RT Book, Section
A1 Alysia Mastrangelo, M.
A1 Nolan, Thomas P.
A2 Bellew, James W.
A2 Nolan, Thomas P.
SR Print(0)
ID 1187661247
T1 Hydrotherapy
T2 Michlovitz’s Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention, 7e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB F. A. Davis Company
PP New York, NY
SN 9781719641999
LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1187661247
RD 2024/04/23
AB Hydrotherapy  is  the  use  of  water  to  facilitate  healing  and  movement  and  to  enable  patients  to  achieve  therapy  goals.  The  properties  of  water  provide  an  environment  for  treatment  options  that  might  otherwise  be  difficult  or  impossible  to  provide  with  land-based  interventions.  For  example,  in  a  pool,  a  patient  can  be  placed  in  nonweight-bearing  positions—supine,  prone,  or  sitting—with  the  use  of  buoyant  devices.  Movement  and  exercise  of  the  upper  and  lower  extremities  can  be  facilitated  in  these  positions  by  the  effects  of  buoyancy.  The  aquatic  environment  created  by  water  can  serve  as  resistance  to  exercise  to  facilitate  muscle  strengthening.