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.