Re: Doc Hardy's Skin brushing and Hydrotherapy

The Benefits of Dry-Skin Brushing
1. Removes dead layers of Skin and other Impurities.
2. Keep the pores open.
3. Stimulates blood circulation..
4. Increases the eliminative capacity of your skin.
5. Improves Lymph fluid flow.
Please note: For hygienic reasons each person should have his or her own brush.
How to do the Dry Brush Massage
1. Use a soft bristle brush about the size of your hand. A natural bristle brush is best.
2. Start with the soles of your feet, brush in a vigorous rotating motion. Put as much pressure on the brush as you can comfortably stand.
3. Brush in this order: feet, legs, hands arms, back, abdomen, chest, neck.
4. Brush until your skin is rosy red. The average time to brush the whole body is 5-10 minutes.
5. It’s best to brush in the morning and again at night.
*Dry skin brushing is always followed by a shower hydrotherapy.*
Hydro Therapy
All Hydro Therapy treatments exert a stimulus on the body, which in turn produces a physiological reaction within the body This process improves the circulation of blood to the surface tissues as will as to the deep-lying internal organs
Hydrotherapy is the use of hot and cold water alternately to cause the skin, blood vessels, mussels, and other soft tissues of the body to expand (hot water) and constrict (cold water). This causes a kneading like action that helps to:
1. remove extra cellular fluid as in the case of inflammation.
2. strengthen arteries and vanes as in the case of varicose vanes.
3. speeds up the healing process.
In short, hydro therapy MOVES BLOOD and blood brings with nutrients that feed and heal.
Hydrotherapy can be used for: Bruises, sprains, strains, varicose vanes, phlebitis, hemorrhoids, etc.
How to do Hydro Therapy
1. Hydro therapy can be used on a part of the body, or on the whole body By the use of
emersion, compress (warp) or shower.
2. start with hot water (as hot as you can stand with out burning, or pain, 98-100 degree) for 30 seconds. then use cold water 50-65 degrees for 30 seconds.
3. repeat this process of alternating hot cold three times.
4. repeat steps 2 and 3 three times a day as needed.

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