This text offers a modern approach to hydrotherapy�the use of water, ice, steam, and hot and cold temperatures
to improve or maintain health�as performed by massage therapists. Authored by an experienced massage therapist,
this book presents clear, uncomplicated explanations of how hydrotherapy affects the body, and then demonstrates
a wide variety of hydrotherapy treatments. The book suggests how massage therapists may use hydrotherapy treatments
before and during massage sessions, or give these treatments to clients to do between sessions for faster and better
results. The author presents real-life examples and case studies obtained through interviews with massage therapists,
athletic trainers, physical therapists, naturopathic doctors, aquatic therapists, and medical doctors treating
patients in a medical hydrotherapy setting.