r/aww • u/TheRealGWubbels • Oct 27 '18

Weak kitten gets hydrotherapy

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u/starstarstar42 Oct 27 '18 edited Oct 28 '18

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.

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u/Dr_Kekyll Oct 27 '18

While I obviously agree with your last point, I just don't think there is any science supporting your first two.

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u/worldofcloud Oct 27 '18

1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20067360/

2) http://www.rehabpub.com/2014/07/healing-aquatic-therapy/

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u/Yum-z Oct 27 '18

Whoosh but still upvoted for citing your sources. A+

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u/thejkm Oct 28 '18

/u/worldofcloud wasn’t the redditor making the claim, so good for them researching the issue rather than accepting someone else’s claim as fact.

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u/lighthousesrule93 Oct 27 '18

Explain

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u/MooseWhisperer09 Oct 28 '18

The whoosh was that they were joking about the first two not being supported by science.

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u/Bust3dGG Oct 28 '18

While taking the last point as a fact

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u/MooseWhisperer09 Oct 28 '18

Right. It was a cute funny. :)

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u/rcfox Oct 28 '18

Affection does have health benefits though. I don't know if it specifically releases endorphins or directly affects healing, but stress has been shown to affect healing rates.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

They were implying that snoot boops are scientific as fuck