- Bob Schrupp, Physical Therapist.
- Brad Heineck, Physical Therapist.
- And together we are the most famous physical therapists
on the internet.
- In our opinion, of course.
- Yeah, today Brad, we're gonna talk
about the use of Contrast Baths.
This is something new to most people,
but actually it's old to us.
It's been around for a long time.
- Right.
- It's a great treatment for if you have ankle pain,
ankle strain,
and you have some swelling.
- Right.
- It's good for that.
Just probably just general foot pain.
- Arthritic pain.
- So, what you're gonna need is two tubs, Brad.
- Yep.
- And what we're gonna do is one tub's gonna be filled
with warm water,
and one...or hot water.
- Right.
- You know how much you can tolerate.
And one's gonna be cold,
filled with cold water.
- Right.
- And what this helps do is by...
it kind of exercises the arteries, Brad.
You know, it dilates them,
constricts them,
dilates them,
constricts them.
- So, the blood flow through the arteries
when it dilates, gets more...
- Yeah.
- and when you put it the cold water-
- constricts it, but it, it's kind of like a massaging
of the system,
- Right.
- and it helps uh...
- So, those vessels are either getting bigger
from the warmth,
or they're shrinking from the cold,
and pumping that, that uh,
the blood in and out a little more rapidly.
- Right.
So, if you wanna use,
you know, use a temperature gauge,
what'd they say for the hot one, it can be 100, 110.
- Mhm.
- And for the cold one,
like 59 to 70 or something,
they said. - Right.
Or you can throw ice in there obviously.
- Right.
I think it's one of those things with uh,
you really do what you tolerate, what you like.
- Right.
You know, if you had a sau...
or you know,
if you had a sauna at home,
you know what 100,
and the difference between 100 and 104 makes,
when you go in.
- Sure.
- And this, you know cold water might be good
for some people,
but some people might wanna throw ice cubes
in there to chill it down.
- They'd wanna cool it down.
- Yeah.
- So uh, what you,
by contrast means they're actually gonna start
off in the warm one,
and you're gonna start in there for three to four minutes.
Brad, you wanna take your...
- Wait, oh you take your, you take the shoe off?
- Oh yeah, there we go.
That's why we know-
- I just, just wonderin, Bob.
- That's why we know he's from Wisconsin,
and why he's a fan of this,
this group here.
- Ah, the Packer fan.
- Packer's.
- Yep. Oh, yes, okay.
- All right.
- I got my shoe off now, Bob.
Am I ready?
- All right, yeah. Let's dip it in there now.
Oh, by the way, Brad, if you sprain your ankle,
I wanna do this treatment probably for 48 hours.
- Yeah, get that initial...
- Yeah, I would probably stick more with ice alone,
or you can even do just pure ice water,
- Yes!
- for the first 48 hours, if you want.
- Right.
- And then after that, we go back to the contrast.
- Sure.
- So, the first one, you're gonna stick into the warm water.
- In the warm water.
Oh, that's nice and warm, Bob.
- I would probably have this a little deeper.
We're gonna have it...
this one is just for demonstration purposes,
but we probably want you to have it
immersed a good six inches, I would say.
- You should uh, get it good in there.
- You could use a bucket of water.
Three to four minutes,
and then we're gonna pretend that time is passed, Brad.
And now we're gonna jump over here,
and this one you only have to do for a minute.
- Ooh, that's cold, Bob!
- Yeah, well you're a wuss,
so that's why it's cold.
(Brad cries out)
Now me, it wouldn't bother.
- Hey, my foot powder's makin' the water all cloudy.
- Oh yeah.
There we go, that's really uh, enticing.
- How long am I keeping this?
- One minute in this one.
- Okay, so not so long in there.
- Right. So, then you jump over, back over to the hot one.
- Ooh, that's hot!
- Three to four minutes, again.
(Brad grunts) - That's better now, yep.
- So, three to four, one.
Three to four, one.
You can do it for a total of 30 minutes.
Watch your, you know, Oprah, whatever you wanna watch, Brad,
I don't know want you watch.
- I don't watch Oprah, Bob.
- I don't think she's even on any anymore, is she?
- I don't know.
- So, watch your-
(Brad mumbles in the background)
fishing show.
Watch your, I don't know, what do you watch, Brad?
Anyway, this, - Not much.
this is gonna help.
It may help the swelling.
It's gonna help with the pain.
It's gonna help with the healing.
This is a good treatment to try.
- You bet.
- So, all right.
Anything else, Brad, you wanted to add?
- Well, once you get it out, make sure you dry it off good.
I probably would watch some YouTube stuff, Bob.
- All right,
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- Yes?
(guns firing)
- All right, take care.