SUMMARY OF HYDROT-pt5™
THERAPY DOCUMENTATION
"Alternate
Hot and Cold Local Bath: Purpose
and effects: (1) Alternate
contraction and dilation of
blood vessels. (2) Marked
increase of blood flow locally and reflexly. (3) Increases metabolism
and oxidation. (4) Hastens
healing (5) Increased white
blood cell activity. Indications: (1) Impaired venous circulation,
indolent ulcers, (bed sores, varicose ulcer). (2) Infections and
inflammation of the lymphatics. (3) Sprains, strains, and trauma. (After
24 hours) Note: after 24 hours is conventional vs. immediate
with the Hydrot™…Dr. Sanker, Ph.D. the inventor. (4) Fractures.
(5) Arthritis (rheumatoid and osteoarthritis) (6) Congestive headaches,
(treat feet). (7) Edema." Dail
Thomas, M.D., Ph.D… Hydrotherapy, pp.51.
"...
Another common form is based on muscle tension, This form of headache
has its basis in sustained contraction of the muscles of the upper back
and neck and even the muscles of the head and can produce a very
troublesome headache, ...The objective is to decrease the muscle tension
without producing enough congestion of blood in the brain to cause
problems. This can be done by using fomentations or moist heat over the
tense muscle combined with a cold compress over the forehead or if
necessary around the neck, and a liberal hot footbath...." Bernell
E. Baldwin, Physiologist, "Headache," Loma Linda University,
1977
"Short
alternating heat and cold have a marked stimulating effect on reflexly
related tissues and organs. An example of this is the contrast bath, the
effects of which have been studied by Wakim and will be described later.
There can be little doubt that
alternating heat and cold. or the contrast bath. is among the
most potent procedures that exist in hydrotherapy treatments." Manual
of Hydrotherapy and Massage, pp.17
"The
alternate hot and cold foot bath is a powerful stimulant to the
circulation in the feet... It
is especially useful in congestive headache, in which case a cold
compress should be applied to the head, or to the head and neck, at the
same time." Shyrock, M.D. & Swartout, M.D., You and Your
Health, pp. 311-312.
"Hot
applications alternating with cold promptly increase the number of red
and white Blood cells in active circulation, and
a series of such treatments, together with fresh air, sunshine, and
nourishing food, are helpful
in treating anemia and other diseases of the blood.
Alternate hot and cold applications have been found beneficial as a
treatment for local infections." Shyrock, M.D. & Swaitout,
M.D., You and Your Health, pp.304-305.
"The
application of heat or cold to relieve the pain of acute or chronic
traumatic and inflammatory disorders has been
used for centuries. and is
still a method without peer in
the area of pain control. No other
method is so effective, so
safe and easy, and so free from side effects and expensive.... Very hot applications,
above 110 degrees, will stop capillary ooze into tissues as effectively
as ice packs." Agatha Thrash, M.D., and Calvin Thrash, M.D., Home
Remedies, pp.60.
"Dr.
G.K. Abbott reported that acute
infections and post-surgical infections as well as chronic diseases and
rehabilitation from injuries could also be treated by hydrotherapy.
He believed that hydrotherapy had been lifesaving
in the 1918 influenza pandemic with its frequent
complications of pneumonia.
He had successfully used hydrotherapy in pelvic
infections, salpingitis, and other gynecologic afflictions. He
used derivative hydrotherapy (heat to a distant area to draw away excess
blood) in pneumonia, and finished off with a skillfully administered
cold mitten friction. In hydrothyroidism he applied cold to the neck. In
Raynaud's disease, heat alone gave relief.
He used alternating hot and cold water for infections of the
extremities." ibid. pp.6.
'The
use of water, body rubs; short fasts, sunshine, and exercise are not
usually classified as medical treatments. It has been forgotten,
however, that the proper use of hydrotherapy, passive and active
exercises, specific controls of the diet, massage and other remedies
were being successfully applied for such illnesses as pneumonia. rheumatic
fever, typhoid. and polio before the antibiotic era."
Ibid. pp.1
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