24b Course Outline

Class Title: Hydro #2 Course and Hours: Hydrotherapy - 2 hours

Summary of Content

Cold Water Wash demonstration, and the exchange of three hydrotherapy treatments: Dry Brushing, Cold Water Wash, and Foot Treatment.

Instructional Objectives

Students will exchange all three hydrotherapy treatments, and display an understanding of the principles. Students will be focused and attentive to their partners during each of the hydrotherapy treatments.

Format:

15 min. orientation, set up tables, check supplies 20 min. demo cold water wash 15 min. break 5 min. set up/ ready 55 min. first trade 15 min. break 5 min. set up/ ready 55 min. second trade 10 min. close up

Media to be used:

Massage table, sheet set, dry brush, 1 basin, 1 washcloth, 1-3 bags of ice (depending on class size); foot supplies: cuticle stick, exfoliating cream, foot lubricant.

Source Material 24b TLC packet 24b Swedish Lesson Plan

Class Title: Hydro #2

Demo Guidelines:

Show angled draping at legs, and how to create “handles” with excess sheet at every draping area so that students can cover client’s skin in a quick, effective manner during the cold water wash treatment. Remind them to drape the breast area first when client is first turned supine (same as with the dry brush treatment). Encourage them to visualize the path of most effective, rhythmic coverage of the limb first, before applying the cold water washcloth to each limb – this will encourage mindfulness, effectiveness and compassion. Also instruct students to be mindful of getting good coverage of client’s skin with the folded cold water washcloth, as stimulation of the body’s strong response to cold is the “prime mover” of this treatment.

Practical Guidelines:

Partner giving first will do all three treatments – first dry brushing, then cold water wash, and then foot treatment; then trade.

For a 65-minute trade, instructor can pace the students/allow for 10 min. to apply the dry brush treatment, with a 5 min. interim for supplies to be accessed and readied for application of cold water wash treatment next. Remind students to be conscious of pacing, placement and rhythm of strokes before (and as) they apply them. 10 minutes for the cold water wash treatment, followed by a 10 minute interim while the students dump and re-load their basins, then assist their partners in quietly re-gaining clothing, straightening the sheets on the table, arranging the backjack so that partner can sit at edge of table with feet soaking in basin placed on a chair, and accessing foot treatment supplies. Getting water delivered and temperature-adjusted to each table, and having students move through the phases of the foot treatment and massage can take the remaining 30 minutes of trade time. Since the first 7-10 minutes of foot treatment is soaking, students 24b can perform forearm/hand work or shoulder/neck/scalp work during this time. Remind students to ensure their partners warmth during this time, as well.

Dry Brush will be started in the supine position and end prone, so that the cold water wash treatment will begin prone and end with the client back in the supine position, and ready to re-dress and transition to foot treatment.

Lecture Guidelines

Orient students to how class will be orchestrated (see Instructor/Assistant Notes below), followed by a short lecture on benefits of cold water washing and it’s contraindications (see TLC packet for details).

Discussion Guidelines

Encourage student pairs to give appropriate feedback regarding the feel and effects of the techniques, ease of handling the limbs and supplies, and the effectiveness and coverage of the “new” draping.

Media Usage: NA 24b HYDROTHERAPY 2 CLASS – INSTRUCTOR/ASSISTANT NOTES

Classroom Notes: each table will need a chair, a backjack, 2 blankets.; students will provide: set of sheets, dry brush, washcloth, and 2 towels.

Students will dress their table with one blanket below their set of sheets and one blanket above – this provides necessary insulation during the cold water wash treatment.

Refer to the packet pages for the supplies needed for each treatment. All supplies are located in the locked cabinets to the right of the sink in the student lounge, except for the water jugs, which are located under the counter cabinets to the left of the sink.

This class requires ice: the assistant should pick up the required number of bags of ice on the way in to class, store them in the freezer or ice chests, as appropriate, and give the cash receipt to either the receptionist or the bookkeeper for reimbursement.

15 minutes before class begins, assistant prepares small paper plates for foot treatment (one for each student) with quarter-size amount of exfoliating scrub, a dime-sized amount of Biotone foot lotion, and half an orangewood stick cuticle pusher.

Next, assistant puts approx. 2 handfuls of ice into a small basin for cold water wash treatment -- one for each table, to be brought in during dry brush treatment; then fill both green pitchers with cold water and quietly fill student’s basins approx. 1/3 full, table-side, while they finish the dry brush treatment. This way the water will be chilling and ready for use. Once the cold water wash is under way, assistant can fill both pitchers with hot water, to be ready for foot treatment.

Once they’ve finished the cold water wash and their partners are resting quietly, students will bring their basins into the student break area and dump their cold water out, will receive a scoop of the Batherapy soaking crystals in their basin as well as a small amount (not more than 2”) of 24b fresh cold water, and will return it to their table. When their partners are quietly re-dressed and seated for foot soaking, instructor and assistant will come around with pitchers of hot water and adjust temperature of soaking water to the comfort of receivers.

**If same basin is used for cold water wash and for foot treatment (best, to reduce cross-contamination), make sure to use the larger basins, as these fit feet better. If separate basins are used, they will all need to be washed in between trades.

During the break between trades, assistant can prepare small paper plates of foot supplies (if not done already). As soon as the second trade gets underway, they can prepare the basins with ice for the cold water wash, and put them at each table.

After students have begun the second trade foot treatment, assistant can begin to wash the basins, return foot supplies to their storage bins & lock the storage cupboards, and generally clean and dry the break room area.

Clean Up: Basins need to be washed with soap, rinsed and stacked on the tables to drain (invert them and stack “piggy-back style” so that they will dry). Any used school towels or washcloths go in the black plastic container under the table in the front of the break room (labeled so).