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[edit] Ambiguous following term

The phrase, "The following matterial..." sounds as if it is talking about the rest of the article rather than [what I suppose it is talking about] the link. --jce —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.0.143.146 (talk • contribs) 14:47, 13 June 2006

[edit] Merger proposal

I am a physiotherapist working in hydrotherapy. Hydrotherapy is in fact very different from balneotherapy in that balneo encompasses a multitude of treatments and methods not necessarily related to physiotherapy. Hydrotherapy is essentially physiotherapy in an aquatic environment and can involve any physiotherapeutic modality excepting electrotherapy of course. It is also important to note that hydrotherapy involves hot water - we keep our pool at approx. 32degrees celsius.

Some information on Balneotherapy can be included in the hydrotherapy page. Otherwise, these therapies need their own page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Travisthurston (talk • contribs) 06:43, 28 June 2006 UTC

Water therapy seems to be completely different, so I don't understand why the merger is suggested. I'm removing it. However, I am suggesting a new nmerger as there's little or no difference between balneotherapy and hydrotherapy, as reading the two articles makes clear. The water is often irrelevant as heat or cold is what's sought, but thermotherapy is does not mean the same thing. Balneotherapy on google gets 159,000 results, hydrotherapy 2,400,000. Brinerustle 14:56, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

I manage aquatic rehabilitation services. Balneotherapy is not to be confused with hydrotherapy, and ought not be merged as topics. Water is only one factor in hydrotherapy. Hydrostatic pressure, neuro-sensory integration and Proprioceptive trainings are correlated to hydrotherapy. These two are as different genres in allied health as physiotherapy and pilates exercise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RHenryO (talk • contribs) 22:14, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Since most oppose the merger, with good arguments, and no discussion is going on for the last three months, I removed the merge template. Kraaiennest (talk) 00:49, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] year?

Is that year correct? I saw somebody changed it recently, but it was reverted - does anyone know for certain when it was published?

A quick search has turned up any of 1886, 1894 or 1910. I'm guessing the original was 1886 and the others are various translations.

[edit] Nomenclature?

"sturdy order of chronic invalids well able to bear a rigorous regimen and the seventies of unrestricted crisis"--What are "The seventies"? They are referenced twice. They make no sense in this context.Mzmadmike 00:33, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I've replaced it with "severities", which makes sense. I'm assuming this article has been scanned in from the 1911 Enc. Brittanica, and the OCR software used wasn't sure whether it was "n" or "ri", and went for "seventies" as the more common (yet nonsensical) word. Thomjakobsen 19:06, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why does "contrast shower" link to this article?

I clicked a "contrast shower" link because I wanted to know what a contrast shower is, but this article doesn't contain the word "contrast" at all. --Peter Knutsen 01:50, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Using wikipedia

I want using article Hydrotherapy and smiliars, what something to do.Cairned1234 15:07, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An Rheum Diseases reference

This claim was added here and I searched here but couldn't see any relevant reviews. I suspect this was just a hoax. Tim Vickers (talk) 02:04, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

i dont c y this article dosent explAIN ITSELF QUITE LIKE IT SHOULD —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.129.75.240 (talk) 01:41, 4 June 2008 (UTC)