Today i did hydrotherapy. I was pretty confident that i would be okay if asked to perform/direct clients on what to do because i remeber doing hydro last year- and also remeber doing it for our clinical ed tute!!.
It went fine and most of the time i simply observed.
One particular patient had had a menisectomy, and also still currently had a bakers cyst at the back of her knee. I found it interesting that the physio leading the hydro session was able to do manual therapy on the patient in the water ( she did alot of accessory mobilisations on the knee cap and tibia, with also some massage). My supivisor said thatwater has many benifits for all types of problems; those including.
- provides a 'weightless' feeling for those patients that can not move under the forces of gravity.
- enables a traction force to be applied
- the warmth can create a soothing relaxation feeling to sore muscles.
- has a boyancy force direction ( that can aid in exercising certain muscles etc)
My supivisor said that hydrotherapy is especially important in people with longstanding chronic back pain. She said that there has been alot of research into chronic LBP and they have found that significant relief from pain can be found with traction forces produced during hydrotherapy.
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