This text offers a modern approach to hydrotherapy— the use of water, ice, steam, and hot and cold temperatures to improve or maintain health— as performed by massage therapists. Authored by an experienced massage therapist, this book presents clear, uncomplicated explanations of how hydrotherapy affects the body, and then demonstrates a wide variety of hydrotherapy treatments. The book suggests how massage therapists may use hydrotherapy treatments before and during massage sessions, or give these treatments to clients to do between sessions for faster and better results. The author presents real-life examples and case studies obtained through interviews with massage therapists, athletic trainers, physical therapists, naturopathic doctors, aquatic therapists, and medical doctors treating patients in a medical hydrotherapy setting.

Water is a powerful ally in our search for health and beauty. Used therapeutically, it can help us to retain or regain our health, beauty, well-being and vitality. Along with boosting the immune system and combating stress and stress-related problems, its detoxifying properties clans the system, thereby preventing illness and promoting increased energy levels.

Hydrotherapy, or water therapy, is the use of water (hot, cold, steam, or ice) to relieve discomfort and promote physical wellbeing. Hydrotherapy can soothe sore or inflamed muscles and joints, rehabilitate injured limbs, lower fevers, soothe headaches, promote relaxation, treat burns and frostbite, ease labor pains, and clear up skin problems. Many bodyworkers use hydrotherapy techniques in their practice and understand the ways in which various therapeutic interventions can improve outcomes with their clients or patients. MaryBetts Sinclair is a respected American massage therapist, who as both a teacher and a practitioner knows what the therapist needs to understand in order to learn the background and application of a comprehensive range of hydrotherapy practices in order to integrate them safely and effectively into their bodywork practice. Watch MaryBetts Sinclair as she takes you on a verbal tour through the brand new edition of her book, exploring the breadth and depth of its coverage, including what is new for the second edition. and why it is the most comprehensive guide available for bodyworkers who want to incorporate water therapies into their clinical or therapeutic practice!

Have you ever wished you had the tools or the financial ability to help someone who is struggling with their health? Or have you yourself suffered with pain you wish you knew how to relieve? In this book, you will find there are simple and effective treatments which can help alleviate the symptoms of many ailments and even treat some of their underlying causes. Water is the common factor in these therapies and it is available in almost every part of the world. So the best part is—they’re free! The Hydrotherapy Manual will not only give you detailed instructions and explanations for each treatment, but it will also explain the history of hydrotherapy, explore the physiology behind it, and even instruct in basic massage techniques. The prayer of the writer is that this book will be a blessing to you, your family, and many others as you put the practical instruction given here into practice.

In Black Africa, adults still remember the singular little "showers" that their mothers made them take as children. Carried out with the help of an enema bulb, these showers were known for their medical properties. Some Natives of India will nod, as the practice is known in their land. A well-informed Native American will not say otherwise. Going back in time, we realize that intestinal cleansing, or colon hydrotherapy, is known in Egypt, Greece and medieval France. Closer in history, doctors have experienced it, with, they say, very convincing results, conclusions that have been discussed by other specialists like them. In view of all these testimonies, colon hydrotherapy does not seem insignificant. Is this method of care, more or less neglected, more or less discussed, of such interest? The purpose of this small book is to provide a more detailed understanding of the colon hydrotherapy method of health.

This is a teaching text, designed principally for Doctors of Naturopathic Medicine who will practice Classical Naturopathy with the use of Constitutional Hydrotherapy. Healing IS natural! By supporting the patient's own healing abilities with the tried and true methods employed by Dr. Otis G. Carroll, Dr. Harold Dick, and currently used by Dr. Letitia Dick-Kronenberg, Naturopaths can achieve the deepest healing for their patients. This text includes in-depth explanation of the variations of Constitutional Hydrotherapy used in a clinical setting, as well as accompanying diagnostic and therapeutic procedures utilized in a Classical Naturopathic practice. Clinical patient cases are discussed along with philosophy and case management.