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Hydrotherapy Tub

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Is this one of those other weight loss contraptions?
ChalkMisfit
Sat 07-23-2005
Chalkmisfit, it's a hydrotherapy tub where they put patients in and subjugate them to (I believe) very cold water, or some such thing. Motts would be the guy to ask about Hydrotherapy, as he probably knows more than I on the subject.
Kassie
Sat 07-23-2005
Very warm water - it's a great way to relax someone who might have muscle contractions or difficulty just moving around.
Motts
Mon 07-25-2005
Even THIS looks like a machine of torture.
Twug
Wed 08-24-2005
Actually, it was there to help, not torture. The warm water helped relax the muscles, especially for those who were less capable of movement. Although, it does disturbingly look like a sitz bath...
Sketch
Thu 12-15-2005
Poor, poor Sketch. Suffering a lifetime of nightmares, of Sitz baths.
Jo
Thu 12-15-2005
It wasn't the sitz bath itself, as the picture that went with it... I had dreams last night that the thing in that picture (I can't even think of it as genitals anymore, as it was half sewn shut!) was chasing me through a hallway of sitz baths! :D
Sketch
Thu 12-15-2005
episiotomies, hemorrhoids, sitz baths, OH MY!
~Me
Thu 12-15-2005
Sketchy darling, you don't know me....yet. I was being my usual sarcastic self. Nice to meet you, however!
Twug
Fri 12-16-2005
Ask ~Me to send it to you (or I can, but I don't know your e-mail). It's really scary. Certain things should not, under any circumstance, be sewn up!
Sketch
Fri 12-16-2005
Ooo, morbid curiousity has been aroused...any working link to this infamous picture?
addicted to opacity
Mon 01-02-2006
Some things are better left unknown... If you really feel that you have to know, do a google search for sitz bath. When you reach a page with a large disturbing picture and the company name "Adam" on it, you're there... ~shudder~ And I had just gotten over all of this...
Sketch
Tue 01-03-2006
I'm still thinking foot bath
Poisonousxbeauty
Tue 01-03-2006
Sketch...LOL I see what you mean. Not an attractive image at all.
addicted to opacity
Tue 01-03-2006
I DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD A BEAUTY SCHOOL IN AN INSTITUTION?
A.S.V.
Tue 01-03-2006
Ugh!! Why did I have to look!?
Peaches
Tue 01-03-2006
Peaches/AtO: I gave fair warning, it is definitely not a pretty picture. Not sure why anyone would want that picture on the front page of their website, but hey, it takes all types.
A.S.V.: It's not a beauty salon, but yes, they did have those in many institutions as well. They wanted the patients to feel normal. Please don't type in all caps, it gives me a headache.
Sketch
Wed 01-04-2006
Back in the days at the height of TB this hydrotherapy in a fashion made their condition worse of course it gave them Pneumonia on top of what they already were dealing with. They'd have them stay in ice cold water for hours or warm water. (Then of course this was at a time when people we're trying to find anything to cure TB)
RB Vannacutt
Sun 01-15-2006
when i saw this picture i got the urge to vomit. i don't know why. it reminds me of an amusment park ride.
munchy
Tue 04-18-2006
its a escape capsule from a mech-warrior :P
Tom
Wed 05-10-2006
They have tubs like these at a nursing home I worked at while I was going to nursing school. There were two kinds one was for muscle relaxation and the other was a walk-in-bath.
Kristin
Sun 05-21-2006
I think this device belongs in a spa! Imagine having one to get into after working hard all day and needing to relax those muscles!
reddll
Mon 06-26-2006
Looks like a souped-up version of a sitz bath, sure could use it for my emerods.
Van Gogo
Mon 06-26-2006
Having tight uncomfortable muscles right now, that thing looks like heaven, especially with some nice warm water and maybe a little bath salt... Oooh Im feeling relaxed already....
Felyne
Fri 09-08-2006
my goodness sketch, they also use a "sitzbath" for hemmoriods, I think you are overestimating the word.
lulu
Sun 11-19-2006
why would you want to be put in cold water?
kelly
Mon 12-18-2006
Looks more like a car off of a roller coaster than a bath tub.
Transcendental Medication
Thu 02-01-2007
There are few movies in which they have used this machine in order to kill people with it.
I cannot recall the names of the films or the names of the actors or actresses that starred in these films. They would lock the intended victim into one of these contraptions and turn up the heat to the maximum capacity that it could go and let the person boil to death.

Signed: An American Soldier in Germany.
Joseph
Sat 03-10-2007
I can't find the picture you guys are talking about.
seth
Fri 10-19-2007
Trust me Seth, you wouldn't want to. (shudder)
Wormfood
Wed 03-12-2008
I must see this picture!
seth
Sun 03-23-2008
I can't find the picture either. Please post a link or something.
Rob
Sat 04-12-2008
It's true that used correctly, hydrotherapy can be a very therapeutic tool. However, in the early days and especially at this particular location, I'm not convinced they were used to give nice, warm, muscle-soothing baths. Somehow, there is pain in this picture and that object. Also, I haven't seen the infamous picture but I had an episiotomy and ya'll are right...some things should NEVER be sewn up lol
Becky
Thu 12-11-2008
...*A-hem*...Paging Dr. Lynne!! There are FAR too many erroneous comments here to be pure sarcasm.
STL girl
Mon 02-01-2010
i thought it was a baby carrier.... what can i say? A twelve year old picks something they know about that looks the most like the object and assume thats what is. good to know it isnt a carrier. still getting over the crib *sniffle*
Jade
Wed 11-10-2010

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