Information Package / Course Catalogue
Massage-Hydrotherapy
Course Code: FZ206
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

To gain knowledge about massage and hydrotherapy.

Course Content

The physiological effects of massage, theoretical and practical information on the benefits and methods of application, the scientific impact of massage, general principles of application, massage indications, contraindications, massage techniques, classic massage, definitions used in hydrotherapy, physiological concepts in hydrotherapy, application methods in hydrotherapy, whirlpool baths, butterfly baths , shower and sprays, fluidotherapy, moist heat treatment, hot-pack-paraffin and saunas, swimming pool treatment and water exercises, tests used in hydrotherapy, SPAs, methods and equipments of aquatherapy-aquatic rehabilitation, effects and application forms of sauna, methods of thalassotherapy.

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