Thermal treatment methods:
Increases the blood flow in the treated area, as it helps to expand blood vessels in the area, and as a result relaxes the muscles, the person feels comfortable and relaxed.
Thermal Therapy Objectives:
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Increase blood flow.
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Help to discharge muscle residues
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Accelerate the process of building and supplying blood cells and food needed for the construction process.
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Thermal treatments include:
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Hot sand compresses
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Compresses
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Paraffin wax
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Infrared
Cold treatment methods:
Cold treatment means that it has different effects depending on the period of use in general. It has a stimulatory and stimulating effect of the nervous system sometimes, and sometimes has a drug effect.
Objectives of treatment with cold compresses:
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Relieve pain.
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Reduce swelling or edema.
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Accelerate the mechanisms of healing infections
Cases that need treatment with cold compresses
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Bone pain .
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Muscle pain.
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Tendon pains and ligaments
