hydrotherapy
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Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy and also called water cure, is a branch of alternative medicine (particularly naturopathy), occupational therapy, and physiotherapy, that involves the use of water for pain relief and treatment. The term encompasses a broad range of approaches and therapeutic methods that take advantage of the physical properties of water, such as temperature and pressure, to stimulate blood circulation and treat the symptoms of certain diseases.
Key facts
- Interventions.Name
- Hydrotherapy
- Interventions.Image
- Badevorrichtung15.jpg
- Interventions.Caption
- Hubbard tub with wooden patient lift
- Interventions.ICD9
- -
- Interventions.MeshID
- D006875
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Research
22,662 papers- Effect of hydrotherapy, balneotherapy, and spa therapy on blood pressure: a mini-review.International journal of biometeorology · 2023
- Hydrotherapy improves pain and function in older women with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.Brazilian journal of physical therapy · 2017
- The effectiveness of hydrotherapy in the management of rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review.Musculoskeletal care · 2013
- Hydrotherapy in labor.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · 2002
- Does hydrotherapy influence plasma glucose levels in type 2 diabetes? - A scoping review.Journal of complementary & integrative medicine · 2024
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Wikidata facts
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- Badevorrichtung15.jpg
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- healthcare:speciality=hydrotherapy
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- Uses
- Technique
- History
- Modern revival
- 1700–1810
- Vincenz Priessnitz (1799–1851)
- Sebastian Kneipp (1821–1897)
- Spread of hydrotherapy
- Hot-air baths
- Spread to the United States
- Subsequent developments
- Recent techniques
- Society and culture
- Animal hydrotherapy
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy and also called water cure, is a branch of alternative medicine (particularly naturopathy), occupational therapy, and physiotherapy, that involves the use of water for pain relief and treatment. The term encompasses a broad range of approaches and therapeutic methods that take advantage of the physical properties of water, such as temperature and pressure, to stimulate blood circulation and treat the symptoms of certain diseases.
Various therapies used in the present-day hydrotherapy employ water jets, underwater massage and mineral baths (e.g. balneotherapy, Iodine-Grine therapy, Kneipp treatments, Scotch hose, Swiss shower, thalassotherapy) or whirlpool bath, hot Roman bath, hot tub, Jacuzzi, and cold plunge.