Hydrotherapy WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy, involves the use of water for soothing pains and treating diseases. Today, hydrotherapy is used to treat musculoskeletal disorders such as arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, or spinal cord injuries and in patients suffering burns, spasticity, stroke or paralysis. ...read more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- Hydrotherapy should not be used in those who have heart conditions, diabetes, osteoporosis, circulation disorders, or if you are pregnant.1
- Also known as balneotherapy.2
- Has been used for over 100 years.3
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Latest Headlines on Hydrotherapy
What is Hydrotherapy?
- Holisticonline: Hydrotherapy: What Is It?
- NetIndustries: Hydrotherapy
- About.com: What Is Hydrotherapy?
What are the Uses for Hydrotherapy?
- Healthwise (via Medicare.com): What Is Hydrotherapy Used For?
- Healthnotes (via eVitamins): Hydrotherapy
- Fibromyalgia-Symptoms.org: What Is Hydrotherapy Used For?
What are the Alternatives to Hydrotherapy?
- OrganizedWisdom: Aquatic Therapy
- OrganizedWisdom: Massage Therapy
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Hydrotherapy
- HealthBoards: Need Advice On Hot Tub Therapy
- SteadyHealth: Detox Baths Or Hydrotherapy For Lyme Disease?
- Google Groups: Hydrotherapy Helpful For OA Knee
Clinical Trials for Hydrotherapy
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Hydrotherapy Studies
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Hydrotherapy
- PubMed Central: Hydrotherapy Article Listings
- JAMA: Hydrotherapy Articles
- Google Scholar: Articles About Hydrotherapy
Research Notes References
- ↑ Fibromyalgia-Symptoms.org: Who Shouldn’t Use Hydrotherapy?
- ↑ Aetna InteliHealth: Hydrotherapy, Balneotherapy
- ↑ SpineUniverse: Hydrotherapy And Aquatic Therapy
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- Contributor: Melinda Cheatwood
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Melinda Cheatwood
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Uses of Hydrotherapy, Balneotherapy, Hydrotherapy Message Boards, Hydrotherapy Alternatives, Hydropathy
- Last update: Mar. 10, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
