Hydrotherapy for Adults

Hydrotherapy is a general name for a method of treating various conditions: orthopedic, neurological, fibromyalgia, and other pain syndromes. The treatment is conducted in warm water, at a temperature of 34 degrees, including active physical activity, and can also include passive activity (Floating).

Hydrotherapy uses the properties of warm water: pain relief, weight loss, working against the resistance of water. Water activity is often possible for people for whom any movement on land is painful.

Working with orthopedic patients, such as before or after joint replacement, patients with back pain, frozen shoulder, muscle and joint pain, includes active work to strengthen the muscles in and around the affected area, and to make them more flexible. The work also includes passive activity, in which the therapist moves the patient's joints in order to relieve pain and improve range of motion. Treatment may also include an examination of what relieves the pain and what makes it worse, and an attempt to deal with the source of the pain.

Working with patients who come with neurological problems, such as patients who suffered stroke, patients with Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis patients, mainly includes active work to strengthen muscles, maintain strength, and rehabilitate damaged muscles. Working in water allows for movement with less pain, rehabilitation of movement that is not possible on land using buoyancy that balances the force gravity forces on the body, improving walking, and working on balance in conditions where there is no risk of falling.

Working with patients suffering from fibromyalgia and chronic pain syndromes includes active work at moderate intensity, according to the recommended protocol for fibromyalgia patients. The warm water soothes the pain, and passive work in floating position, while paying attention to the trigger points relevant to the patient, in most cases leads to significant pain relief for 24 hours after treatment.