Hip Pack
JHK
from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...
Around trunk from umbilicus to mid-thigh
Cold:
ie. Heating Compress - wet linen sheet
Tonic and Alterative on pelvic viscera
Contra-indications
- severe Pelvic Neuralgia
- acute Pelvic Inflammation
- chronic Pelvic Pain of uterus or ovary
- Menstruation
Hot:
Folded woolen blanket - do not allow chilling - follow with Cold Mitten Friction
Stimulant, Analgesic by Revulsion in
- Dysmenorrhoea, if menstrual flow increased follow with hot
- Vaginal Irrigation - patient stays in bed
Hydrotherapy Techniques:
Local Applications
Special Compresses
- Alternate to the Chest
- Cephalic Compress
- Chest Pack
- Cold Spinal Compress
- Cotton Poultice
- Dry Blanket Pack
- Foot Pack
- Half Chest Pack
- Head Alternate Applications
- Hip Pack
- Hot Chest Pack
- Hot Hip and Leg Pack
- Ice Pack
- Joint Compress
- Leg Pack
- Neck Compress
- Pelvic Pack
- Perineal Compress
- Precordial Compress
- Roller Chest Pack
- Simultaneous Hot and Cold
- Simultaneous to Head
- Spinal Pack
- Square Chest Pack
- Throat Compress
- Towel Chest Pack
- Triangular Chest Pack
- Wet Sheet Pack