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- 1. HYDROTHERAPY – EQUIPMENT, DEVICES AND INSTALLATIONS LIOR SHLOMOV 1852
- 2. • Hydrotherapy is a method of treating disease by using water at different temperatures and in different ways • Any activity performed in water to assist in rehabilitation and recovery from hard training or serious injuries, and for pain relive. • Goals: • – Facilitate ROM exercises • Initiate resistance exercises • Facilitate weight exercises • Facilitate cardiovascular exercises • Enhance patient relaxation
- 3. PROPERTIES • Buoyancy - Upward force that works opposite to gravity , Provides resistance to movement when an extremity is moved against the force of buoyancy. This helps to strengthen muscles. • Hydrostatic Pressure - Pressure exerted by the water on immersed objects , Increased pressure reduces or limits effusion, assist venous return, induces bradycardia etc. • Viscosity - Friction occurring between molecules of liquid resulting in resistance to flow , Water’s resistance creates resistance with all active movements
- 4. INDICATIONS • Relaxation • Assist wound healing • Edema • Muscular problems: muscle spasm, weakness etc • Bony or skeletal problems: Arthritis, post fracture, stiffness etc • Neurological problems: paralytic conditions • Treatment of burn • Menstrual irregularities
- 5. CONTRAST BATH Treatment involves both hot and cold therapy on same body part. • Causes sensory stimulation due to activation of both cutaneous hot and cold receptor. • Helps to modulate pain, decrease local edema and increase circulation – For pain relief, start and end with hot water. – For edema, start and end with cold water. • Indications: – Post traumatic swelling, pain due to swelling, chronic inflammation. • Contraindications – Advanced vascular disease, arterial insufficiency, diabetes mellitus.
- 7. WHIRLPOOL BATH • A tank that contains water with a turbine to produce movement of water through agitation, making it easier to assist or resist the movement. • Types: – Extremity Tank – Lowboy Tank – Highboy Tank • Uses: • – Open wounds, pain relief, mobilize stiff joints of extremities.
- 9. HUBBARD TANK • Specially designed full immersion tank and mainly for patients who are unable to stand. • Mainly designed for underwater exercises – Has jets for hydrotherapy massage – Support bars for doing exercise • Wide top and bottom, narrow middle which allow room for exercises for the extremities and PT assist the patients. • Patients are usually lowered on a stretcher by an over head hydraulic hoist. • Equipped with 2 turbines that can be moved around the perimeter.