-IBIS-1.7.6-
tx
respiratory system
bronchitis
Physical Therapies


exercise

breathing exercises: acute and chronic
aerobic exercise: mild, daily for chronic
posture correction to increase length of spine and open chest; consider yoga postures


hydrotherapy

• Castor oil pack
hot fomentation, to chest
• Russian steam bath
• mustard plaster
• constitutional hydrotherapy
• constitutional hydrotherapy with high frequency
• heating compress, chest
• steam inhalation
• wet sheet pack- stage 4


manipulation

• spine: T1, C7, T2; also T10-12
• Chapman's reflex: check and treat inter-costal space between 2nd and 3rd ribs close to sternum, both sides then check and treat between SP and TP on T2
• Spondylotherapy: concussion C7 to decrease mucus
manual lymph drainage: neck, thorax, intercostal spaces, use bronchitis stroke, three times per week (Kurz, p. 117)
massage: Tapotement with the side of the hand losens phlegm and facilitates expectoration

electrical and oscillating

• diathermy


footnotes