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Small Tubs

Small Tubs

The hydrotherapy / physical therapy room was really neat, many of the tubs were left behind pretty intact. These were two small personal tubs.

The sign reads,

HYDRO RULES

All patients must be helped in & out of equipment, by P.T. staff

P.T. staff only may turn agitators on & off. No exceptions to these rules. If they don't comply with rules, no treatment done.

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And they look just like they were left!!
Ed
Sun 07-10-2005
are those giant soap dispensers or what?
he he
stacy
Mon 02-13-2006
looks like a giant milkshake mixer
rtotten
Sun 02-19-2006
disturbing how small these tubs were, makes me sad to think they were possibly made especially for kids!
Amanda J
Thu 03-02-2006
when I was a baby, about 15months old I was found in an apartment by myself with 3rd degree burns to my back and legs, I used to have to go in tubs like these for my whirl pool treatment to gently exfoliate the dead skin from my body, sure glad I do not remeber that!!!
rtotten
Thu 03-02-2006
Amanda, those tubs are quite large. An adult male could sit in one.
Lynne
Thu 03-02-2006
Good Lord, toots! Did they ever find out how that happened?
Twug
Thu 03-02-2006
Last week, on a repeat episode of Cold Case, the story took place at a mental institution in Philadelphia. I missed the first few minutes, but I did see the scene where one of the characters was undergoing a "hydrotherapy" session, where ice was being put in the tub, under a canvas covering. It was a scary scene, since I had seen these pictures, previously. I imagine that the story was supposed to take place at Byberry. Did anyone else see that program?
Traveler
Thu 03-02-2006
Actually physical therapists / sports therapists still use machines similar to these, when I had a sports injurt I would do sit / put the injured part in the pools and have ice & water put over me, then tuen on the whirlpool. stainless steel tubs like this.......COLD, very COLD.
Quartz
Fri 03-24-2006
i had to use one of those tubs when i broke my arm in 3 places. helped loosen up the joint so i can move my writs better. the pump always scared me .
Peter
Wed 04-05-2006
Why don't they sell those to nursing homes or Physical therapies, or better yet donate them.
Trist'n
Wed 04-19-2006
Oh yeah - "whirlpools". If I'm not mistaken, professional athletes still use them.
unknown
Sat 04-22-2006
if our health care system abandons such things imagine what waste our military leaves
neogeo
Fri 06-09-2006
Hola me encanta el trabajo que estan haciendo y me encantaria poder participar.
amdae@yahoo.com
Mon 06-26-2006
Kinda reminds me of Secret Garden when the girl's cousin is in the bathtub and his nurse is pouring ice into the hot water with him in it.
PinkSpike
Thu 08-10-2006
well i broke my arm 4 years ago and they had the exact whirlpool like that at my physio place. so im assuming they are still in use. but than again this is canada so i dont knwo about the states.

but ya pure solid built. stainless steal, pump is just heaviliy built
Peter
Wed 10-25-2006
They look amazingly intact. Scare the crap outta me. I'm sure to have "interesting dreams" tonight.
Bobalouche
Tue 01-16-2007
It was this tub and the "Physio therapy " (known as physical therapy today)that brought me back from being paralyzed. Amazing I haven't seen one of these in over 60 years.
Gale
Tue 06-26-2007
Well, I gotta tell you, I've used tubs just like this at PT here where I work, you don't have to sit in the tubs necessarily, I was getting therapy for my leg and I just sat on a table beside the machine with my leg in it, and honestagawd, it looked exactly like this machine.
AvalonSeeker
Tue 02-05-2008
IN the movie "The Game Plan" one of the characters sits in a tub just like this...Full of ice
Megan
Tue 04-01-2008
we use these at school. my coach makes us get in these before weightlifting meets. the cold is suppose to make our legs feel better!
k.c.
Fri 04-24-2009
Motts, how do you remember what certain signs say? Do you write it down, or do you take closer pictures?
thanks
Matt
Sat 03-13-2010
Usually I can read it off from the original high resolution photo.
Motts
Sat 03-13-2010

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