CONTRAST BATH

BY MANASVI SAIN
ROLL NUMBER 22
BPT 2019
INTRODUCTION
• The principle of contrast bath therapy is to
combine the effects of both hot and cold bath
together.
• The part is immersed alternatively in hot and cold
water tanks.
• The temperature of hot water is 40-45 degree
Celsius.
• The temperature of cold water is 15-20 degree
Celsius
• Causes alternate vasodilatation and vasoconstriction.
• Theory behind contrast therapy is that the warm water causes vasodilatation of the
blood flow in the limb of body followed by the cold water which causes
vasoconstriction, increasing local blood circulation. Additionally the lymph vessels
contract when exposed to cold and relax in response to heat. The lymph system
unlike the circulatory system lacks a central pump.
• Alternating hot and cold lymph vessels dilate and contract to essentially ‘pump’ and
move stagnant fluid out of the area. This positively effects the inflammation process
which is the body's primary mechanism for healing damaged tissue.
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