Arthritis and Hydrotherapy Treatment
Do you have a weaver’s bottom? Are your housemaid’s knees and your baseball fingers causing you to lose sleep? These are the most common names for arthritic and rheumatic diseases. It is estimated that at least 15% of the population is suffering from this abnormal and disabling condition of the joints, muscles and any other related tissues.
Millions of people seek medical care for arthritis but while the pain and the swelling can be controlled, there is no known cure for arthritis. What is more alarming is the fact that arthritis gets worse over time. Rheumatoid arthritis is considered to be one of the autoimmune diseases.
This means that the immune systems cause damage to the body’s own tissue. Proper diet and corrective exercise would relieve the symptoms and ease the pain to facilitate normal movements. Exercise however, would be very hard as the arthritic patient would be stiff and every movement would cause excruciating pain.
On the other hand, exercise is very necessary to reduce the stiffness. Hydrotherapy is the solution as the buoyancy of the water will lessen the weight and reduce the pressure on the joints. A hydrotherapy treatment is known to be an efficient natural method to relieve pain. Both swimming and hydrotherapy have health benefits but hydrotherapy needs special exercises that entail the supervision of a qualified physiotherapy attendant. In most cases, hydrotherapy is done in hydrotherapy pools with a 33-37 °C water temperature. This temperature is warmer than water in ordinary swimming pools. The warm water will be relaxing and soothing to the painful joints. By doing a regular hydrotherapy exercises the patient will be able to manage his/her weight. This is important as being overweight would put more pressure on the joints.
Corrective exercise can be easily done in a pool where the body receives an upward thrust from the buoyancy of the water. Because the water supports the body, movement of legs and limbs are easily achieved without putting pressure on limbs and joints. Necessary exercise will be done with ease. It is perfectly normal to feel tired after a hydrotherapy session but this should not cause much anxiety as hydrotherapy is the safest treatment a person with arthritis can undergo.
Hydrotherapy is also an effective home remedy to alleviate arthritic pain. The specific affected area of the body is immersed in warm water for about an hour to soothe the aches and to relax tense muscles. Hydrotherapy is not only for people suffering from arthritic pains. Healthy people can derive great benefits from water therapy too. A soak in warm water will relax the body after a hard day’s work.
Do you have a weaver’s bottom? Are your housemaid’s knees and your baseball fingers causing you to lose sleep? These are the most common names for arthritic and rheumatic diseases. It is estimated that at least 15% of the population is suffering from this abnormal and disabling condition of the joints, muscles and any other related tissues.
Millions of people seek medical care for arthritis but while the pain and the swelling can be controlled, there is no known cure for arthritis. What is more alarming is the fact that arthritis gets worse over time. Rheumatoid arthritis is considered to be one of the autoimmune diseases.
This means that the immune systems cause damage to the body’s own tissue. Proper diet and corrective exercise would relieve the symptoms and ease the pain to facilitate normal movements. Exercise however, would be very hard as the arthritic patient would be stiff and every movement would cause excruciating pain.
On the other hand, exercise is very necessary to reduce the stiffness. Hydrotherapy is the solution as the buoyancy of the water will lessen the weight and reduce the pressure on the joints. A hydrotherapy treatment is known to be an efficient natural method to relieve pain. Both swimming and hydrotherapy have health benefits but hydrotherapy needs special exercises that entail the supervision of a qualified physiotherapy attendant. In most cases, hydrotherapy is done in hydrotherapy pools with a 33-37 °C water temperature. This temperature is warmer than water in ordinary swimming pools. The warm water will be relaxing and soothing to the painful joints. By doing a regular hydrotherapy exercises the patient will be able to manage his/her weight. This is important as being overweight would put more pressure on the joints.
Corrective exercise can be easily done in a pool where the body receives an upward thrust from the buoyancy of the water. Because the water supports the body, movement of legs and limbs are easily achieved without putting pressure on limbs and joints. Necessary exercise will be done with ease. It is perfectly normal to feel tired after a hydrotherapy session but this should not cause much anxiety as hydrotherapy is the safest treatment a person with arthritis can undergo.
Hydrotherapy is also an effective home remedy to alleviate arthritic pain. The specific affected area of the body is immersed in warm water for about an hour to soothe the aches and to relax tense muscles. Hydrotherapy is not only for people suffering from arthritic pains. Healthy people can derive great benefits from water therapy too. A soak in warm water will relax the body after a hard day’s work.
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