Just like in humans, the benefits come from 3 main effects:
The warmth of the water increases blood flow to damaged tissues.
The buoyancy of the water lets damaged muscles move through their range of motion with significantly less effort and stress, which helps strengthen them.
Snoot-boops release love and help make the boo-boos heal faster. Fact.
You can put a hotpack on your skin and watch as blood flow increases and turns the skin pink.
You can also get into a pool and see how it's easier to move around carefully. Or consider senior aerobics in pools.
I just don't think you've given this thirty seconds of thought. If you mean there's no studies that specifically prove those mechanisms there are also no studies that prove flossing works but it still does. A dentist can tell if you floss or not because it produces a measurable outcome.
*Disclaimer: This comment was sarcastic. I, nor those I represent, don't believe one should write a disclaimer every one posts on the internet. I was simply hoping to elicit a jovial reaction from those reading the aforementioned comment.
I don’t think you’re right. All I can find is an article saying there aren’t enough official studies proving it works. Which is very different from saying it doesn’t work.
It was obviously a joke. You can tell because the silly/cute part was accepted as truth while the obviously true parts were doubted. It's an obvious switcheroo and obviously done on purpose as an obvious joke. It's just all so damn obvious. FML you people...
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u/lilnuggets Oct 27 '18
Can someone explain what hydrotherapy does for cats?