Pool Hydrotherapy in Musculoskeletal Pain Management
March 22, 2009 by Dr Arun Pal Singh
Filed under Physiotherapy
In hydrotherapy, water is used as a therapeutic measure. Already ice water therapy has been discussed. The pool therapy is one wherein patients are mobilized to do activities in warm swimming pool.
This warmth of water reduces pain and relaxes muscle spasm. Water with its buoyancy counteracts gravity, provides support and relieves weight bearing in degenerated joints or unstable joints.
Pool therapy is indicated in
Indications
- Degenerative arthritis
- Neurological disorders-hemiplegia, paraplegia
Contraindications
- Infection
- Haemodynamically unstable patients
- Major systemic illness
- Tracheostomy
- Vertigo, epilepsy
- Others
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