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A B M P m e m b e r s e a r n F R E E C E a t w w w. a b m p . c o m / c e b y r e a d i n g M a s s a g e & B o d y w o r k m a g a z i n e 65 W WATER WISDOM Thalassotherapy This treatment uses the therapeutic benefi ts of the sea and seawater products to restore health and vitality to the skin and hair. The treatment may include a body wrap using seaweed and algae paste or seawater baths using strong, underwater jets. Hydrotherapy Although ancient Greece and Rome both adopted the belief that water had healing properties, it was the Romans who fi rst integrated hydrotherapy into their social life, building temples and baths near natural springs. Father Sebastian Kneipp from Wörishofen, Bavaria, was the father of modern-day hydrotherapy in Germany. Various hydrotherapy massage techniques exist and are generally utilized by massage and bodywork practitioners, physical therapists, physicians, and spa technicians. These include underwater massage, herbal baths, thalassotherapy, Kneipp therapy, Vichy treatments, Scotch hoses, Swiss showers, and Watsu. The water we have on Earth now is all we will ever have. That means the same water that comes out of your faucet today is the same water that dinosaurs drank. Water Therapy for Animals Too Humans aren't the only ones reaping the benefi ts of a growing trend to use water as a therapeutic tool. Today, horses and dogs have access to state-of-the-art underwater treadmills, many of them mobile, to help with injury recovery.