| Importance of Hydrotherapy |
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|  Hydrotherapy is any use of water for healing purposes, either internally or externally. Hydrotherapy uses warmth, and effects of the water's turbulence to speed recovery after surgeries, reduce pain and stress, spasm and discomfort. It is especially beneficial for people with sports injuries, arthritis, neck, back, knee pain, hyperthermia, and more.
According to its mineral content, water taken internally can have a laxative, diuretic, phlegmatic (phlegm producing) or diaphoretic (perspiration-inducing) effects. Used externally, water has the power to improve blood and lymph circulation, relax tension in the tissues, alleviate pain and calm the nervous system.
The theory behind it is that water has many properties that give it the ability to heal:
- Water can dissolve other substances, such as minerals.
- Water cannot hurt you, even if you are sensitive to your surroundings.
- Water can store and carry heat.
- Water is found in different forms, such as ice, liquid, or steam. Ice may be used to cool, liquid is used in baths and compresses at varying pressures or temperatures, and steam is used in steam baths or when breathing in.
- Water can help blood flow.
- Water also has a soothing, calming, and relaxing effect on people, whether in a bath, shower, spray, or compress.
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