222405, Republic of Belarus, Minsk region, Myadel district, Sosny village, bldg. 7

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Showers

Therapeutic showers have a proven effect on human body due to combination of water streams having different shape, pressure and temperature. Therapeutic showers increase the tonus of the skin and the whole body, actively affecting blood vessels tonus, activating the immune system, soothing and relieving spasms.

There are the several types of therapeutic showers: raining shower, needle shower, mist shower, rising (or perineal) shower, stream shower (power shower, Scottish and fan-type shower) and circular shower.

Power shower (stream shower)

It's a high-pressure shower. The patient, standing at a distance of 2.5-3.5 m from the shower, makes 2-3 slow turns. The stream of water is directed to the legs, then back, front and side surfaces of the body from the bottom up, first in a radial stream, then a compact jet. For obtaining the desired effect the same procedure should be repeated several times. The procedure is finished with a radial stream of optimum temperature. In case of special indications, the abdomen is massaged in circular motions alongside the large intestine (compact stream) clockwise. The impact of a compact jet on the head, spine, mammary glands, genitals should be avoided. Water temperature at the beginning of treatment 35-32°C, at the end-20-15°C, pressure-from 1.5 to 2.5-3.0 atm. Duration of treatment is from 1-2 min to 3-5 min., a course of treatment includes 10-20 procedures.

Circular shower

Is an average pressure shower. The patient is exposed to a large number of thin jets of water, fed sequentially to the paravertebral zone and the upper arms, body sides and the lower limbs.
Circular shower has a pronounced stimulating effect on the peripheric receptor apparatus and activates the central nervous system. The process of treatment stimulates adaptation to mechanical impact, improves vegetative regulation of functions and enhances compensatory and adaptive mechanisms. The main indications for circular shower include neurocirculatory dystonia, the initial stages of hypertension, fatigue. Those who have dramatically prevailing excitation processes over inhibition processes or pronounced symptoms of asthenia hardly tolerate this shower, especially at low temperatures. The circus shower's initial temperature is 36-34°C, gradually reducing up to 25°C. The course of treatment includes 12-15 procedures lasting 2-5 minutes each and performmed daily or every other day.

Rising (or perineal) shower

It's a raining shower directed at the perineum. Cool and cold rising shower tonifies the muscles of the perineum and erogenous zones; warm shower improves blood supply to the pelvic area and accelerates the resolution of inflammatory processes. The duration of cold shower is 1-2 min., warm shower lasts 2-5 min., a course of treatment includes 10-20 procedures daily. Indications for the rising shower: prostatitis, sexual weakness, rectal fissures, weakness of the muscles of the perineum and rectum prolapse, hemorrhoids, sexual neuroses, weakness of the anal sphincter, gynecological diseases.