**6.3 Hydrotherapy**

One of the oldest adjunct treatment modalities that is still practiced today is the Whirlpool therapy that accelerates wound healing by wound debridation, warming the wounded tissue, and providing buoyancy and gentle limb resistance for physical therapy [73]. However, despite their prevalence, Whirlpool treatments have been subject to disapprobation in recent years because of the enhanced risk of nosocomial contamination and transmission of virulent infections associated with them [74–78]. These days, modified forms of the whirlpool therapy, such as the pulsed lavage and the *VersaJet* are more popular as they provide the benefits of hydrotherapy without the associated collateral trauma of traditional methods [78, 79].
