Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy
ELECTROTHERAPY
HYDRO THERAPY
1. RELATIVE DENSITY.
2. METACENTER.
3. TURBULENCE.
4. HYDRO STATIC PRESSURE.
RELATIVE DENSITY.
• DENSITY OF A SUBSTANCE IS THE MASS PER UNIT VOLUME OF A
GIVEN SUBSTANCE.
IF GREATER THAN 1
THEN IT IS DENSER THAN THE REFERENCE
AND WILL SINK.
.
• INDIVIDUALLY EVERY PART AND EVERY TISSUE HAS ITS OWN RELATIVE DENSITY.
• ANY MOVEMENT OF THE LIMBS, TRUNK AND HEAD WHICH ALTERS THE BODY
SHAPE WHETHER ABOVE OR BELOW THE SURFACE PRODUCE ROTATIONAL EFFECT.
• PRESSURE INCREASES WITH DEPTH AND WITH THE DENSITY OF THE FLUID.
• TURBULENCE IS THE TERM WHICH DENOTES THE EDDIES THAT FOLLOW IN THE
WAVE OF AN OBJECT MOVING THROUGH A FLUID.
• SINCE ANY MOVEMENT CREATES TURBULENCE MAY BE USED IN
HYDROTHERAPY TO ASSIST AND RESIST MOVEMENT.
NON-IMMERSION IMMERSION
TECHNIQUE TECHNIQUE
• HOT PACKS • SITZ BATH
• MOIST HEAT/AIR CABINET • CONTRAST BATH
• CRYO-THERAPY • WHIRL POOL BATH
• SUANA AND JACUZZI • POOL THERAPY
SITZ BATH
SITZ BATH
1. PROMOTE RELAXATION
2. IMPROVE CIRCULATION
3. RESTORE MOBILITY
4. STRENGTHEN MUSCLES
5. PROVIDE GAIT TRAINING WITH LESS STRESS ON WEIGHT-BEARING JOINTS
6. IMPROVE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL OUTLOOK
7. REDUCE PAIN AND MUSCLE SPASMS AND INCREASE RANGE OF MOTION
INDICATION FOR POOL
THERAPY
• PROBLEMS ARISING FROM MUSCLE WEAKNESS
• LOSS OF JOINT MOBILITY
• POOR COORDINATION OR BALANCE
• PAIN AND LACK OF CONFIDENCE
• GAIT TRAINING
MUSCULOSKELETAL
CONDITIONS
• ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
• OSTEOARTHRITIS
• RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
• CHRONIC JUVENILE POLY ARTHRITIS
• SPONDYLOSIS
• CAPSULITIS.
• MECHANICAL SPINAL DISORDERS
• FIBRO MYALGIA.
• POST FRACTURE STIFFNESS
• ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS
• HEMIPLEGIA
• PARAPLEGIA
• TETRAPLEGIA
• POLY NEUROPATHY
• PARKINSON
• G B S ( GUILAIN BARRE SYNDROME)
CONTRAINDICATION