Cerebral Palsy Treatment – Hydrotherapy

Hydrotherapy is an internationally recognized treatment for pediatric cerebral palsy. Hydrotherapy includes whirlpool baths and bubble baths. Whirlpool bubble bath therapy is a method of treating diseases with bubble whirlpool water. It is the role of the bubbles attached to the body surface during the bath, because of its thermal conductivity is less than water and the formation of temperature differences, strengthening the warm bath water to improve blood circulation, vortex and bubble rupture when the mechanical force generated by the Department of Pediatrics of the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Li Huawei massage effect on the body surface, but also to enhance the body’s rotation, separation movement, reduce muscle tone, enhance endurance, improve balance, promote cardiorespiratory function , enhance metabolism and body resistance. Shenzhen Children’s Hospital Rehabilitation Department Wu Shoutong Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine bath is through the local bath treatment of systemic diseases, with the force of the bath water warmth and the efficacy of the drug itself, so that the whole body coup dredge, hair orifice open, so as to play a role in warming the meridians and dispersing cold, dredge the meridians, and harmonize the qi and blood. Modern medicine believes that the Chinese medicine bath directly targets the cause of the disease, and at the same time stimulates the local blood vessels through warmth to promote local and circumferential blood circulation, enhance metabolism, and improve local tissue nutrition and systemic functions, thus achieving therapeutic purposes. Vortex bubble medicine bath therapy effectively combines the two effects, the mechanical stimulation of the vortex bubble on the body surface helps the absorption of drugs, and the drugs can strengthen the effect of vortex bubble to improve blood circulation. It has the effects of warming the meridians and dispersing cold, tonifying the kidneys and activating blood, unblocking the meridians, relieving spasm, reducing muscle tension, improving joint movement and inhibiting abnormal posture.