This disease caused auto-amputation of all her fingers and thumbs and both legs below the knees. They were able to saver her life. I treated her through her senior year of high school. Patient inserts arm in the tank and the heated particles are blown against their skin simulating affects of a dry whirlpool. This causes increased circulation to the extremities, helps control pain, because of the heat and desensitization caused by the bombardment of the skin with the little particles of cellulose.
Patients can move within the tank in a more comfortable, pain-diminished environment.