermal mineral water, as well as mud or gas, which is usually practiced in spas. Compared to HT, whose therapeutic effects may be mostly attributed to the physical properties of water, BT also provides thermal stimulus and chemical substances that are believed to be able to exert therapeutic effects. Thermal stimulus causes muscle relaxation, blocks pain perception at the dorsal horn level, and stimulates opioid secretion; minerals, salts, and gaseous compounds may modulate metabolism and immunology after they are absorbed through the skin and carried to the relevant body parts [7]; for instance, sulfur from BT was reported to have anti-inflammatory effect on diseases such as rheumatic arthritis and psoriatic arthritis [8,9]. Hydrokinesitherapy (HKT) is a type of therapeutic exercise performed in the water environment, whether in HT or in BT setting.