Casting (therapy)
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Among the therapeutic treatments casting refers to treatments of hydrotherapy , which make up a temperature stimulus be exploited and the heat balance of the body to bring back into balance. The vegetative nervous system is to be addressed by heat or cold stimuli. The basic principle is: as much heat as necessary, as much cold as possible.
species
The types of therapeutic cast treatments can be differentiated on the one hand according to the type of implementation .
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Pressure jet castings / lightning jet casts
- With pressure jet casting , the water jet is directed at medium or high pressure (up to 3 bar ) onto the body or the subregions to be treated.
- Pressure jet castings with medium pressure (0.5–1 bar) (50–100 kPa )
- High pressure jet casting (1–3 bar) (100–300 kPa)
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Kneipp casts / flat casts
- In flat castings , in contrast to pressure jet castings, the water jet is only directed onto the body or part of the region with little pressure.
In addition to this distinction, a differentiation is made according to the body regions to which the casting treatment is applied.
- Leg casts
- Arm casts
- Top casting
- Full cast
- Back casting
- Neck cast
In addition to these differentiations, the casts can also be differentiated according to the temperature :
- cold casts: (up to approx. 18 ° C water temperature)
- warm showers: (between 18 and 22 ° C water temperature)
- hot showers: (between 36 and 43 ° C water temperature)
- cold-blooded casts: (initially 36–38 ° C, then 18 ° C water temperature)
- increasing pouring: (from the beginning of 30 ° C to approx. 43 ° C water temperature)
application areas
The areas of application of the casts depend on the temperature and the strength with which the water is directed onto the individual body regions.
Examples:
- Increasing pouring or hot back, neck and lumbar pouring should relieve tension.
- Cold casts serve to harden or improve blood circulation .
- Lightning casts are toughening measures and are supposed to stimulate the metabolism .