Underwater shower-massage

Underwater shower-massage is a procedure in which the patient is massaged under the water jet of water supplied from a hose under pressure. Thermal and mechanical irritation of the skin cause the improvement of blood and lymph circulation, and thus the nutrition of tissues, stimulates metabolism, promote more rapid resorption of inflammatory foci. The indications for purpose soul-massage are: obesity, gout, musculoskeletal trauma consequences dvigatelyyugo apparatus, joint diseases (except tuberculosis), muscles and suhozhiliy.posledstviya injuries and diseases of the peripheral nervous system, residual effects after suffering polio muscle paresis phenomena, sluggish healing trophic ulcers (without thrombosis), and others. In general, underwater shower-massage impact the whole body is exposed. When the local massage water jet from a hose with a tip directed to a specific body area (area of ​​the joint, lumbar area, etc.), while the water temperature is 36-38 ± C. In general, an underwater shower-massage, the water temperature can be gradually increased to 40 ± C, local - to 42 ± C. The course of treatment is 15-20 procedures. Total underwater massage can not be combined with other water and heat treatments, ultraviolet light, and others.
Soul as the hydrotherapy treatments are contraindicated in acute inflammation and exacerbation of chronic diseases hypertensive illness II and III stages, severe angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, heart aneurysm, chronic cardiovascular disease, condition after a recent stroke (6-8 months), malignant neoplasms, benign tumors in their propensity for growth, bleeding, tuberculosis in certain phases of the disease, infectious diseases, weeping eczema, pustular skin diseases, and others.