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What is Hydrotherapy (water therapy)?

Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy involves the use of water for soothing pains and treating diseases. Hydrotherapy is used to treat musculoskeletal disorders such as arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, or spinal cord injuries and in patients suffering burns, spasticity, stroke or paralysis.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Fibromyalgia 39 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Pain 24 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Muscle pain 10 0
Improve flexibility/strength 7 5 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Other 6 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
General health 6 1 Efficacy_major

See all 79 patients currently going to Hydrotherapy (water therapy)

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 3
Mild
 7
None
 20

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Hydrotherapy (water therapy)

Soreness 3
Pain 2
Cramps in calf muscles 1
Cramps in feet 1
Pain in knees 1
Pain in hips 1
See all 13 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently going to Hydrotherapy (water therapy). See all 41 dosages ►

  1 hr weekly 30 min weekly 40 min weekly 60 min weekly 90 min weekly weekly 120 min weekly weekly 30 min daily 240 min weekly
  3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 10 Number of Patients: 10 7 Number of Patients: 7 3 Number of Patients: 3 8 Number of Patients: 8 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Hydrotherapy (water therapy) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 16   Course of treatment ended: 35%
Other 15   Other: 33%
Did not seem to work 10   Did not seem to work: 22%
Expense 7   Expense: 15%
Side effects too severe 6   Side effects too severe: 13%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 7%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 4%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 4%

See all 46 patients who’ve stopped going to Hydrotherapy (water therapy)

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Going to Hydrotherapy (water therapy)

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Going to Hydrotherapy (water therapy)

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Hydrotherapy (water therapy)

Always
 16 48%
Usually
 14 42%
Sometimes
 3 9%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Hydrotherapy (water therapy)

Very
 3 9%
Somewhat
 11 33%
A little
 12 36%
Not at all
 7 21%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Hydrotherapy (water therapy)

$200+
 1 5%
$100-199
 6 30%
$50-99
 6 30%
$25-49
 2 10%
< $25
 5 25%

Report created on May 27, 2012.