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Modern hydrotherapy for the massage therapist / Marybetts Sinclair.

By: Sinclair, Marybetts.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: LWW massage therapy & bodywork educational series.Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008Description: xv, 310 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780781792097; 0781792096.Subject(s): Hydrotherapy | Masseurs | Hydrotherapy -- methods | Massage -- methods | Massage | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 615.853 SIN
Contents:
Introduction to hydrotherapy -- The science of water -- Effects of hydrotherapy -- Preparing to give hydrotherapy treatments -- Hot packs, fomentations, compresses, and other local heat applications -- Cold packs, compresses, and ice massage: local cold applications -- Immersion baths -- Hot air baths -- Showers -- Body wraps -- Friction treatments -- Hydrotherapy self-treatments for health and wellness -- Hydrotherapy and massage for musculoskeletal injuries -- Hydrotherapy and massage for noninjury conditions.
Summary: Marybetts Sinclair offers 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. This text suggests how massage therapists may use hydrotherapy treatments before and during massage sessions.
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General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 615.853 SIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000647028
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This text offers 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. Authored by an experienced massage therapist, this book presents 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. The author presents 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.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes appendices, bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to hydrotherapy -- The science of water -- Effects of hydrotherapy -- Preparing to give hydrotherapy treatments -- Hot packs, fomentations, compresses, and other local heat applications -- Cold packs, compresses, and ice massage: local cold applications -- Immersion baths -- Hot air baths -- Showers -- Body wraps -- Friction treatments -- Hydrotherapy self-treatments for health and wellness -- Hydrotherapy and massage for musculoskeletal injuries -- Hydrotherapy and massage for noninjury conditions.

Marybetts Sinclair offers 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. This text suggests how massage therapists may use hydrotherapy treatments before and during massage sessions.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Chapter 1 Introduction to Hydrotherapy
  • Chapter 2 The Science of Water
  • Chapter 3 Effects of Hydrotherapy
  • Chapter 4 Preparing to Give Hydrotherapy Treatments
  • Chapter 5 Hot Packs, Fomentations, and Compresses: Local Heat Applications
  • Chapter 6 Cold Packs, Compresses, and Ice Massage: Local Cold Applications
  • Chapter 7 Immersion Baths
  • Chapter 8 Hot Air Baths
  • Chapter 9 Showers
  • Chapter 10 Body Wraps
  • Chapter 11 Friction Treatments
  • Chapter 12 Hydrotherapy Self-Treatments for Health and Wellness
  • Chapter 13 Hydrotherapy and Massage for Musculoskeletal Injuries
  • Chapter 14 Hydrotherapy and Massage for Non-Injury Conditions
  • Appendix A Simple Hydrotherapy Record and Self-Treatment Handouts
  • Appendix B Pool Therapy
  • Appendix C Pyrotherapy: Using Artificial Fever to Treat Disease
  • Appendix D Where to Buy Hydrotherapy Equipment
  • Appendix E Answers to Chapter Review Questions
  • Glossary
  • Index