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ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED A SESSION, SEND YOUR CLIENTS HOME WITH SELF-CARE HYDROTHERAPY TREATMENTS. SEE FINGERTIPS FOR THE CLIENT, PAGE 35, FOR EXAMPLES. 6. Cover the second fomentation with towels, place over the chest, and monitor it frequently so it does not burn the skin (Image 4). 7. Cover the client. Then, during the next five minutes, you may perform a brief facial massage. 8. After five minutes, rub the entire chest briskly for 30 seconds with a washcloth wrung from iced water (Image 5). Do not apply this friction over a woman's breasts. 9. Place another hot fomentation on the chest. Set a timer for five minutes. 10. Add more hot water to the footbath if needed so that the water remains at 105–110°F. 11. Provide water to drink as needed, and place a washcloth wrung out in ice water on the forehead. 12. Repeat steps 8–11. 13. After five more minutes, remove the chest fomentation, rub the chest with ice water, then dry the chest. 14. Have the client sit up. Remove the back fomentation and rub the entire back briefly with ice water. Dry the back. Do not let the client become chilled at this point. 15. Take the client's feet out of the hot water, pour ice water over the feet, and dry them off (Image 6). 16. Remove the towel underneath the client, cover him or her with a dry sheet, and begin hands-on massage. Hydrotherapy treatments complement your work as a massage therapist and expand your options when it comes to treating clients. massage therapist in Oregon for 34 years. She is the author of Modern Hydrotherapy for the Massage Therapist (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004). Marybetts Sinclair has taught massage in special programs for disabled children in the United States, Mexico, and Ecuador. For more information, visit www. marybettssinclair.com. Marybetts Sinclair, LMT, has been a connect with your colleagues on massageprofessionals.com 79