Hydrotherapy: The use of exercise in a pool as part of treatment.
Hydrotherapy is a word you’ve probably never heard of or if you have heard it you might not even know what it is and who is the best candidate for it. There’s so much information to know about Hydrotherapy and how it can be useful. Keep reading for more info!
The What:
The new treatment isn’t so new as it has been around longer than probably all of use (19th century). Hydrotherapy is a therapy with the use of water for health purposes. Water has a great rap sheet for being the go to for both internally and externally and at many temperatures to help aid in our personal health goals. Hydrotherapy can be used in the form of foot baths, hot and cold showers, saunas, epsom salt baths, water therapy, etc.
The Why:
This type of therapy is used to relieve symptoms of stiffness and pain. Hydrotherapy is excellent alongside other therapies such a s chiropractic. Hydrotherapy can help with bruising, pregnancy, pain, stiffness, swelling ,burns,muscle pain.
Advantages:
Hydrotherapy has many advantages and benefits. It’s a great way to reduce symptoms without the use of medicines. Hydrotherapy improves blood circulation. Improvement of blood circulation allows more oxygen to enter our blood and organs which ensures functions are running more smoothly. Stiff and tight muscles may feel extremely uncomfortable but with hydrotherapy it reduces stress allowing tension to melt away. If received by a licensed provider it has little to no side effects and is very safe.