Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

General Methods:

• build up the patient's health with gentle Graduated Tonic Cold but avoid cold where it increases pain
• improve circulation to the spine
• Retain muscle power and range by assisted exercises

Pathological Problems:

• Poor General Circulation
• Toxaemia
• Poor Circulation to Spinal Cord

Clinical Problems:

• Ataxia
• Lightning Pains
• Gastralgia
• Local Pain
• Rectal Irritation
• Bladder Atony
• Constipation
• Neurogenic Arthropathy
• Atrophy

Contra-indications:

• Cold immersions, Cold Douche or cold applications to spine
• Very hot applications

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Problems:

• paretic Bladder Atony
• Cerebral Irritability
• Gastric Crises
• Lightning Pains
• Nervous System Irritability
• Spinal Irritation

Contra-indications during problems:

• Cold Spinal Compress

Treatment:

Mildest Tonic

• Begin with Fan Douche
• Revulsive Douche
• Neutral Pail Pour

Sedative

• Neutral Douche

If due to spinal anaemia

• cold Spinal Douche
• Spinal Pack

Contra-indications

• Cold Douche
• Hot Tub Bath

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

in syphilis

In acute or pre-ataxic stage use Pure Sedatives

• rest - prohibit exercise to relieve spinal stress
• simple regular habits for 2-3months - to maintain nutrition
• spinal Fomentations
  • Cold Mitten Friction
  • Hot Tub Bath 10-20min daily followed by single cold Pail Pour and rubbing

If disease progress is stopped then go onto...

Ataxic stage

• Fluxion continue for months
• graduated exercises
• vigorous spinal Tonics unless patient becoming rapidly worse
  • Spinal Alternate Applications - Fomentations and ice or
  • Alternate Douche to spine
• spinal Percussion Douche
• Galvanic Current or static electricity to lower spine and legs 3xdaily

Fluxion:

• Alternating Applications in chronic stage

For Charcot's joints use Fluxion see Infectious Arthritis

Treatment:

• Scotch Compress
• Alternate Pail Pour
• Alternate Foot Bath

for painful joints see Joint Pain

Crises are difficult to treat but may be relieved by local heat

• Lightning Pains are also difficult to treat but both may be relieved by building general vitality.