Massotherapy and Hydrotherapy

1. MASSOTHERAPY

2. CONCEPT AND DEFINITION
• The masoterapia treats itself about the set of manipulations, practised
normally without help of instruments, on a part or totality of the
organism.
• Another definition combination of varied manipulations, based
essentially on movement and pressure practised on the surface of the
human body and with therapeutic purposes.

3. PATHOLOGICAL INDICATIONS
• To relieve or to calm the pain.
• Sprains, contusions and injuries and nervous, and lumbalgias.
• To favor the psycophysical easing, contractions, patients
psiconeuróticos, mialgias and miositis.
• To improve the traffic of return, bruises and varicose veins..

4. CONTRAINDICATIONS
Diseases that can provoke a serious accident :
• Bleeding wounds, tromboflebitis, etc.
• Tumour affections, diseases of the skin:
• Wounds, dermatitis, etc.
• I embarrass in the first months of gestation.
• Inflammations of the abdominal cavity.
• Litiasis of all the classes.

5. HOW IT´S REALIZED
• The physiological effects of the massage are going to depend on several
aspects:
• The sensibility of the massage
• The region where it is applied.
• The intensity.
• Frequency and pace of this application.
• The time applied in the session.

6. MATERIALS FOR THE
ACCOMPLISHMENT
• They are used by his easy slide
• OILS: of natural origin
• CREMATE: (cold - heat) or royal jelly.
• BATH GEL.
• TALCS.

7. HIDROTHERAPY

8. CONCEPT AND DEFINITION
• The hydrotherapy is the use of the water with therapeutic purposes,
already be:
• Of thermal.
• Mechanical form (exercising pressure)
• Or chemistry.

9. TYPES OF HYDROTHERAPIES
• MECHANICAL HYDROTHERAPY
• Push: this type of hydrotherapy acts on having
immersed the body in the water.
• Compression: the water is applied strongly on the
body..
• Hydrodynamic resistance: Exercises in the water
• Pressure: the water is applied across showers or jets.

10. • THERMAL HYDROTHERAPY
• Warm water: it has a predominantly relaxing,, improve the traffic and
analgesic.
• Moderate water: mainly it is used by sedative effects.
• Cold water: It stimulates the circulatory system and increases cardiac
expense., antiinflammatory.

11. • CHEMICAL HYDROTHERAPY
• It consists of using the water close to chemical substances added to the
water:
• It waters down clorudada: consumed, it stimulates the organic functions. If in
addition it is warm, it produces sedation and muscular easing..
• Containing iron water: to treat cases of anemia and diseases of the skin.
• Sulphurous water: it serves to treat affections you will articulate and
respiratory or allergic

12. BENEFITS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
• BENEFITS :
• Cardiovascular effects: it improves the
vascular peripheral traffic.
• It stimulates the system inmunitario.
• It produces muscular relief in
contractions, lumbalgias or tendinitis.
• It reduces the stress, the anxiety and
helps to the recovery in depressive
disorders.
• It facilitates the breathing.
• CONTRAINDICATIONS
• Cardiovascular disorders.
• Arterial hypertension or hypotension.
Dermatological affections.
• Renal insufficiency.
• Diabetes.
• Infections of sexual transmission.
• Menstrual period