Ascending shower: indications, contraindications. Effects on the body and device

Wellness with the help of water procedures is very in demand nowadays. The benefits of hydrotherapy were revealed even in the period of antiquity, when water was considered life-giving and healing. Treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of diseases with water are so popular due to their accessibility and simplicity. One of the most loved types of hydrotherapy is the shower. The essence of such hydrotherapy is the impact on the body of jets of water, the pressure and temperature of which vary. The shower as a type of hydrotherapy is circular, rain, Scottish, Charcot, acicular and others. We will dwell on such a variant of the local soul as an ascending shower, having learned about its features, actions on the body, indications for such a local soul, and also about the possibility of conducting at home.

Unlike such types of hydrotherapy as Vichy showers, contrast showers and the like, the course of ascending shower sessions is used not for cosmetology, but for medical purposes.

It is prescribed for the treatment, prevention and recovery of diseases that are treated by urology and gynecology. Such a procedure can be prescribed at any age. In particular, children with the help of the perineal shower can be treated with enuresis, and elderly patients often have an ascending shower as a treatment for radiculitis.

Ascending shower is one of the variants of a local healing shower. It is also called the crotch, because the peculiarity of this shower is the direction of water jets on the crotch.

The patient is seated in a special seat with holes, while water jets of a certain temperature( 15-40 degrees) and a certain pressure( 1-4 atmospheres) are directed to his body from below, which is the reason for the name of the soul - ascending.

Such a shower affects the pelvic organs, so it is most often prescribed in the following practices:

• proctologic;
• gynecological;
• urological practices.

The use of this type of shower due to the massaging effect of water improves blood circulation in the pelvic region and promotes a more rapid disposal of inflammatory processes.

Changing the pressure of jets of water to within 4 atmospheres, as well as the temperature regime from 25 to 40 degrees Celsius, has different effects on the patient.

The procedure is usually prescribed by the course, as well as other types of hydrotherapy. An ascending shower can be done every other day or every day, completing 10-20 sessions in one course. One procedure for the perineal shower lasts from two to five minutes on average.

For the treatment of sciatica and lumbar sciatica this kind of shower is a procedure combined with a seated bath. In this case, the procedure acts not only on the perineum, but also on the sacro-lumbar region.

The installation for the ascending shower is represented by a special stool with a ring-shaped seat. It is equipped with a special massage sprayer, equipped with a regulation of the angle of the water spray.

First set the temperature of the upcoming procedure, after which the patient is offered to sit on the seat( if it is a man, then you need to make sure that the seat protects the scrotum).Water comes from the rain shower net, which is mounted so that its holes are pointing upwards.

If the shower is assigned to a female patient, it is a shower-bidet , so it can also be used as a local gynecological bath. The design of this shower is a faience cup with a built-up shower and an outlet at the bottom. By closing this hole, the device can be used as a bath for various gynecological procedures.

Recall that this type of wellness and healing shower is hot and warm, when the goal is hyperemia and heating of the perineal region, as well as pelvic organs( for example, with proctitis or for treating inflammations of the female genital area).

Also, the ascending shower can be cold and cool, if the procedure is aimed at reflex stimulation and skin irritation in the perineal region to affect the innervation centers( for example, in some cases of impotence).

A low-temperature cushion shower is also indicated for hemorrhoids, when the goal is a cooling effect. The temperature of the water affects the duration of the session:

• if the shower is warm, then the procedure lasts 4-6 minutes,
• during cold showering, the effect is often stopped after 2-3 minutes.

The main indications to the procedure are presented by such pathologies and problems:

• impotence, prostatitis( a cold shower is appointed);
• atony of the sphincter, rectal fissures, chronic constipation, hemorrhoids;
• urinary incontinence;
• proctitis( spend a warm shower);
• gynecological diseases, including problems with the menstrual cycle and infertility( a warm shower is prescribed).

There are no special contraindications to the procedures, however, an upward shower is not prescribed in cases when there is no hydrotherapy at all. For example, these are serious diseases of internal organs, a tendency to bleeding, high body temperature, infectious diseases, oncological pathology, skin diseases, hypertension of the third degree, tuberculosis.

Immediately specify that the procedure for an ascending shower should not be performed at home, unless there was a preliminary consultation with a specialist. Only the doctor should determine what duration should be the ascending shower and with what temperature of water it is necessary to carry out the procedure.

At home, for this type of shower, a shower hose is used, directing the water jet to the perineal zone.