Sinclair, Marybetts.

Modern hydrotherapy for the massage therapist [[Book] /] Marybetts Sinclair. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008. - xv, 310 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. - LWW massage therapy & bodywork educational series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to hydrotherapy -- The science of water -- Effects of hydrotherapy -- Preparing to give hydrotherapy treatments -- Hot packs, fomentations, compresses, and other local heat applications -- Cold packs, compresses, and ice massage: local cold applications -- Immersion baths -- Hot air baths -- Showers -- Body wraps -- Friction treatments -- Hydrotherapy self-treatments for health and wellness -- Hydrotherapy and massage for musculoskeletal injuries -- Hydrotherapy and massage for noninjury conditions.

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