Hydrotherapy for Bodyworkers : Improving Outcomes with Water Therapies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinclair, Marybetts.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydrotherapy.

Masseurs.

Massage therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Handspring Publishing Limited, 2020.

Summary:

This is the second edition of a highly successful book, first published in 2008. It is written by a well-known and respected American massage therapist who is both a teacher and a practitioner so knows what the learner needs to know.

Contents:

Cover

Dedication

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Permissions

Glossary

1. Introduction to hydrotherapy

2. Effects of hydrotherapy

3. Preparing to give hydrotherapy treatments

4. Fomentations, hot packs, compresses, and other local heat treatments

5. Cold packs, compresses, and ice massage: local cold applications

6. Immersion baths

7. Hot air baths

8. Showers

9. Body wraps

10. Friction treatments

11. Hydrotherapy self-treatments for health and wellness

12. Hydrotherapy and massage for musculoskeletal injuries

13. Hydrotherapy and massage for non-injury conditions

Appendices

A. Simple hydrotherapy record and self-treatment handouts

B. Pool therapy

C. Pyrotherapy (treatment of disease with artificial fever)

D. Answers to review questions

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781912085538

1912085534

OCLC:

1206238484