Welcome to "Healthy Living!"
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I'm your host Margot Marshall.
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Hydrotherapy has been
used for thousands of years
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to bring relief
from many ailments.
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Today, Dr. Eddie
Ramirez explains hydrotherapy,
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and we'll show you some
simple treatments that you can
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do at home.
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We are privileged today to
have Dr. Eddie Ramirez help us
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understand the amazing
benefits of hydrotherapy
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or water treatments if you like.
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Welcome to the program
Eddie! Thank you very much.
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We are really
looking forward to having you
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tell us how to
treat these ailments.
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Well hydrotherapy is
something that has been used
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for a long period of time.
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In fact, I remember
recently I had a long layover in
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England and so I was
trying to figure out what I was
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going to do with my
time, but my top two options
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ended up being in Stonehenge
and Bath, England which is a
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place the Romans used
to use for hydrotherapy.
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Unfortunately, the closest
one was Stonehenge so that's
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why I went there, but
one of these days I'll end up
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going to Bath.
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But anywhere you go, you always
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find these hot
springs around the world. Yes.
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And people have realized there
are benefits of using these
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hot springs.
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What happens with hydrotherapy
is that there is nothing
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magic about the water per
se, but it is the manipulation
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of the heat through water -
so some researchers actually
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have proposed that the
correct name of this modality
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should be "hydrothermal
therapy" because you are
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manipulating heat with water.
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Yes that sounds like a really
good, you know, way to call it.
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And you know, the reason
why this is so effective is that
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the largest organ in the body
is the skin and the skin has an
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effect on blood vessels
and even internal organs
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as we will be learning today.
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You're going to learn
quite a bit of information,
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so I encourage you to
stay tuned as we will be
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learning the
principles of hydrotherapy.
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We even have some volunteers
here that will help us
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apply these
treatments so you can see
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how it's done. Oh excellent!
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And when talking about
the properties of water,
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let's just
understand a small concept.
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There is a measurement
of energy that we use
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in physics that is called
"the calorie," and in order to
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raise 1 cubic
centimeter of water 1 degree,
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I'm going to be
requiring 1 calorie, okay?
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So water has the capacity
to store tremendous amounts
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of energy - that is why water
is so useful in hydrotherapy.
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For example, if you have
ever been in a place where
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there is snow, you will
notice that even though it
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snowed a few days
ago and the temperature
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is above zero degrees,
still many times there is snow
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on the ground -
how come that happens?
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Well, it's because you require
in order to melt 1 centimeter
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of snow, in order to melt
it into liquid, you're going to
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need 79.2 calories.
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See, you needs lots of energy,
the water is able to store
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this heat and then the opposite
also happens and I'm sure
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many women that
have been cooking,
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they have experienced this.
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They open the pan
where the water is boiling,
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the steam comes
up and what happens?
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Oh I know, I know what happens.
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When we first got
married, I wanted stainless
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steel saucepans, I was
determined to have them
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and couldn't afford them
straight away, so I thought
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if I buy cheap saucepans, I
won't want to throw them out.
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So I used basins, enamel
basins with a plate on the top.
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Each time I would look
into see if it was cooked,
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that steam came out and
I just had burns on my arms
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for a long time
before I figured out how to,
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yes, it really does burn.
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The reason why is because
you are releasing 537 calories.
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So within less than a second,
you will get a nice burn there,
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(Oh yes, a very nice burn!)
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as a result of steam
converting from gas into liquid.
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So this is something
very unique about water,
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the ability to
concentrate that energy.
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So that's escaping -
all that extra heat is just
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escaping out of the water.
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That's right, as it
converts from steam to water,
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it releases that energy.
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If your skin happens
to be there, that energy
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goes ahead and hits your skin.
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That's why you get burned.
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And also we have another
quality in hydrotherapy which
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is called "the
conducting capacity."
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We can actually
see this on the screen.
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The conducting capacity of
water is 27 times more than
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of air - that's why if you
are in 23 degrees centigrade
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outside, the
day feels very nice,
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the temperature is wonderful.
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Yet if you jump into a
bathtub with 23 degrees,
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you're going to feel
that it is quite chilly.
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You will feel
very uncomfortable.
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How come you're
comfortable outside in the air,
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but not in the water?
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Because of the ability to
transmit that much efficiently.
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Wow, that explains it really
well because, you're right,
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I remember once doing some
hydrotherapy and the pool was
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16 degrees and you
wouldn't think that would be as
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cold as it is,
I'm telling you...
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Yes that is very cold!
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Very cold but in air temperature
it's not, so the water has
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this capacity to conduct
temperature. That's right!
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Also there is a law
that we can have in mind when
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we are doing hydrotherapy
treatments and this is called,
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"Van't Hoff's Law," which
says that the velocity of any
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simple chemical
reaction increases 2 to 3 times
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for each rise in 10 degrees
Celsius within a limited range.
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Basically what this says
is, when things get warmer
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in the body, the
internal functions of the body
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happen quickly.
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Why would we need this?
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We are blessed with something
that is called "fever."
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Fever - what it does is it
raises the body temperature
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in order for the
internal reactions of the body
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to happen better.
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So you're fighting a cold,
for example, there are viruses
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all over your body, so
the body in order to make the
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killing of this virus more
efficiently - what it does is
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it raises the energy and in
that way you're immune system
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happens to run faster;
cells happen to consume
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the energy faster and
you actually see this in the
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respiration - that's
why you breathe a little bit
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more when you have fever.
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And it was very interesting,
I was in the immunology class
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when I was in medical
school, the topic of the day was
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"fever," and the professor
was explaining with great
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detail why fever, you
know, increases metabolism,
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increases the ability of
the immune system to kill germs.
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Some germs actually
don't like to be so hot,
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so you end up actually
damaging some of the germs
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when the temperature does up.
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So then I raised my hand
and said, "Professor, I have a
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question, so how can we
remove the fever when somebody
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has fever?" A
good question that was!
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He kind of stumbled a
little bit - didn't expect it.
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And basically what he said
was, "Well, it's tradition that
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we do that." Ohh.
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And the thing of it is, is that
you have to use common sense.
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But when you have a
fever, you need to learn to
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work with the fevers.
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It's a good idea to be
measuring the temperature,
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make sure it doesn't go
too high - then we can get in
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trouble and if you
saw even Van't Hoff's Law,
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it says there - "...
within a limited range."
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In other words, this is
not infinitum - it has a
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certain limit.
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So you're saying that
the fever - when we get sick
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and our temperature goes
up, it's the body's own way
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of helping you to deal with
what's going on in the body.
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That's right! It's helping
you aid with the problem.
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If you cut down the
fever, the disease is going to
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extend farther okay,
so be careful with that.
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Also be careful with
children that have had seizures
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and so forth - you don't
want those children to be
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experiencing fever and so forth,
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those are going to be very,
very delicate illnesses. Sure.
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But anyhow, let's continue
with the topic - there is
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something important
about hydrotherapy and that is
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management of temperature.
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In fact, ideally, when you
do hydrotherapy you actually
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should have a thermometer
that will be a good investment.
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Thermometers are not that
expensive, it's just a matter
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of just having one
handy so you could have
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good control of the temperature.
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And we actually have a little
chart we want to share with you,
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and here you can see
the different temperatures.
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In hydrotherapy, we don't use
very hot temperature above 40.
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Then we have hot - this
one is the one we usually use
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38 to 40; warm 33 to
38; neutral which is the
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temperature of
your skin 34.5 to 36;
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tepid 27 to 33; cool 21 to
27, and then cold 13 to 21,
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and very cold 0 to 13.
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Now they're all Celsius.
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That's right, they're all
Celsius those ones, you know,
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so we're talking to Australians
so they can understand
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very well what we
are saying. Um hm.
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Now, my point is that very
hot temperatures - we don't
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use in hydrotherapy.
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They are excellent if
you have a chicken and you
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want to remove the feathers,
they work wonderfully for that,
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but for hydrotherapy,
you do not use that.
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Also, I want you to use common
sense - a child you cannot
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give too much
range of temperature.
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Somebody very ill - you cannot
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give too much of a
temperature change.
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So not too not and not
too cold. That's right!
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You just bring that
margin in a bit closer.
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Closer to the neutral. Yes.
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Somebody very
elderly, you don't do that.
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So have common sense,
you know, when you are
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applying these principles
that you may not cause trouble.
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Hydrotherapy is not
righteousness by works.
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It doesn't mean that
you have to be burned
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in order to get the benefit.
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So it needs to feel good,
in fact, somebody applying
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hydrotherapy needs to
be a good communicator.
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As you are talking to
the person that the treatment
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is being applied, the person
is to be giving you feedback;
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"Yes, it's too hot,"
"No, it's not hot enough,"
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and so forth.
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Then let's go quickly
through the effects of heat
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and the effects of cold.
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That's the reason
why we do that change.
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If you notice, blood flow
will increase with the heat
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and so does
inflammatory response.
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Spasm, actually both of
them will decrease spasm.
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Hemorrhage, heat will
increase that and edema also.
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And the last thing that is
important - heat will bring
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blood to the surface, cold will
send the blood from the skin
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down to the internal organs."
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That's why in
hydrotherapy, as a general rule,
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you always finish the
hydrotherapy treatment
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with cold - even when
you're taking your hot shower
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in the morning, it is a
great idea if you can actually
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finish that
treatment with cold water.
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To send the blood back
where it belongs. That's right!
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You send the blood
back where it belongs.
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So let's talk a little bit about
the prototype of the treatments
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which is called
"the hot foot bath."
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You can see on the
screen - that depends
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on what we want to accomplish.
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If we want to use it as a
stimulant, let's say in the day
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you want to start your
day in a good way you can do a
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hot foot bath from 3 to
5 minutes hot followed by
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cold within 30
seconds to 1 minute.
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Then sedative - at the end
of the day you have a headache,
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you want to relax, so for
6 to 10 minutes and the heat
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should be mild heat - not
very, very hot but just nice
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and comfortable so that the
person can enjoy it much better.
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And also, what
would you use this for?
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Well there are many
applications about it.
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For example, we have the fact
that the organs are connected
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to the rest of the body.
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So for example, your feet
are connected to your pelvic
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organs, your lungs, your
sinuses and your brain - meaning
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the things that are related to
that can be benefited by that.
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For example, you've been working
the whole day, you have a
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congestion headache
from so much thinking,
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you have this headache.
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A hot foot bath would be
a fabulous therapy to apply.
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So let us ask our
volunteers to show us how you do
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one of these hot foot baths and
we will see that on the screen.
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So we have the therapist
measuring the temperature
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of the water - remember we
said that we need to make sure
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the temperature is correct;
then the patient sitz down
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and needs to feel comfortable.
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It's a nice idea to
cover him up so that we can
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warm the body more efficiently.
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And it's nice to have a
little towel so that if sweat
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is coming down, we
can actually capture it.
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When you have the right
temperature, you can also
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test the water with
your elbow and then you can
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put the feet in the water.
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You talk to the patient
- how is the temperature?
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Be sure that you
are communicating well.
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You cover him up well
so that the treatment can
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conduct that heat correctly.
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It's a good idea to put
a cold cloth on the head
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so the head doesn't
get too hot but the rest
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of the body does get warm.
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And you wait, remember
how long you want to apply the
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application - 5 minutes,
10 minutes depending on the
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purpose.
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And then it's a good idea
to do contrast - we said that
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cold brings cold water there.
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If you need to put
higher temperature on the water,
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you always lift the feet as
she just did, add the hot water,
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then you put the feet there.
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The water does tend to cool
over time too. That's right!
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It cools down so it's
a good idea to do that.
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Then once you have been
satisfied with the time,
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then, as we said, you always
finish with some cold water
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and that's what she is doing.
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If it's for relaxation purposes,
the water is not going to be
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that bad, that cold or
you can actually put your
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feet in a basin that has
actually cold water - ice cold
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water, you know, but that
would be like more type of
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stimulating - like to
start the day and so forth.
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And after treatment, make
sure the patient has enough
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covering and make sure
there are no drafts in the room.
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And it is a good idea to rest
15- 30 minutes as the person
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is receiving this therapy.
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As you can see, it is actually
quite simple and effective.
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Very doable, very doable.
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I've done those and
they're very, very potent
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for a congested headache
and it's amazing that probably
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in 20 minutes or so and,
you know, the blood just seemed
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to be relieved from the
head and it's wonderful.
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Also for
menstrual pain, fabulous
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treatment for that, okay.
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We said the feet are
connected to the pelvic organs,
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this is not reflexology,
this is called "reflex effect."
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And let's go briefly through
some of these reflex effects.
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So for example, in your
feet as we said, we have
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a connection
between brain, nasal area,
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lungs and pelvic organs.
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This is something we
can actually measure in a
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physiology laboratory - this
is no hocus pocus type of thing,
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there is science behind this.
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That's the reason why
when you walk barefooted,
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when the floor is cold,
you're actually going to get
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a little stuffy
nose and so forth.
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I have a friend who, if her feet
get cold, she starts sneezing.
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That's right because
of that reflex effect.
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Also, the area around your face,
that is also related to the
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brain area and so is the
back of the neck and when you
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apply hot or cold,
you are doing an effect
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towards the head also.
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So also, if you have
a congestion headache,
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that could have
that effect. Oh okay.
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Also when you have the
areas of the upper body such as
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the right lower or upper
abdomen, that one is related to
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the liver and if you go
to the other area which is
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on the left of the
upper abdomen, that area is
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related to the spleen.
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Also the lower back is
related to the kidneys,
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so I'm hoping you're
taking notes, you know, because
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this is going to be
quite a lot of information.
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The central part of
your abdomen - that one
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is related to the
kidneys and ureters.
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So if you want to do an
application of heat and cold,
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you would apply that.
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Then also the area that is
called the perineal area which
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is the area between your
anus and your genital organs,
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that area is related to
the prostate in the case of
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the males and is
related to the female organs
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in the case of the females.
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So you can do what is called,
"sitz baths" the same way
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that we apply that hot foot
bath - that just to the pelvic
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areas and in that way - you
can get some benefit from that.
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Also, if you have nervous
problems, for example - a
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diabetic has issues with
the nerves in their feet -
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beware of that.
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In fact, it is
contraindicated to do treatments
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on a diabetic's feet as
they don't feel the heat
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and you can actually burn him
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and then it ends up
being worse than that.
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So then that demonstration we
just saw of the hot foot bath,
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you're saying that
wouldn't be a good thing to do
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on someone with
diabetes. That's right!
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That would be contraindicated.
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Or with someone who had
poor circulation or what else?
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Any other? That's
right, people that have
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very bad varices, (varicose
veins), that would also
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be one of the contraindications.
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Also we have the skin over the
breasts - those are related to
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the pelvic organs and so
does the skin above the abdomen,
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that one is related, in general,
to the whole intestines.
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And finally, the area around
the heart - that one also has
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an effect towards the
heart, so as you can see -
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Oh well that's good,
that's not hard to remember.
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I can remember the heart
relates to the heart - yes.
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There are many
areas in the body,
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so how are we
going to get there?
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Well we can use a modality
called, " the fomentation,"
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and the fomentation is
an effective way of applying
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moist heat - not only for
the internal organs as we were
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talking about the
different areas of the body,
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but also whenever
you get an injury.
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For example, you get a
sprain in the hand or so,
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what we want first we want to
apply what is called "the RICE,"
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and RICE is the word for "REST
Ice, Compression, Elevation"
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for the first 2 to 3 days.
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While the body is
trying to control things up,
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the best thing you
can do is to apply ice.
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If you apply heat, the
blood vessels that are broken
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you will create a big
hematoma and so forth.
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Yeah bruising, so
don't use heat when you've
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just had that kind
of injury to prevent
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any bleeding or any
kind of bruising. Um hm.
00:22:59.94\00:23:01.54
So you want to apply ice there.
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Then after that, then
you apply the moist heat.
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So let us see an
example, we're going to ask
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our volunteers to
show you how you can do,
00:23:10.99\00:23:15.89
very easily, a hot fomentation.
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So you need a
microwave, you'll need a towel,
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and that towel is
wet, it's wrung very well,
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it's put in a plastic bag and
then you put in the microwave.
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I think we can see it
there in the microwave...
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That's right, it's inside
the microwave right now. Yes.
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The patient gets
on the bed and then
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it's a good idea to cover him.
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In his case his problem
that we are simulating here is
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a fact that he has a little
bit of congestion in the chest.
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So we make the
person comfortable.
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It's a good idea to
apply some heat on the feet.
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You can actually put
the feet also in hot water
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at the same time you're doing
that with the same methodology.
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It's a good idea to pray
before the application and by
00:24:06.17\00:24:09.74
personal experience I
can tell you it's much more
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efficient when you do that.
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Very carefully, it can be very
hot, you get that fomentation
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you use some
hot-type of fabric, okay?
00:24:20.09\00:24:27.36
Now they're going to
put a barrier between the...
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That's right, you don't want
to burn the patient - you apply
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the moist heat. See
that steam coming off.
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She is using a wool fabric which
is fabulous for that purpose,
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and then you apply a towel.
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You communicate with the
patient - if it is too hot,
00:24:44.55\00:24:47.65
you need to ask and
you add another layer.
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Be careful males sometimes they
tend not to speak very much.
00:24:50.69\00:24:53.69
Make sure you ask him.
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If you notice, he is nice
and red, so then you apply
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between the transition
and nice application of cold.
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It could be all
the way to ice water.
00:25:03.50\00:25:04.83
But that steam didn't last
very long, probably 3 minutes?
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That's right, 2 to 3
minutes depending on how thick
00:25:08.77\00:25:11.01
the fabric is - is how long the
application is going to last.
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So you need to keep...
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And you need to have
another fomentation ready
00:25:16.68\00:25:19.41
in the microwave
while you apply that.
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And you could do that,
two, three, four times?
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That's right, you can do
this three, four, five times.
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So how long you are
going to leave it depends on
00:25:30.96\00:25:33.06
how warm the fabric is
that is carrying the heat.
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You can even put your
hand underneath so you can be
00:25:37.57\00:25:39.93
testing to make sure
that it's nice and warm.
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You always finish with cold.
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She has ice cold water and
you quickly rub over the area
00:25:44.47\00:25:48.94
that you have done in
order to send the water there.
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Make sure you dry it so
the person feels comfortable
00:25:51.91\00:25:55.28
and it is important to cover
up the patient and let him rest.
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And you can also
close with a word of prayer.
00:26:01.76\00:26:05.99
Make sure the
patient is comfortable,
00:26:06.03\00:26:08.63
then leave him there in
the room, make sure that he is
00:26:08.66\00:26:12.77
resting enough and
make sure that you keep the
00:26:12.80\00:26:17.21
communication open,
you know, if there's any
00:26:18.87\00:26:21.44
uncomfortableness and so forth.
00:26:21.51\00:26:23.14
And as a general rule, if
you are uncomfortable with
00:26:23.18\00:26:26.72
something, don't do it, okay?
00:26:26.75\00:26:29.12
For safety, you'd say,
"Well what about that problem,
00:26:29.15\00:26:31.89
should I apply it? Yes or no?"
00:26:31.92\00:26:33.76
If you're not
comfortable, please don't do it.
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But where else
might you apply that kind?
00:26:36.89\00:26:39.39
Like the patients
that you were saying...
00:26:39.43\00:26:40.90
You can apply this like for pain
in joints, for pain with nerves
00:26:40.93\00:26:45.70
like somebody has
probably with arthritis.
00:26:45.73\00:26:47.77
That's right, you would
apply it like on the hands
00:26:47.80\00:26:50.24
if a person has some
arthritic-type of pain.
00:26:50.27\00:26:52.87
Muscle tension - works
wonderfully on your back.
00:26:52.91\00:26:56.48
Insomnia - you apply
this before going to bed.
00:26:56.51\00:27:00.25
This will relax the back.
00:27:00.28\00:27:01.98
Where would you
apply it for insomnia?
00:27:02.02\00:27:03.82
Whereabouts on
the body would you?
00:27:03.85\00:27:05.19
On the chest would be
a good application. Okay.
00:27:05.22\00:27:07.69
And also if you have problems
like pneumonia, bronchitis,
00:27:07.72\00:27:12.49
you can actually apply a double
one on your chest and the back.
00:27:12.53\00:27:15.16
As you are taking your
normal treatment, this can
00:27:15.20\00:27:18.00
complement things - also
to produce sweating in case
00:27:18.03\00:27:21.54
you want to remove a certain
substance - if somebody is
00:27:21.57\00:27:24.34
trying to stop
smoking and so forth.
00:27:24.37\00:27:26.68
And also, warming up before,
a massage - this would be
00:27:26.71\00:27:31.81
a fabulous application -
then the therapist can just work
00:27:31.85\00:27:35.48
on those nice,
warm muscles. Yes.
00:27:35.52\00:27:38.12
So you can see, very useful
and very simple to apply these
00:27:38.15\00:27:41.86
principles - I
hope you try them out.
00:27:41.89\00:27:44.19
Thank you for that
excellent information Eddie,
00:27:44.23\00:27:46.39
and you're well qualified
to share it with us, thank you.
00:27:46.43\00:27:49.23
Well since the 1990s,
I became certified by the
00:27:49.26\00:27:52.50
state of California to
allow me to teach hydrotherapy
00:27:52.53\00:27:56.54
principles and I've done it
literally all over the world
00:27:56.57\00:27:59.57
from Africa to America, to
Asia and now here in Australia.
00:27:59.61\00:28:03.81
And we are very
privileged, thank you so much!
00:28:03.85\00:28:06.11
Well we hope that you will
tap into these water therapies
00:28:06.15\00:28:09.98
and experience their benefits.
00:28:10.02\00:28:11.85
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00:28:11.89\00:28:14.82
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