spa rehabilitation: the power of a drop of water!
Ancient GreekPoclatis(Hippocrates) began to use hot springs to treat patients. In additionAncient China, Japanrecords of hot spring therapy, and later this technology gradually developed into hydrotherapy technology, "water can cure disease" this view has been confirmed by modern medicine.
hydrotherapy is an important treatment method widely used in rehabilitation treatment. It uses the diversified characteristics of water to exercise and obtain therapeutic effects. It has a unique therapeutic effect on osteoarthropathy, stroke, burns and other diseases.
for the spa, its development history you know?
from Convalescent to Medical
Since ancient times, people around the world have believed that "water can prevent and cure disease".the period of river basin civilization in Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China, there are records of bathing with water.
Caesar the Great's hometown, has thousands of hot springs. It is said that he likes to take a hot spring bath every afternoon, which can relieve him of the pressure brought by the war.
German "father of hydrotherapy" Sebastian Kneipp (Sebastian Kneipp) has been using hydrotherapy as aFormal medical use.
Development and Perfection of Modern Spa Technology
1840 s to 50 s, the rapid development of hydrotherapy in the United States, AmericansJoel Shu.
treatment of specific diseases, especiallyArthritis and rheumatic diseases, poliomyelitis, respiratory diseases, musculoskeletal problemssuch as spinal pain. Hydrotherapy has been widely used in the treatment of musculoskeletal sequelae of polio.
1924,LeRoy HubbardHubbert troughRoosevelt(later became President of the United States).
**Hubbert Slot:, also known as 8-shaped bath and butterfly-shaped bath, is named after its cross-section is butterfly-shaped or 8-shaped. It can adapt to the body posture of most patients in the sick state and can be used for patients to stretch their trunk and upper and lower limbs in the tank. At the same time, it is convenient for medical staff to approach patients from multiple angles for treatment.
the 1960 s, two major advances in basic research on hydrotherapy led to a large number of basic scientific studies on the physiological effects of immersion:
After the mid-1980s, the use of hydrotherapy for sports injury recovery has made progress in some specific centers, such as Eugene, Oregon, and Nike's Olympic development track and field projects extensively use water facilities for injury recovery and cross-training of track and field athletes.
due to the rise of rehabilitation medicine, people's awareness of health care, the value of spa rehabilitation is constantly presented, the buoyancy of water can reduce the pressure on joints, and the resistance of water changes with the speed of limb movement. Therefore, water movement is much safer than ground movement. It is because of these unique advantages of spa, many hospitals in Europe and the United States rehabilitation center has a spa room.
in 1932, Ms. Mary Mc Millan, an American physiotherapist, came to China and established an independent physiotherapy department including hydrotherapy. This is the earliest physiotherapy department in a general hospital with hydrotherapy in China. After that, with the development of rehabilitation medicine and people's increasing attention to spa, more and more general hospital rehabilitation departments, rehabilitation centers or rehabilitation hospitals have set up spa projects, and published articles on spa-related research.
Spa
hydrotherapy is the use of different temperature, pressure and solute content of water, in different ways to act on the human body to prevent disease treatment methods. Spa has a variety of stimulating factors, local or systemic to the human skin system, exercise system, cardiovascular system, respiratory system, nervous system, endocrine system and fatigue recovery as soon as possible to produce obvious therapeutic effect.
can affect the function of central nervous system and internal organs, to achieve anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, analgesic, sedative, hypnotic, excited, sweating, diuretic and reduce muscle and ligament tension, relieve spasm, promote metabolism, improve the nervous system regulation function and other purposes.
hydrotherapy has a good effect in the rehabilitation treatment of neurological diseases, orthopedic diseases, burns, stroke, mental diseases, etc.
orthopedic postoperative early weight-bearing training
the use of water buoyancy and weight loss, in the lower limbs and spine in the early postoperative period can provide patients with the possibility of standing and walking training. Adjusting the negative weight of the limbs through the change of the depth of the human body immersed in water can well promote fracture healing and early remodeling of the balance function, and reduce the incidence of dysfunction and deep vein thrombosis.
hemiplegia abnormal gait correction training
inhibits shoulder pain and upper limb flexion and spasm of hemiplegic patients, coordinates trunk flexion and rotation, establishes central stability and flexibility, promotes the appearance of hip joint flexion and ankle back extension function, strengthens the development of lower limb separation movement, and comprehensively corrects hemiplegic abnormal gait.
combining the traditional Chinese martial arts-"Tai Chi" with hydrotherapy, the "Water Tai Chi Rehabilitation" developed is even more effective in improving the function of patients with hemiplegia and Parkinson's disease.
paraplegia water limb function training
With the help of warm water bath, vortex bubble bath in the warm environment and the stimulation and massage of water flow and bubbles on the skin and limbs, the abnormal increase of muscle tension in patients with spinal cord injury can be well relieved. In addition, due to the weight loss effect of water, patients with spinal cord injury can exercise more easily and freely in water, thereby improving their limb mobility.
use the role of water pressure to help patients with chronic respiratory diseases to strengthen pulmonary ventilation function. At the same time, by adjusting the depth and movement speed of the limbs immersed in the water, the patient's heart load is changed, and it also has a good therapeutic effect on the improvement of cardiac function.
burn scar
Scar rehabilitation is an important part of burn treatment, timely and correct rehabilitation treatment can significantly improve the quality of burn healing, burn patients can remove necrotic tissue and secretions under the action of different water temperature, hydrostatic pressure and water impact force, to keep the wound clean, while the buoyancy of water facilitates the active and passive movement of the limbs.
Spinal cord injury patients often have limb numbness, swelling, burning, stab, electric shock-like pain and spasm and other symptoms, seriously affect the quality of life of patients, the application of water therapy for spinal cord injury patients is a very effective physical therapy. Different kinds of hydrotherapy can help to improve the residual muscle strength, exercise ability and self-care ability of patients with spinal cord injury, and eliminate the symptoms of numbness, swelling and pain.
hydrotherapy can improve the coordination ability, vestibular function, touch and proprioception of children with autism, and can improve the self-care ability, group cooperation ability, learning ability, subject completion ability, environmental adaptability, sensory integration ability and physical fitness of children with autism.
hydrotherapy is both a kind of exercise therapy and a kind of physical factor therapy. Through water temperature stimulation, mechanical stimulation and chemical stimulation to relieve muscle spasm, improve circulation, increase joint mobility, improve balance ability, correct abnormal gait, etc. Especially in the field of children's rehabilitation, it can increase children's interest, make children actively cooperate with treatment, and play an important auxiliary role in children's rehabilitation training.
Key words: hydrotherapy system; medical products; hospital; exercise rehabilitation; physical factors
