Treatment and prophylactic water procedures
It is believed that water, unlike medicines, can not harm, does not give side effects, and yet proceed to hydrotherapy, as well as to any other treatment, should be gradual and with caution. It is necessary to take into account the age, the general state of the organism, the propensity to various diseases. A man weak, unoccupied and often ill is unlikely to instantly turn into Hercules if he dives into the hole without any preparation. It is very important to listen to your body, and no matter how useful the procedure, if it causes the most unpleasant sensations, it is better to abandon it and choose something else. Even if you really want to quickly become healthy and seasoned, do not run in the snow with a cold, pour cold water, suffering from angina. People who have just set foot on the path of water therapy, as well as the weakened, elderly, painful to begin with, it is better to use water with a temperature of at least 14-15 ° C.
Cold water procedures should be applied on a warm( but not heated) body. A sharp short-term exposure to ice water stimulates adaptation mechanisms, and if the body is not warmed up, it will take time to turn on thermoregulatory mechanisms, which can result in cooling of the body. Inside penetrates the biopathogenic energy of the cold, and man, instead of hardening and getting better, will get sick. If the body is overheated, hot, the sharp impact of cold can lead to vasospasm and blockage of blood flow.
It is not recommended to apply water procedures with cold water just before bedtime, because they act excitantly, which means it will be difficult to fall asleep.
You can not start a session of hydrotherapy during hypothermia, in this case you need to warm up first. With severe fatigue, you need to rest a little and only after that take the procedure.
For procedures with cold water, do not undress long and then dress. For example, together with undressing and dressing, the procedure for taking a cold bath should not last more than 5 minutes.
Modern medicine recommends after a cold bath rubbed with a towel, thus making a body massage. However, Kneipp advises not to be wiped out, but only to quickly dress, explaining that when wiping some parts of the body will dry out while others will remain wet, as a result, in different parts of the skin there will be a different temperature of the body, which is harmful for sick people or weakened. If you dress, not wiping, the natural heat will spread evenly and quickly throughout the body.
To ensure that all parts of the body dry quickly and reach normal temperature, immediately after a cold bath, motor activity is necessary. It is useful to walk fast, and after the appearance of a sense of warmth it can be replaced by a slow one. The duration of motor activity after a cold bath is at least 25-30 minutes.