Hydrotherapy

Water is such a normal part of our lives that we do not realise it can be a powerful therapeutic tool. In reality, water has been associated with medicine and health since the beginning of recorded history, and has been used by renowned physicians such as Hippocrates, the father of medicine, and Sebastian Kneipp who developed the water cure.

But how can something as simple as water have significant therapeutic effects? What conditions are known to benefit from the therapeutic use of water? And what are simple hydrotherapy practices you can use to support your health?