Hydrotherapy L2 Thermotherapy: introduction to therapeutic heat in thermal agents

This is the second Hydrotherapy lecture in the Hydrotherapy course targeting second year students in the Faculty of Physical therapy, Benha University, Egypt. In This Lecture: 1. Body response to cold and heat therapy 2. Physiological and therapeutic effects of heat (local and systemic) 3. Indications of thermotherapy 4. Contraindications of thermotherapy 5. Precautions of thermotherapy 6. Adverse effects of thermotherapy 7. Testing of thermal sensation Good luck