Why Thermotherapy Works, Part 2 The Physiology is Complex, the Thermotherapy is Simple. In this post, we will see that combining feedback from your body (your symptoms and comfort level) with suggestions from thermotherapy’s history, simplifies the process of finding “just the right dose” of thermotherapy [...]
An introduction to why Thermotherapy works Homeostasis is complex Thermotherapy takes advantage of your body’s response to heat and cold as it attempts to maintain homeostasis.1 Wikipedia defines homeostasis as: “the state of steady internal, physical, and chemical conditions maintained by living systems. This is the [...]
Ancient Mesopotamia Thermotherapy in history. The ancient Sumerians, who invented writing and (happily for us) wrote on clay tablets, left a “surprisingly large and comprehensive set of medical texts”1 showing they were excellent diagnosticians with an organised, practical approach to therapy.2 Their pioneering knowledge was passed on, [...]
Thermotherapy is the heating or cooling of the body, or part of it, to treat disease or disorder. Thermo therapy combines the advantages of three therapies, heat therapy, thermal medicine and traditional hydrotherapy. Thermotherapy is informed by Heat Therapy. This is the branch of physiotherapy involving the [...]
